John Scudder Adkins

John Scudder Adkins, who officed out of Cincinnati, Ohio, designed in 1939 a magnificent neoclassical limestone residence in the tradition of McKim, Mead, and White, at 6801 Turtle Creek for Al and Lucy Ball Owsley.

John Scudder Adkins also built the William H. Ball house and Ball Hospital nurses residence in Muncy, Indiana, and in Cincinnati, Ohio, he designed the Grace Episcopal Church, the Second National Bank and the city athletic club. In Frankfort, Kentucky, he designed the governor’s mansion.

John Scudder Adkins - Turtle Creek - Volk Estates

Beautiful Residence Designed by John Scudder Adkins

In 1929 Colonel Alvin and Mrs. Lucy Ball Owsley built one of the most important homes in Dallas. They retained John Scudder Adkins of Cincinnati, Ohio, to design this neo-classical...  See More