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William Nowland Van Powell
KevinCuddeback: Published author and credited architect
'''William Nowland Van Powell''' (1904-1977), sometimes known professionally as '''Nowland Van Powell'''<ref name="MemphisSteam"></ref> was an architect, painter, and historian from [[Memphis, Tennessee]].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> <ref></ref>
[[File:Greyhound Bus Station, December 22, 1939. (8758710403).jpg|thumb|Greyhound Bus Station, December 22, 1939, showing Geoge Mahan, Jr. and Nowland Van Powell, Architects]]
==Architect==
Working with George Mahan, Jr. in 1939, he was the architect of the [[Old Greyhound Bus Station (Jackson, Mississippi)|Greyhound Bus Station]] in [[Jackson, Mississippi]].<ref></ref>
He was the architect of the Venetian-inspired Memphis Steam Laundry building, demolished in 2009.<ref name="MemphisSteam"/>
Along with Henry Ehrensing, he was the architect of the [[Grand Palace Hotel, New Orleans]] (built originally as Claiborne Towers), and promoted by its developer as "likely to be one of the greatest buildings the South has ever seen."<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> At the time, Claiborne Towers was the South's largest apartment project, with a planned 1036 units that included air conditioning.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
==Painter, Historian, Author==
Van Powell was the author of ''The American Navies of the Revolutionary War'',<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> a collection of his paintings, with descriptive notes by the artist published in 1974 by G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York.<ref></ref>
<gallery>
Image:ContinentalNavyShipColumbus.jpg | Continental Navy Ship Columbus signed WNVP)
Image:USS Confederacy.jpg | USS Confederacy signed WNVP
Image:NH 85212-KN.jpg | Lieutenant John Paul Jones raising the "Grand Union" flag as Alfred was placed in commission at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 3 December 1775 by W. Nowland Van Powell
Image:Continental Sloop Providence (1775-1779).jpg | Continental Sloop Providence (1775-1779) signed WNVP
</gallery>
[[File:Greyhound Bus Station, December 22, 1939. (8758710403).jpg|thumb|Greyhound Bus Station, December 22, 1939, showing Geoge Mahan, Jr. and Nowland Van Powell, Architects]]
==Architect==
Working with George Mahan, Jr. in 1939, he was the architect of the [[Old Greyhound Bus Station (Jackson, Mississippi)|Greyhound Bus Station]] in [[Jackson, Mississippi]].<ref></ref>
He was the architect of the Venetian-inspired Memphis Steam Laundry building, demolished in 2009.<ref name="MemphisSteam"/>
Along with Henry Ehrensing, he was the architect of the [[Grand Palace Hotel, New Orleans]] (built originally as Claiborne Towers), and promoted by its developer as "likely to be one of the greatest buildings the South has ever seen."<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> At the time, Claiborne Towers was the South's largest apartment project, with a planned 1036 units that included air conditioning.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
==Painter, Historian, Author==
Van Powell was the author of ''The American Navies of the Revolutionary War'',<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> a collection of his paintings, with descriptive notes by the artist published in 1974 by G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York.<ref></ref>
<gallery>
Image:ContinentalNavyShipColumbus.jpg | Continental Navy Ship Columbus signed WNVP)
Image:USS Confederacy.jpg | USS Confederacy signed WNVP
Image:NH 85212-KN.jpg | Lieutenant John Paul Jones raising the "Grand Union" flag as Alfred was placed in commission at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 3 December 1775 by W. Nowland Van Powell
Image:Continental Sloop Providence (1775-1779).jpg | Continental Sloop Providence (1775-1779) signed WNVP
</gallery>
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