Charles Alling Gifford was an American architect and a partner at the New York firm Gifford & Bates. Gifford was born in New Jersey and studied at the Stevens Institute of Technology, which focuses on mechanical engineering.
His most well-known work is the Mount Washington Hotel in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, designed for Joseph Stickney. The 1902 Gilded Age hotel is a National Historic Landmark.
Additionally, a few structures in the Jekyll Island National Historic Landmark District were designed by Gifford, including the Sans Souci Apartments (1896), Mistletoe Cottage (1900), and Jekyll Island Clubhouse Annex (1901).