Charles Henry Atherton (June 24, 1932 – December 3, 2005), FAIA, was an American architect and former secretary of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts from 1960 to 2004.
[3] His father was an accomplished architect whose notable works included the Pennsylvania Memorial in Varennes-en-Argonne in France.
Naval Civil Engineering Corps and worked as an architect for the Central Intelligence Agency for three years.
Among the many architectural projects he worked on were the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial, Lafayette Square, Washington, D.C. (opposite the White House, and the World War II Memorial, Washington, D.C.[7] He was a lead contributor of the CFA publication titled “Massachusetts Avenue Architecture Vol.
He died on December 3, 2005, at the age of 73, as a result of injuries sustained when he was hit by a moving vehicle, while crossing Connecticut Avenue, Washington, D.C., near his home.