"William Macy Stanton (1888-1969) was born to a Quaker family in northern Appalachia. He attended the University of Pennsylvania and established a private architectural firm in Philadelphia in 1921 but struggled as an architect until he found some stability through TVA projects in Norris and through the Cumberland Homesteads established by the Subsistence Homestead Administration. Stanton was responsible for the construction of much of New Deal Middle Tennessee, and later in his career he designed and oversaw construction of multistory hotels, including The Lafayette and the James Madison Hotel, and the restoration of Quaker meetinghouses"-- Provided by publisher.