Boney, FAIA Charles (Charlie) Hussey
Class of 1942After graduating from New Hanover High School Boney attended North Carolina State University for one year then served four years in WWII as a member of the US Army Combat Engineers. He graduated with a BA in Architecture from NCSU School of Design in 1950. Healthcare design was a special interest. He was chief architect for the design of New Hanover Regional Medical Center, Pender Memorial Hospital, Duplin General Hospital and Cape Fear Memorial Hospital. Other notable projects in the Wilmington area include Cooperative Bank Headquarters, Hoggard and Laney High Schools, Brodgen Hall, Alderman Elementary School, and UNCW’s Kenan Auditorium. His work was published in Architectural Record, Progressive Architecture, Southern Architect North Carolina Education and Modern Hospital
Ever an advocate for the profession of architecture, he held over a dozen AIA positions at the local, state and national levels, and served as President of AIANC in 1974. In 2003 he won AIANC’s F. Carter Williams Gold Medal for career achievement. In 2014, he was awarded the North Carolina’s Order of the Long Leaf Pine.
Boney won an AIANC and SARC Design Award in 1955 for the Little Chapel on the Boardwalk in Wrightsville Beach, NC. Historic preservation was a passion of Charlie’s and he was a key player in the establishment of the Wilmington Historic District. He was President Historic Wilmington Foundation, Chairman of the City Historic Preservation Commission, and was appointed by several Governors to the Capitol Preservation Commission and the North Carolina Battleship Commission. He was named Wilmington’s Citizen of the Year in 1979.
Accolades: AIANC's F. Carter Williams Gold Medal, AIANC and SARC Design Award and the North Carolina's Order of the Long Leaf Pine