Frederic Rhinelander King was an American architect who, beginning in 1919, shared an office in New York City with Marion Sims Wyeth (1889-1982), a friend from his student days in Paris. King had studied at Harvard College, where he graduated in 1908, and then at Columbia University and the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He was a member of the American Institute of Architects since 1929 and a fellow since 1950. He was a cousin of renowned author Edith Wharton. King planned many different projects, from villas to factories to churches. The new residence of Dr. med. John A. Vietor for his second wife was named “Southwood” and was built by Wyeth & King in 1934. The complex was designed in the style of a Georgian revival resembling a plantation house. It is not known why the project was submitted only under the name of King.