Our History
In 1937, Lacy Hibbs joined Clarence Speight to establish Speight & Hibbs Architects. After graduating from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1950, Rufus Johnson Jr. joined the firm, which was renamed Speight, Hibbs & Johnson in 1959. A year later, the partnership split and became Hibbs & Johnson, continuing under that name until Hibbs’ retirement in 1973.
At that time, the firm became simply Rufus Johnson and Associates. In 1977, after earning his Master of City Planning degree from Georgia Tech, Rufus “Rudy” Johnson III joined his father in the practice. In 1982, when the elder Johnson retired, Rudy assumed sole responsibility and renamed the firm Rufus Johnson Associates of Clarksville, Inc.
When Daniel Binkley returned to Clarksville in 2006, he joined the practice. In 2014, he was offered partnership and appointed Vice President, helping position the firm to continue its legacy of service for years to come. Today, Rudy and Daniel lead the firm together, carrying forward its long-standing legacy of service and design excellence.
These are a sampling of original hand renderings from our archives.