GREENE, James Edward (1866-1927), a prominent American architect who lived and worked in Birmingham, Alabama. In 1916 he was asked to provide plans for a new Presbyterian Church in GLENSIDE, SASK. His unique design for a “bungalow-style” church was accepted by the congregation, but the plans were modified by Storey & Van Egmond of Regina who adapted the proposal to suit the harsh winter climate of the Canadian prairies. The building is now listed by Parks Canada on the registry of Canada’s Historic Places (designated 7 December 1987). Greene was born in Pickens County, Alabama on 26 June 1866, but no information has been found on his education or training. He appears to have established an office in nearby Birmingham after 1900, and he specialized in the design of ecclesiastical works. His best-known commission is that for First Presbyterian Church in Marion, North Carolina, widely considered to be an outstanding example of the Neo-classical Revival style in that state. Greene died in Birmingham on 21 April 1927 (obituary The Word and Way [Kansas City], 26 May 1927, 4).
(works in Canada)
GLENSIDE, SASK., Presbyterian Church, Main Street at Saskatchewan Avenue, 1916; still standing in 2018 (C.R., xxx, 9 Aug. 1916, 44; M. Hryniuk & Korvemaker, Legacy of Worship - Sacred Places in Rural Saskatchewan, 2014, 100-103, illus. & descrip.; inf. Scott Edwards)
(works in the United States)
BATESVILLE, MISS., First United Methodist Church, 1913; demol. (Richard J. Cawthon, Lost Churches of Mississippi, 2010, 10)
PONTOTOC, MISS., First Baptist Church, 1914; demol. (Richard J. Cawthon, Lost Churches of Mississippi, 2010, 10)
MARION, NORTH CAROLINA, First Presbyterian Church, West Fort Street at Academy Street, 1923 (USA, National Register of Historic Places, listing dated 2 April 1991)
BILOXI, MISS., First Baptist Church, West Howard Avenue, 1923-24 (Daily Herald [Biloxi], 17 Nov. 1923, 1)