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Marsh came to Charlotte in 1916 as chief draftsman for architect J. M. McMichael.[3] He opened his own practice in 1922. He designed the Coca-Cola Bottling Company building (Charlotte, North Carolina). Except for a brief period in the early 1940s, he spent his entire career in Charlotte.[1]
Marsh was born in Jacksonville, Florida, studied at the university in Jacksonville and took correspondence courses in architecture before and working at his brother's architectural firm Marsh and Saxelbye in Jacksonville.[1] He came to Charlotte in 1916 as chief draftsman for the architectural firm of J.M. McMichael.[1] He worked at the chemical engineering firm of Peter Gilchrist as chief architect.[1] He opened his own practice in Charlotte in 1922.[1]
Marsh was stationed in New York and Washington D.C., with the War Production Board during World War II. He served as liaison architect for the construction division of the production board. Marsh partnered with Teebe Hawkins of Atlanta in 1945.[1]
Marsh worked from 1922 to 1964, when he retired.[1] He designed the 1926 Builders Building at 314 West Trade Street for developer Charles Lambeth.[1] The seven-story downtown building was a headquarters for many of Charlotte's contractors.[1] He also designed the Charlotte Armory (destroyed) at Kings Drive and Seventh Street[1] and the main office of Mutual Savings (1962) and Loan at 330 South Tryon Street downtown Charlotte.[1]
The Mutual Savings building was designed in the International Style with whiteglaze masonry. His firm survived his passing to become Hawkins-Kibler Associates.
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