Tyson Thaddeus
Ferree
(1904–1948)
Ferree was born in Randolph County near Asheboro NC. After graduating from Asheboro HS in 1923, he worked for three years doing various jobs, including as a draftsman at Wilkins Ornamental Steel Company in Greensboro, where he decided he wanted to become an architect. He entered NC State College of Agriculture and Engineering in 1926 and also designed homes, stores, studios, and theaters. After graduating in 1930 with a Bachelor of Science degree, he worked for Greensboro architect, W. C. Holleyman Jr. before opening his own office in High Point NC. In 1937 he was married to Chloe Layton, and they had two children, Thaddeus (Thad) Layton Ferree (1945) and Linda Chloe Ferree (1947). During WWII he closed his office and went to work with J. M. Pease & Company in Charlotte, for the City of Charlotte as Chief Building Inspector, and then on April 28, 1943 he went to work with the Plant Planning division of Fairchild Aircraft Corporation in Burlington NC. After eighteen months with Fairchild he returned to High Point and reopened his office in 1944, where he practiced until his death of colon cancer in 1948.
Ferree, left, with model of NCSU Bell Tower. He's the one on the far left with the model on a truck.
When the NCSU Bell Tower was completed. He's second from the right.
Sources include: Son Thad Ferree; the Tyson T. Ferree Drawings and Papers and Reginald D. Tillson Landscape Architecture Papers at North Carolina State University's Special Collections Research Center.
