John Davis

This article is about the senior architect. For his son, see John Davis Jr.

John Eayres Davis (born August 4, 1891 in Oak Grove; died January 2, 1961 in Birmingham) was a standout football player for the Alabama Polytechnic Institute in Auburn and a partner in the notable architecture firm of Warren, Knight & Davis.

Davis played tackle and fullback for the 1908, 1909, 1910, and 1911 Auburn Tigers football teams. He was twice named an "All-Southern" player by John Heisman and was a captain for the 1910 team that went 6-1 and won a Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association co-championship.

From 1911 to 1914 Davis worked as an apprentice to William Weston in Birmingham. After that he spent a year in the office of Horace Trumbauer in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and then five years with Louis Kamper in Detroit, Michigan.

Davis moved back to Alabama to become a partner in the firm of Warren & Knight on January 1, 1922. His connections in Auburn helped the firm win more than 30 commissions on campus before 1950, including Jordan-Hare Stadium in 1939. He served one term as president of the Alabama Chapter of the American Institute of Architects.

Davis constructed a home at 2935 Carlisle Road.

References

• 1956 American Architects Directory (December 1955) American Institute of Architects/ R. R. Bowker