Samuel Wilson, Jr., may be regarded as the leading authority on the architectural history of Louisiana. Not only was Wilson an architect, but he also was a member of the Tulane faculty, where he lectured on the history of some of Louisiana’s oldest buildings. A member of the American Institute of Architects, and a founding member and past president of the Louisiana Landmarks Society, he served on the Board of Curators of the Louisiana State Museum. If he was not too busy with the aforementioned societies, institutes, and boards, Wilson also acted as the historian of the Orleans Parish Landmarks Commission and was the former director of the Society of Architectural Historians.