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'''James Mackson McMichael''' (December 14, 1870 – October 3, 1944), known as '''James M. McMichael''', was an American architect.<ref name=ncarchitect_mcmichael>{{cite web|url=http://ncarchitects.lib.ncsu.edu/people/P000266 |title=North Carolina Architects & Builders: McMichael, James M. (1870-1944) |author=Michelle Ann Michael and Catherine W. Bishir |year=2012 |publisher=North Carolina State University Libraries}}</ref> Several buildings he designed are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>

McMichael worked out of Charlotte and was known for his church domed, classically detailed, church designs for Baptist and Protestant congregations. He also designed theaters, lodges, courthouses, stores, hotels, and residences.<ref name=char/>

Early in his career, he worked at Wheeler, McMichael, and Company (1901-1902) and McMichael and Hunter (1903-1904). During most of his career, he ran his own firm.<ref name=char/>

McMicahel was born in [[Harrisburg, Pennsylvania]] to James and Lavinia (Venia) McMichael and had at least four siblings.<ref name=char/> He married Sarah Florence Williamson on October 23, 1896 in [[Chester, Pennsylvania]], where they lived in 1900.<ref name=char/> He moved to Charlotte in 1901 and was associated with architect [[Oliver Duke Wheeler]].<ref name=char/> He may have replaced [[Louis E. Schwend]] who died in 1900.<ref name=char/> In 1903, McMichael and architect [[Leonard L. Hunter]] formed the firm of McMichael and Hunter which lasted through 1904. They designed two schools, two houses, a courthouse, a lodge, an office building, and seven churches.<ref name=char/> McMichael established his own firm in 1904. By 1915 or 1916, the busy practice hired [[Marion R. Marsh]]. Like architect [[C. C. Hook]] of Charlotte, he favored [[Colonial architecture]] designs. He also designed [[Gothic Revival architecture]] churches, including First Baptist Church (1922-1924) in Concord, [[Myers Park Presbyterian Church]] (1927) He designed the First Baptist Church in Charlotte in a [[Byzantine architecture]] style. Many of his church designs are domed.<ref name=char/> Other churches he designed include the [[Page Memorial Methodist Church]] (1913) in Aberdeen, [[East Avenue Tabernacle Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church]] (1914) in Charlotte, [[Edenton Baptist Church]] (1916-1920) in Edenton, First Baptist Church (1922) in Lincolnton, Edenton Baptist Church, and Charlotte's Little Rock A. M. E. Zion Church (1908-1911).<ref name=char/>

McMichael and his wife had three sons and five daughters. According to his obituary, he designed more than 900 churches in his 50-year career.<ref name=char>[http://ncarchitects.lib.ncsu.edu/people/P000266 James M. McMichael] by Michelle Ann Michael and updated by Catherine W. Bishir 2012 North Carolina Architects and Builders</ref>

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