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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>Moira Daniels

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