Rudolph Benz
Rudolph Benz (1847–1906) was an American architect, primarily in the city of Mobile, Alabama. He immigrated from Germany. He lived at 201 Rapier Avenue in Mobile. He was buried at Magnolia Cemetery.[1]
Works
- Mobile Cotton Exchange (1886), burned in 1917[2]
- Baldwin County Courthouse (1887) in Daphne, Alabama
- Mobile County Courthouse (1889), its fifth, demolished in 1950s[3]
- Pincus Building (1891)[4] on Dauphin Street
- Scheuermann Building (1893),[5] at 203 Dauphin Street[3]
- German Relief Hall (1896)[3]
- J. F. Hutchisson mansion
- Bienville Square fountain[5]
- Pollock Building (1907) at 412 Dauphin, NRHP listed Street[5]
References
- ^ "Rudolph Benz: Mobile's Gilded Age Architect" (PDF). 2017. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
- ^ Sledge, John (June 4, 2014). "Bygone Structures".
- ^ a b c Elizabeth, Barrett Gould (Fall 1987). "From Fort to Port: An Architectural History of Mobile, Alabama, 1711-1918; The High Victorian Period, 1880-1900" (PDF). Gulf Coast Historical Review. 3 (1).
- ^ "Rudolph Benz | Companies". Emporis. Archived from the original on May 10, 2021. Retrieved 2022-05-03.
- ^ a b c "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2021-05-10. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
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