Samuel Mockbee

Samuel "Sambo" Mockbee (23 December 1944–30 December 2001) was an American architect and a co-founder of the Auburn University Rural Studio program in Hale County, Alabama. Mockbee's architectural partnership with Coleman Coker was recognized for an ingenious and quirky brand of regionalism. Mockbee was born in Meridian, Mississippi. He served two years in the U.S. Army as an artillery officer at Fort Benning, Georgia. He enrolled at Auburn Unive... more

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  • Dec 23, 1944

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  • Dec 30, 2001 (age 57 years)

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