Stubblefield, Joe, 1944-2007

Joe Stubblefield worked as an architect in San Antonio, Texas, from 1972 until his death in 2007. His major architectural projects in the San Antonio area included the San Pedro Springs Park master plan, McAllister Fine Arts Center, St. Paul Square South Block improvements, San Antonio Police Officers Association, Borglum Studio Restoration, El Mirador Garden House, Via-Ellis Alley historic restoration, and Villas Del Norte alternative housing. Projects outside of San Antonio included the Nimitz Museum expansion in Fredericksburg, Texas, and the McFaddin Ward House Museum in Beaumont, Texas.

From the description of Joe Stubblefield papers, 1968-2007. (University of Texas at San Antonio). WorldCat record id: 236488302

San Antonio architect Joe L. Stubblefield was born on May 24, 1944, in Dallas, Texas. He attended Arlington State College (now the University of Texas at Arlington) from 1962 to 1964, and then the University of Texas at Austin, earning a Bachelor of Architecture degree in 1968 and a Master of Science, Community, and Regional Planning in 1972. He worked as an intern at O'Neil Ford, Boone Powell and Chris Carson until 1974. In 1994 he joined the SA Partnership. His work included the designing or renovating of over 200 private residences in various sections of San Antonio and the Texas Hill Country, as well as work on commercial, industrial, adaptive reuse, restoration and remodeling projects.

Major San Antonio architectural projects on which Stubblefield worked include the San Pedro Springs Park master plan, McAllister Fine Arts Center, St. Paul Square South Block improvements, San Antonio Police Officers Association, Borglum Studio Restoration, El Mirador Garden House, Via-Ellis Alley historic restoration, and Villas Del Norte alternative housing. Projects outside of San Antonio included the Nimitz Museum expansion in Fredericksburg, Texas, and the McFaddin Ward House Museum in Beaumont, Texas.

In addition to his design work, Stubblefield also chaired San Antonio's Historic Review Board in the early 1980s and taught drawing courses in the architecture program at San Antonio College and at the University of Texas at San Antonio during the 1980s. He was the winner of several awards, including the Texas Historical Commission's Award of Excellence in Historic Architecture in 2006. He died on October 24, 2007, in San Antonio.

From the guide to the Joe Stubblefield Papers MS 160., 1939-2007, 1970-2006, (University of Texas at San Antonio Libraries Special Collections)