William S. Kaufman

William S. Kaufman
William S. Kaufman
Born	1849; Union County, Indiana
Died	1916
Nationality	American
Occupation	Architect
Spouse(s)	Eva Peed Kaufman
Children	Maude Kaufman Eggemeyer; Thomas Kaufman
Parent(s)	Elias Kaufman; Mary Rhodes

William S. Kaufman (1849–1916) was an American architect known for designing a number of public buildings, primarily in Indiana and Ohio.

Life and work

Kaufman was born in Union County, Indiana to Elias and Mary (Rhodes) Kaufman, who were Pennsylvania natives and early Indiana settlers. He attended school in Brownsville, Indiana and trained as a carpenter and stair-builder in Cambridge City, Indiana. He studied architectural drafting in Indianapolis and remained there until 1876, when he moved to New Castle and opened an office, later moving his practice to Richmond, Indiana. His son, Thomas, joined him in the architecture business for a time and then moved to Indianapolis and later to California with his wife, the noted Ragtime composer May Aufderheide Kaufman. A daughter, Maude Kaufman Eggemeyer became an accomplished artist of the Richmond Group of painters.

Notable works

Westmoreland County Courthouse, Greensburg, Pennsylvania
The Westcott Hotel, Richmond, Indiana (demolished)
Richmond State Hospital, Richmond, Indiana (superintendent of construction for architect E. H. Ketcham
Lindley Hall at Earlham College (burned)
Parry Hall at Earlham College
Fayette County, Indiana Courthouse, Connersville, Indiana renovation
Wayne County Courthouse (Indiana) (superintendent of construction for architect James McLaughlin
Winchester, Indiana Friends Meeting House
Wysor Street Depot, Muncie, Indiana
Greenville Carnegie Library, Greenville, Ohio
Central Christian Church, Lebanon, Indiana
Henry Henley Public Library, Carthage, Indiana

Sources

Tomlan, Mary Raddant and Michael A. Richmond, Indiana: Its Physical and Aesthetic Heritage to 1920, Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Society, 2003
Kieser, David L. "Carthage Historic District Study", Indianapolis: Kieser Consulting Group, LLC, 2015

gollark: This is false. I am HIGHLY helpful.

gollark: So obviously we've got to keep the momentum.

gollark: ++choose 1000 lyric "not lyric"

gollark: I feel like we should standardize either on the "memetic project 3432-ζ"-style names or "PRIVATION CATACLYSMS"-y ones, having different names for the same project is confusing.

gollark: PRIVATION CATACLYSMS.

External links

William S. Kaufman at Find a Grave

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.