Proudfoot & Bird

Proudfoot & Bird et al. was an American architectural firm or partnership that designed many buildings in the U.S. midwest. Partners included Willis Thomas Proudfoot (1860–1928) (who also went by W.T. or Willis T., and, confusingly, by William T.) and George Washington Bird (1854–1953) and Harry Dustan Rawson (1872–1934). At times it was known as Proudfoot, Bird and Rawson or Proudfoot, Rawson & Souers or Monheim, Bird & Proudfoot.[1]

A large number of their buildings which survive are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.[2] Many or all of these were listed as part of one 1988 study and multiple property submission.[3][2] In 1988 there were 25 known surviving Proudfoot, Bird & Rawson buildings in Des Moines alone.[3]:10

Their works include:[2]

There is also association with Salt Lake City and County Building and Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum, in the original City Hall building designed by William T. Proudfoot and George W. Bird in 1890Memorial Union (Iowa State University)

There is also association with:

  1. Cathedral Church of Saint Paul (Des Moines)
  2. Theodore Roosevelt High School (Des Moines)
  3. Masonic Temple of Des Moines
  4. Trinity United Methodist Church (Des Moines, Iowa)
  5. Pentacrest
  6. List of Carnegie libraries in Iowa
  7. Memorial Union (Iowa State University) In 1926, the Des Moines, Iowa architecture firm, Proudfoot Rawson & Souers, was contracted and a basic design by William T. Proudfoot was ...
  8. United States Post Office and Courthouse (Dubuque, Iowa, 1934)
  9. Des Moines City Hall

See "Architectural Legacy of Proudfoot & Bird in Iowa MPS" and other MPS documents cited in articles.

References

  1. ^ Barbara Beving Long (November 23, 1988). "Architectural Legacy of Proudfoot & Bird in Iowa MPS". http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NRHP/Text/64500144.pdf. 
  2. ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
  3. ^ a b Barbara Beving Long and Ralph J. Christian (November 23, 1988). "Architectural Legacy of Proudfoot & Bird in Iowa MPS". http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NRHP/Text/64500144.pdf.