Charles Coker Wilson

Who was Charles Coker Wilson?

Charles Coker Wilson was an American architect based in Columbia, South Carolina. For the Actor, see Charles C. Wilson Wilson was born in Hartsville, South Carolina, and graduated from South Carolina College with an engineering degree in 1886, continuing on to receive his master's degree in 1888. He briefly studied architecture in the Atelier Duray at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Much of his work contained Beaux-Arts elements. Architects who worked for Wilson include Joseph F. Leitner, during 1901-1905, who became a noted architect in Wilmington, North Carolina; and Henry Ten Eyck Wendell, during 1905-1906.

A number of his works are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places:

J. L. Coker Company Building, 5th St. and Carolina Ave., Hartsville, South Carolina

First Presbyterian Church, 234 E. Main St., Rock Hill, South Carolina

Japonica Hall, S. Main St., Society Hill, South Carolina

Logan School, 815 Elmwood Ave., Columbia, South Carolina

Lydia Plantation, 703 W Lydia Hwy, Lydia, South Carolina

Farmers Commercial Bank, 100 W Main St., Benson, North Carolina

Providence Methodist Church, 4833 Old State Rd., Holly Hill, South Carolina