Irven Donald McDaniel was an architect who practiced in Hot Springs, Garland County, Arkansas much of his career. McDaniel was born April 14, 1894 in Holland, Faulkner County, Arkansas. He practiced in Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, Arkansas in the early 1920s. In 1922, he formed a professional partnership, Seig and McDaniel Architects, with Richard L. Seig in Memphis, Tennessee. The firm is credited with designing Walrow, a well-known Tudor revival mansion and the Almadura Apartment Building both in Memphis. McDaniel was practicing in Hot Springs by 1930, he designed a number of buildings including the Perry Plaza Court, now listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Irven married Arkansan Camille Lewis in 1920. Together, the couple had four children Virginia, Caldwell, Irven and Daly. Their third child, Irven Granger McDaniel (1923-1978) also was an architect. During World War II, Irven G. McDaniel served as a pilot with the Royal Air Force and was taken as a prisoner of war. Upon his return to the United States, Irven G. practiced architecture in Hot Springs, designing the historically significant Van Lyell House and the Jack Tar Hotel and Bathhouse (AKA Garland Towers). Irven D. McDaniel died on March 16. 1960. He is buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Garland County Arkansas.