Edward F. Neild

Edward Fairfax Neild Sr. FAIA (December 3, 1884 – July 6, 1955), was an American architect originally from Shreveport, Louisiana.

[4] Other Neild-designed buildings in Shreveport include: the Louisiana State Exhibit Building at the Louisiana State Fairgrounds, Schumpert Hospital, Barret Elementary School, C. E. Byrd High School, the Scottish Rite Cathedral, the Calanthean Temple, Cathedral of St. John Berchmans (Shreveport, Louisiana), and the Overton Brooks Veterans Administration Medical Center.

[4] A number of Neild's works have been listed on the National Register of Historic Places as significant buildings for their architecture.

[5] Nield's son, Edward F. Neild Jr., was also an architect and designed the Hirsch Memorial Coliseum in Shreveport.

[citation needed] Neild died in Kansas City, Missouri, at the age of seventy.

Neild also designed private homes, such as the Pine Wold house located at Fairfield Avenue at Kirby Street in Shreveport . A circus once wintered on the grounds of the home.
Keeny Hall, the administrative headquarters at Louisiana Tech University , is one of Neild's numerous campus buildings.
A.C. Steere School, designed by Edward F. Neild and expanded in 1938, is named for developer Albert Coldwell Steere. He founded the Broadmoor neighborhood of Shreveport.