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Charles A Rich

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Occupation
  
Architect

Education
  
Dartmouth College

Role
  
Architect


Name
  
Charles Rich

Practice
  
Partner in Lamb & Rich

Born
  
October 22, 1854
Beverly, Massachusetts

Buildings
  
Barnard College Milbank, Brinckerhoff, and Fiske Halls (1897-1898) and Brooks Hall (1906-1907)

Projects
  
Barnard College master plan (1906, unrealized)

Died
  
December 3, 1943, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States

Structures
  
Saga Hill, Playhouse Theatre

Organizations founded
  
Lamb and Rich

Charles Alonzo Rich (October 22, 1854 – December 3, 1943) was an American architect who practiced in New York City from 1882 until 1933. Rich was a member of the Architectural League of New York. Rich was a partner in the New York architectural firm of Lamb & Rich, that mostly specialized in residential design.

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Personal life

Rich was born in Beverly, Massachusetts, and died at his home in Charlottesville, Virginia, at the age of 89.

Notable buildings

  • Claremont Opera House (1897); Claremont, NH, a fine example of Renaissance Revival architecture listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.
  • Milbank, Brinckerhoff, and Fiske Halls (1897-1898), Barnard College; listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.
  • Phi Delta Alpha (1902); the first purpose-built fraternity in New Hampshire, and the first fraternity on Dartmouth's "frat row" (Webster Avenue).
  • Brooks Hall (1906-1907), Barnard College; listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.
  • Copshaholm, the Joseph Doty Oliver mansion in South Bend, Indiana (1895-1896); listed on the National Register of Historic Places and listed as an American Treasure

    • References

    Charles A. Rich Wikipedia
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