HISTORY OF KENTUCKY AND KENTUCKIANS, E. Polk Johnson, three volumes,
Lewis Publishing Co., New York & Chicago, 1912. Common version, Vol. III,
p. 1215.   [Kenton County]

LANHAM ROBERTSON--The interesting science of architecture finds one of its
most talented representatives in the person of Lanham Robertson, a member
of the eminent firm of Fahnestock, Feber & Robertson of Cincinnati.  Mr.
Robertson comes of a family of scholars, his grandfather, Joseph Robertson,
L.L.D., having been a man of much ability and prominence in his native
Scotland.  He was curator of the historical department of the Register
House at Edinburgh, and the greatest record scholar in the country.  He
died while engaged upon some of his best and most important work.
     Lanham Robertson is a native of Kentucky, his birth having occurred
in Louisville, July 19, 1880, his father's name being C. J.
Stuart-Robertson, and his mother's, previous to her marriage, Lizzie
Tompkins, the former a native of historic old Edinburgh and the latter the
daughter of a well known Louisville family.  The father came to the United
States when a young man, found his way to Louisville, engaged in business
and married there, but was cut short in his career by death some four years
after the latter event.  The mother still resides in Covington.
     The late C. J. Stuart-Robertson and his wife were the parents of
three children, he whose name initiates this biography being the eldest
born and the only one surviving.  He passed his boyhood in Louisville,
attended the public schools and was graduated from the high school at the
age of nineteen.  His first experience in the business world was gained
as an employe [sic] of the Louisville & Nashville Railway and Standard Oil
Company in an engineering and architectural capacity.  He had early
evinced a remarkable ability and originally in his chosen profession and
in 1908 he engaged in architecture, in Covington, when he moved, upon his
own account.  This venture proved successful and in 1910 a partnership
was formed under the firm name of Fahnestock, Ferber & Robertson, with
offices in Cincinnati.  This constitutes a strong combination and the firm
has filled a number of important contracts, although such a short time
in the field.  One of Mr. Robertson's chef d'oeuvres was his much admired
design for the home of the windows of the Knights of Pythias situated
near Lexington.
     In the matter of politics Mr. Robertson gives his allegiance to
"the Grand Old Party," as its supporters are pleased to call it, and his
fraternal relations consist of membership in the Knights of Pythias and
the Red Men.  He is a communicant of the Episcopal church.

Robertson Tompkins
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Lexington-Fayette-KY Louisville-Jefferson-KY Cincinnati-Hamilton-OH
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