Ellington studied architecture at the
Drexel Institute in
Philadelphia, the
University of Pennsylvania, and the
École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Ellington was the first American to win the Rougevin prize. He was also the architect for the North Charleston
Methodist Church in North Charleston, South Carolina in 1954 and Holmes Avenue Baptist Church in 1958. In 1927, Ellington designed the Sylvan Theatre, now part of the
Downtown Sylva Historic District in
Sylva, North Carolina. Ellington died on August 27, 1960, at his self-designed and built summer home, known as the
Douglas Ellington House, in
Asheville, North Carolina. ==Gallery==