Rubush and Hunter

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Partners Preston C. Rubush Edgar O. Hunter

Rubush & Hunter was an architectural firm in Indianapolis, Indiana in the United States. The firm was a partnership of Preston C. Rubush and Edgar O. Hunter. Preceded by P. C. Rubush and Company (1900-1905), Rubush & Hunter existed from 1905 to 1938. It designed many buildings that are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.

Notable works

Works, with attribution either to the firm or to Rubush or Hunter individually, include:

Circle Theater, built 1916, 45 Monument Circle, Indianapolis (Rubush & Hunter), NRHP-listed; now known as Hilbert Circle Theatre

Henry P. Coburn Public School No. 66, 604 E. 38th Street, Indianapolis (Rubush & Hunter), NRHP-listed

Columbia Club, built 1925, 121 Monument Circle, Indianapolis (Rubush & Hunter), NRHP-listed; it includes architectural carving on the facade by Alexander Sangernebo.

Fidelity Trust Building, 148 E. Market Street, Indianapolis (Rubush & Hunter), NRHP-listed

Guaranty Building, 20 N. Meridian Street, Indianapolis, diagonally across Monument Circle from the Columbia Club; a 9-story speculative office building, again with Sangernebo providing the classical stone carvings for the facades

HCS Motor Car Company, 1402 N. Capitol Ave., Indianapolis, Indiana, NRHP-listed

Indiana School for the Deaf, built 1911, 1200 E. 42nd Street, Indianapolis (Rubush & Hunter), NRHP-listed

Indiana Theatre, built 1927, 134 W. Washington Street, Indianapolis (Rubush & Hunter), NRHP-listed

Old Indianapolis City Hall, 202 N. Alabama Street, Indianapolis (Rubush & Hunter), NRHP-listed

Oriental Lodge No. 500, 2201 Central, Indianapolis, NRHP-listed

Indianapolis Masonic Temple, 525 N. Illinois Avenue, Indianapolis (Rubush, Preston C.), NRHP-listed

Reserve Loan Life Insurance Company, 429 N. Pennsylvania Street, Indianapolis (Rubush & Hunter), NRHP-listed

The Buckingham, 3101-3119 N. Meridian Street, Indianapolis (Rubush & Hunter), NRHP-listed

Madame C. J. Walker Building, 617 Indiana Avenue, Indianapolis (Rubush & Hunter), NRHP-listed

One or more works in the Washington Street-Monument Circle Historic District, roughly bounded by Delaware, Ohio, Capitol, and Maryland Streets, Indianapolis (Rubush & Hunter), NRHP-listed

H. P. Wasson and Company Building, 2 W. Washington Street and 2 N. Meridian Street, Indianapolis (Rubush & Hunter), NRHP-listed

YWCA Blue Triangle Residence Hall, 725 N. Pennsylvania Street, Indianapolis (Rubush, Preston C. & Hunter, Edgar O.), NRHP-listed

References

Rubush & Hunter Wikipedia

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