Words About G.L. Norrman: On the United States vs. Europe (1909)

G.L. Norrman. Ella B. Wofford Residence (1909). Spartanburg, South Carolina.1 2 3

The following item was published in The Atlanta Journal on April 25, 1909. G.L. Norrman died 7 months later.


The Old World

G.L. Norrman, the architect, says that in Europe one asks who designed a house, not who owns it; but here it is, who owns it, not who designed it. In the sleepy old countries of the old world the interest has the artistic and not the money tendency.4

References

  1. “A Great Building Era Now On In The City”. The Spartanburg Herald (Spartanburg, South Carolina), May 28, 1909, p. 1. ↩︎
  2. “Converse To Show Fruits Of Recent Funds Campaign”. Spartanburg Herald-Journal, October 6, 1957, p. A4. ↩︎
  3. Conley, Linda. “Restoring the shine to an old jewel”. Herald-Journal (Spartanburg, South Carolina), October 17, 2008, p. D1. ↩︎
  4. “The Old World”. The Atlanta Journal, April 25, 1909, p. 2. ↩︎