George Bigelow Rogers
| George Bigelow Rogers | |
|---|---|
 Van Antwerp Building, taken shortly after completion | |
| Born |
1870 Illinois |
| Died |
1945 Mobile, Alabama |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Buildings |
Van Antwerp Building Scottish Rite Temple Mobile Public Library |
George Bigelow Rogers (1870–1945) was an American architect, best known for the wide variety of buildings that he designed in Mobile, Alabama. Born in Illinois in 1870, he studied painting in France, then apprenticed from 1894 to 1898 as an architect in Hartford, Connecticut. He stopped in Mobile in 1901, while en route to a vacation in Mexico. He decided to stay in the Gulf Coast city and went on to design many of what today are among its best known buildings.[1][2] He was made a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects in 1941, an honor bestowed on fewer than two percent of all registered architects in the United States.[3] He died in Mobile in 1945.[4] His architectural library is housed in the archives of the Historic Mobile Preservation Society.[5]
Projects
- George Fearn House in Mobile, Alabama (1904), on the National Register of Historic Places
- Van Antwerp Building in Mobile, Alabama (1907), on the National Register of Historic Places
- David R. Burgess Mansion at 1209 Government Street in Mobile, Alabama (1907)
- Tacon-Bellingrath House at 60 South Ann Street in Mobile, Alabama (1908) (Destroyed)
- Dave Patton House in Mobile, Alabama (1915), on the National Register of Historic Places
- Albert Bush House at 1203 Government Street in Mobile, Alabama (1915)
- Government Street Methodist Church at 901 Government Street in Mobile, Alabama (1904–1917)
- Scottish Rite Temple in Mobile, Alabama (1921), on the National Register of Historic Places
- Shannon T. Hunter House in Mobile, Alabama (1923)
- Murphy High School Complex in Mobile, Alabama (1926), on the National Register of Historic Places
- Bellingrath Gardens and Home in Mobile, Alabama (1927), on the National Register of Historic Places
- Mobile Public Library in Mobile, Alabama (1928), on the National Register of Historic Places
- Davis Avenue Branch of the Mobile Public Library in Mobile, Alabama (1931), on the National Register of Historic Places
- Leo Brown House at 1668 Government Street in Mobile, Alabama (1937)
References
- ↑ Welsh, Frank S. (2007). "Paint, Caen Stone, and Acoustical Plaster at the Public Library in Mobile, Alabama". APT Bulletin 38 (1). JSTOR 40004161.
- ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09.
- ↑ "AIA Fellows". Alabama Council of The American Institute of Architects (AIA). Retrieved 30 January 2010.
- ↑ "Bellingrath Gardens & Home Timeline". Bellingrath Gardens & Home. Retrieved 30 January 2010.
- ↑ "Mitchell Archives". Historic Mobile Preservation Society. Retrieved 30 January 2010.
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