Biography:

Architect, university professor. Born– January 23, 1894, Leipzig, Germany. Parents– Ernest and Emma (Heilmann) Burkhardt. Married– Varian Carpenter. Children– Three. Education– Washington State University, B.S.; Columbia University, M.S. Taught in the architecture department at Auburn University and served as the acting head of the department, 1929-1964.  Served as district officer for Alabama of the Historic American Buildings Survey, 1933-1937 and 1970-1972; restoration consultant for the Alabama Division of Parks and Historic Sites, 1970-1972. Honors; Medalist in the Beaux Arts Institute of Design, first medal, XV Paris Prize, 1922; Distinguished Service Award from the Alabama Historical Commission, 1975. Died March 13, 1977.

Source:

Who’s Who in America, 1976.

Publication(s):

Alabama Ante-bellum Architecture; a Scrapbook View from the 1930s. Montgomery, Ala.; Alabama Historical Commission, 1976.