Stratton Hammon

Stratton Owen Hammon
Born	(1904-03-06)March 6, 1904
Died	October 22, 1997(1997-10-22) (aged 93)
Resting place	Cave Hill Cemetery Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.
Education	University of Louisville
Occupation	Architect
Military career
Allegiance	United States
Service/branch	U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Rank	Lieutenant colonel
Battles/wars	World War II

Stratton Owen Hammon (March 6, 1904 – October 22, 1997) was a

Life

Hammon was a graduate of DuPont Manual High School in Louisville where he studied art and architectural drafting. He studied architecture briefly at the University of Louisville. He learned the architecture trade working with a Louisville builder named Murphy and opened his own architecture practice during the height of the Great Depression. He is known for the more than 100 distinctive homes he designed in Kentucky and for the house plans that he published in magazines such as Good Housekeeping, Better Homes and Gardens and McCall's throughout the United States. It is impossible to know how many homes were built based on these plans in various parts of the United States.

He became the 30th Kentucky registered architect in 1930 and was later president of the Kentucky Chapter of the American Institute of Architects.

During World War II, Hammon served as captain in the

for his efforts in France during World War II

The

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He is buried at Cave Hill Cemetery in Louisville.

External links

• Kentucky Educational Television story on Hammon
• Indiana Historical Marker noting Hammon contribution to construction of
  Atterbury Army Air Field
• Stratton Hammon at Find a Grave

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