Lozier Architects/Engineers Records

William Sherman Lozier was born in Scottsburg, New York in 1876. He attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, graduating in 1906, followed by teaching at Pennsylvania State College in 1906-07 and at New York University as assistant professor of engineering from 1908 to 1911. In 1911, he founded the firm of William S. Lozier Co., consulting engineers, with a practice focused on civil and sanitary engineering. The firm found rapid success, notably in the fields of water supply and sewer design. He also served as a civilian project engineer for the U. S. Shipping Board in World War I, heading 20 projects for the board.

Lozier Co. grew rapidly between the two World Wars, finding work across New York State. With the coming of the World War II, William Lozier was one of the four individuals called upon to revamp and revise the Army’s defense building program. His firm constructed Pine Camp, near Watertown (now Fort Drum), along with the Letterkenny, Sunflower, and Seneca Ordnance Depots during the war. William S. Lozier retired in 1946 and passed away in 1957. His firm continued successfully for decades more, continuing its reputation for water and sewer work. It is uncertain when the company’s name changed to Lozier Architects/Engineers, but the company was carrying out increasing architectural design work by the 1970s. In 1995, Lozier was purchased by Syracuse-based Galson Corporation, ending Lozier’s 84-year history as an independent company. The name lives on, however, in Lozier Environmental Services, which began in 1980 as a branch of Lozier Architects/Engineers dedicated to environmental sampling and analytics. Purchased from Galson and incorporated by its employees in 2002, Lozier Environmental is an active business as of the writing of this finding aid in 2024.