Sarasota architect Frank Folsom Smith died on March 25 at age 93, according to an obituary prepared for Toale Brothers Funeral Home, which is handling arrangements.
A member of the Sarasota School of Architecture, Smith was the lead architect for Sarasota’s iconic Plymouth Harbor retirement community and a founding member of the Council of New Urbanism, whose emphasis on walkability laid the foundation for Sarasota’s bustling downtown.
Known as a true gentleman of the South, Smith was born June 21,1931 and grew up in Virginia Beach, Virginia. A 1959 graduate of the University of Virginia’s School of Architecture, he fell in love with Sarasota’s natural beauty during a vacation…