Vonnegut, Wright & Yeager

Vonnegut, Wright & Yeager was an architectural firm active in mid-twentieth-century Indiana. The firm was organized in 1946 as a partnership between the surviving partners of three Indiana firms: Kurt Vonnegut Sr. (1884–1957) of Vonnegut, Bohn & Mueller Architects, George Caleb Wright (b. April 25, 1889) of Pierre and Wright and Ralph Oscar Yeager (b. August 16, 1892) of Miller and Yeager (of Terre Haute, Indiana). It was located at 1126 Hume Mansur Building, Indianapolis, Indiana and 402 Opera House Building, Terre Haute, Indiana.^[1]

History

Vonnegut, Wright & Yeager was formed in 1946. It appears that in the late 1950s, possibly after the death of partner Kurt Vonnegut Sr. in 1957, partner George Caleb Wright left the firm to become senior partner in the Indianapolis firm of Wright, Porteus & Lowe.

Works by Vonnegut, Wright & Yeager Architects

• Stalker Hall, Indiana State University, built to designs by Ralph O Yeager in 1954 for $920,000 (renovated 2004-2006)

Works by Miller & Yeager Architects

Terre Haute Post Office and Federal Building

• Coca Cola Company Building, Terre Haute, Indiana, built for $200,000.^[1]
• U.S. Post Office (Terre Haute, Indiana), built for $450,000.^[1]
• Terre Haute City Hall, built for $250,000.^[1]
• Woodrow Wilson Junior High School (Terre Haute, Indiana) (1927), built for $750,000.^[1]
• First Church of Christ Scientist (Terre Haute, Indiana), built for $175,000^[1]
• Young Men's Christian Association (Terre Haute, Indiana), built for approximately $275,000^[1]
• Zorah Shrine (Terre Haute, Indiana), built for $300,000^[1]
• Onion Hospital (Terre Haute, Indiana), built for $375,000^[1]

Works by Pierre & Wright Architects

• Indiana State Library and Historical Building, Indianapolis, Indiana^[1]
• Milo Stuart Memorial Building, Arsenal Technical High School (Indianapolis, Indiana)^[1]

Works by Vonnegut, Bohn & Mueller Architects

• Indiana Bell Telephone Building in Indianapolis, Indiana^[1][2]
• The first building of All Souls Unitarian Church (Indianapolis, Indiana), 1453 N. Alabama Street^[2]
• Anderson Bank building in Anderson, Indiana^[2]
• New buildings for Hooks Drug Stores prior to World War II.^[2]
• Kurt Vonnegut, Sr. Residence 4365 North Illinois Street, Indianapolis (c.1929)., Indianapolis 4th Ward Washington Township, Marion County, Indiana.^[2]
• Kurt Vonnegut, Sr. Residence (Williams Creek, Indiana) (1941)^[2]

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