Charles A. Smith (architect)

Charles Ashley Smith
Born1866 (1866)
Ohio
Died1948 (aged 81–82)
Kansas City, Missouri

Charles Ashley Smith (March 22, 1866 – 1948), was an American architect who worked mainly in Kansas City, Missouri.

He is given credit for architectural innovations in schools that improved ventilation and cleanliness, and which were adopted widely elsewhere.

He was born in Steubenville, Ohio. His father Augustine L. Smith was a building contractor. Charles worked for architect william F. Hackney of the firm Bell & Hackney in Des Moines, Iowa. In 1898, Smith became the official architect for Kansas City's School Board.

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