Charles Emmett Cassell (April 26, 1838 – August 29, 1916) was a Baltimore, Maryland-based architect.

Biography

He was born in Portsmouth, Virginia and trained as a naval architect. He received a degree in engineering from the University of Virginia at age 15. During the Civil War he served as a captain in the engineers corps, under General George Pickett of the Confederate States Army. After the war, he traveled to South America and served in the Chilean Navy. He returned to the United States and practiced architecture in St. Louis, Missouri before coming to Baltimore about 1868. He was a founding member of the Baltimore Chapter of the American Institute of Architects in 1870. He was known for his Romanesque Revival architecture style. He became an AIA fellow in 1905. In 1905, he had established Charles E. Cassell & Son in Baltimore, Maryland. His son John Cassell, died in 1909 from influenza. Following this, he occasionally associated with his nephew in Norfolk, Virginia under the office name of Cassell & Cassell. He is buried in his family’s lot at Cedar Grove Cemetery in Portsmouth, Virginia.

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