G. L. Norrman

Godfrey Leonard Norrman,[1] FAIA (1846 – November 16, 1909)[2] was an important architect in the southeastern United States.

A number of his commissions are now listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and in 1897 he was made a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects.

A native of Sweden, he arrived in Atlanta, Georgia, around 1880 and designed buildings for the International Cotton Exposition (1881).

[3] He maintained offices in Joel Hurt's Equitable Building, resided in the Kimball House and remained in the city until his death.

[5] Norrman suffered from ill health near the end of his life, and committed suicide on November 16, 1909.

G.L. Norrman in 1892
513 Whitaker Street, Savannah, Georgia, was built for Lawrence McNeill by G.L. Norman, 1903
Newberry Opera House