McDonald Brothers (architects)

McDonald Brothers was a Louisville-based firm of architects of courthouses and other public buildings. It was a partnership of brothers Kenneth McDonald (died 1904), Harry McDonald (aka Henry P. McDonald), and Donald McDonald founded in 1878.[1]

Harry McDonald was the senior member of the firm. He served in the American Civil War as a confederate soldier. He later was elected to the Kentucky legislature and died while in office, in 1904.[1]

Donald McDonald graduated from Washington and Lee University in 1873.[1]

Kenneth McDonald died in 1904.[1]

Many of their works survive and are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. Their Adair County Courthouse, for one example, was built in 1885.[2]

Works (with variations in attribution to both or either) include:

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 E. Polk Johnson. A History of Kentucky and Kentuckians: The Leaders and Representative Men in Commerce, Industry and Modern Activities 3. Lewis Publishing Company. pp. 1479–80.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Staff (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
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