Mellen Clark Greeley

Mellen Clark Greeley (14 February 1880 – 4.  September 1981) was an American architect in Jacksonville, Florida.  He was considered to be the "Dean of Jacksonville Architects". 

Early life and military service
Greeley grew up in Jacksonville, but went away to boarding school for high school.  In 1898, Greeley volunteered for the Spanish–American War and was sent to Cuba as part of the 3rd U. S. Volunteer Engineer Regiment.  After the war he stayed in the reserves (Florida national Guard) and served again as a lieutenant and then captain in the Quartermaster Corps in France during World War I.

Architect
Greeley apprenticed for draftsman J. H. W. Hawkins from 1901 to 1908 and opened his own practice in 1909.  After his service in World War I, he joined Roy A. Benjamin, and they worked together for five years.    He helped establish the Florida Association of Architects in 1912.  Greeley was active in political issues and helped establish the Florida Board of Architecture in 1915, serving as its secretary from 1923 to 1955.  He also worked with zoning commissions and other regulators on things ranging from electrical codes to the management of hotel commissions. 

Works
Mellen Clark Greeley House (1905) at 2561 Oak Street
Old Stanton High School
Woman's Club of Jacksonville, style: Tudor Revival. 
Fenimore and Hartmore Apartments with Roy A. Benjamin
Dr. Charles E. Terry Residence at 2959 St. Johns Avenue
George Couper Gibbs Residence at 2717 Riverside Avenue
John L. Roe Residence at 399 Beach Avenue in Atlantic Beach, Florida
1816 Avondale Avenue
1876 River Road
4061 Timuquana Road
Ribault Club on Fort George Island, Florida.  Credited to Maurice Fatio and Greeley.  Colonial Revival architecture. 
Church of the Good Shepherd (as associate architect) and later as architect of the remodel
Government House, in St. Augustine, Florida (1937 Works Progress Administration remodel)

See also
Architecture of Jacksonville

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Category:20th-century American architects
Category:Architects from Florida
Category:Architects from Jacksonville, Florida
Category:1880 births
Category:1981 deaths
Category:American centenarians