Edwin Dougherty

Edward Emmett Dougherty
Born	March 18, 1876 Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Died	November 11, 1943
Alma mater	University of Georgia
Occupation	Architect
Spouse(s)	Blanche Carson

Edward Emmett Dougherty, a.k.a. Edwin Dougherty (March 18, 1876 – November 11, 1943) was an architect in the southeastern United States.

Edward Emmett Dougherty was born on March 18, 1876 in Atlanta, Georgia. He graduated from the University of Georgia in 1895. He then studied architecture at Cornell University and the Ecole des Beaux Arts.

As an architect, Dougherty partnered with Arthur Neal Robinson for a few years. He was also a partner in Dougherty & Gardner and in Dougherty, Wallace and Clemmons.

During the second part of his career from 1916, Dougherty worked in Nashville, Tennessee. In 1917, he designed the Belle Meade Apartments in Belle Meade, Tennessee near Nashville, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. He also designed projects for the Nashville, Chattanooga, and St. Louis Railroad and Tennessee's War Memorial Building, now known as the War Memorial Auditorium (1922) in Nashville's Memorial Square. Several buildings designed by Dougherty are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.

Dougherty married Blanche Carson in 1907.

Dougherty died on November 11, 1943.

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