Clarence Kelley Colley

[1] Colley grew up on a farm, until he moved to Nashville to work in the boiler room at Vanderbilt University as a young man.

[1] Colley designed two buildings on the campus of Middle Tennessee State University in 1911: the President's House and Kirksey Hall.

[1] Additionally, he designed the Commons Building on the campus of Austin Peay State University in 1916.

[4] Colley was a charter member of the Nashville chapter of the American Institute of Architects in 1922.

[1] Several of the buildings he designed, like the Perry County Courthouse and the Wilkinson House, are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.