Charles Hook Tompkins (November 30, 1883 – December 12, 1956) was president and co-founder with his wife of the Charles H. Tompkins Construction Company, which built the United States Courthouse, the West Wing and East Wing of the White House, the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, and the National Guard Armory.
In addition to Federal landmarks in the National Capital, he built many other large edifices here including the Dalecarlia Filtration Plant, Garfinckel’s Department Store, the Scottish Rite Temple, Tower Building, Children’s Hospital, and the new Providence Hospital.
Near Washington, D.C., he was responsible for construction of 650 buildings at Fort Belvoir, the Bainbridge (Md.)
In addition to construction in the Capital City, Mr. Tompkins has built numerous structures, including several major dams in this country and abroad.
[1] Active in business and civic organizations, Tompkins was at the time of his death a Director of Woodward & Lothrop, Riggs National Bank, the Washington Boys Club, and the Master Builders Association, and was Chairman, Metropolitan Washington Campaign, 1956, of the American Red Cross.