Edward Fairfax Neild Sr. (December 3, 1884 – July 6, 1955), was an American architect originally from Shreveport, Louisiana. He designed the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum in Independence, Missouri. He was selected for the task by U.S. President Harry Truman.

Biography

He was in partnerships Neild, Somdal and Neild, Somdal, Neild, with Dewey A. Somdal and with his son, Edward Fairfax Nield Jr. Somdal Associates, Shreveport, is the descendant of the Neild firm.Mooringsport School Building

Neild served as president of the Shreveport chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) in 1926 and from 1937 to 1939; Dewey Somdal was the president from 1940 to 1943; Edward F. Nield Jr., in 1951.Past Presidents, AIA Shreveport In 1948, Neild was among twenty distinguished architects selected as fellows of the American Institute of Architects.

Other Neild-designed buildings in Shreveport include: the Louisiana State Exhibit Building at the Louisiana State Fairgrounds, Schumpert Hospital, Barret Elementary School, C. E. Byrd High School, the Scottish Rite Cathedral, the Calanthean Temple, Cathedral of St. John Berchmans (Shreveport, Louisiana), and the Overton Brooks Veterans Administration Medical Center.

A number of Neild's works have been listed on the National Register of Historic Places as significant buildings for their architecture. Nield's son, Edward F. Neild Jr., was also an architect and designed the Hirsch Memorial Coliseum in Shreveport. From 1937 to 1938, the two men worked together on the Louisiana State Exhibit Museum in Shreveport, which opened in 1939.

Neild died in Kansas City, Missouri, at the age of seventy.

Works Other Neild works include (with attribution): Arlington Ridge Park, NW corner of N. Meade St. and Marshall Dr. Arlington, Virginia (Neild, Edward F.), NRHP B'Nai Zion Temple, 802 Cotton St. Shreveport Neild, Edward F.), NRHP Baton Rouge Junior High School (built 1922), 1100 Laurel St. Baton Rouge Neild, Edward F.), NRHP Bogard Hall-Louisiana Tech University, Junction of Arizona and College St. Ruston, Louisiana Neild, Somdal & Neild), NRHP Bossier High School, 322 Colquitt St. Bossier City, LA Neild, Edward F.), NRHP C. E. Byrd High School, 3201 Line Ave. Shreveport, LA Neild, Edward F.), NRHP Calanthean Temple (1923) for the Order of Calanthe in Shreveport, part of the St. Paul's Bottoms historic district Capital City Press Building, 340 Florida Baton Rouge, LA Neild, Edward F.), NRHP Fair Park High School, 3222 Greenwood Rd. Shreveport, LA Neild, Edward F.), NRHP Heidelberg Hotel, 201 Lafayette St. Baton Rouge, LA Neild, Edward F.), NRHP Heidelberg Hotel and Hotel King (boundary increase) 200 Lafayette St. Baton Rouge Neild, Edward F.), NRHP John M. Parker Agricultural Coliseum

Howard Auditorium-Louisiana Tech University, Jct. of Adams Blvd. and Arizona St. Ruston Neild, Somdal & Neild), NRHP Keeny Hall-Louisiana Tech University, Keeny Circle Ruston, LA Neild, Somdal & Neild), NRHP One or more works in Lake Charles Historic District, Roughly bounded by Iris, Hodges, Lawrence, Kirkman, S. Divission and Louisiana Lake Charles, LA Neild, Edward F.), NRHP Louisiana State Exhibit Museum in Shreveport, 3015 Greenwood Road, Shreveport, LA 71109 Maricopa County Courthouse, 125 W. Washington St. Phoenix, Arizona Neild, Edward F.), NRHP-listed Mooringsport School, 602 Latimer St. Mooringsport, Louisiana Neild, Edward F.), NRHP Mooringsport Masonic Lodge, Croom St. Mooringsport, Louisiana Neild, Edward F.), NRHP Prescott Memorial Library-Louisiana Tech University, Keeny Circle Ruston, LA Neild, Somdal & Neild), NRHP Rayville High School, 109 Madeline St., Rayville, Louisiana Neild, Edward F.), NRHP Reese Agriculture Building-Louisiana Tech University, Tech Farm, US 80 Ruston Neild, Somdal & Neild), NRHP Robinson Hall-Louisiana Tech University, Madison Ave. Ruston Neild, Somdal & Neild), NRHP Scott Street School, 900 N. 19th St. Baton Rouge Neild, Edward F.), NRHP Scottish Rite Cathedral, 725 Cotton St. Shreveport Neild, Edward F.), NRHP Shreveport Municipal Building, 724 McNeil St., Shreveport Neild, Edward F.), NRHP Steere, A. C., Elementary School, 4009 Youree Dr. Shreveport, LA Neild, Edward Fairfax), NRHP Toliver Dining Hall-Louisiana Tech University, Wisteria St. Ruston, LA Neild, Somdal & Neild), NRHP US Post Office and Courthouse-Alexandria, 515 Murray St. Alexandria, Louisiana Neild, Edward F.), NRHP Wray-Dickinson Building, 308 Market St., Shreveport Neild, Edward F.), NRHP

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