Richards, McCarty & Bulford

Richards, McCarty & Bulford was an American architectural firm. The General Services Administration has called the firm the "preeminent" architectural firm of the city of Columbus, Ohio.[1] A number of the firm's works are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[2] The firm operated until 1943.[3]

Columbus Museum of Art
The Johnson-Campbell House

History

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Clarence Earl Richards (1864–1921) and Joel Edward McCarty (1856–1952) founded the firm as Richards & McCarty in 1898, Columbus, Ohio. George Henry Bulford (1870–1942) joined as partner in 1899 and the firm name became Richards, McCarty & Bulford. Richards, McCarty, and Bulford had previously apprenticed at the firm of Yost & Packard of Columbus. By way of McCarty's mother, Mary McCarty (née Mary Yost; 1834–1893), McCarty was a nephew of Joseph W. Yost.

The firm was in business until 1943.[3]

Works

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Tennessee

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Indiana

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Ohio

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Columbus

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Elsewhere in Ohio

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Kentucky

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Kansas

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Wichita

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  • The Schweiter Building – at Main Street and Doublas Avenue, complete around 1910, Henry S. Schweiter Jr. (1876–1948), proprietor
  • The Wichita Forum, completed 1911, was, at the time, the largest convention facility in Kansas. The financing was sponsored by the city of Wichita
  • The Hotel Lassen (aka Market Centre), built in 1918, Henry Lassen (1861–1919), proprietor (NRHP Information System #84000108, October 4, 1984)
  • The Wheeler-Kelly-Hagney building – 120 South Market Street, was built in 1920. The founding officers of Wheeler, Kelly, Hagney Trust Company were Howard Victor Wheeler (1874–1951), Harry Johnston Hagney (1865–1931), John Clark Kelly (1872–1956), and Henry Harrison Dewey (1841–1916) – all members of a real estate firm (NRHP Information System ID: #82002671, March 11, 1982)
  • Wesley Hospital, dedicated September 19, 1921
  • The First National Bank Building, at 105 North Main Street, opened in 1921 (northwest corner of Main Street and Douglas Avenue), caddy corner to the Beacon building; George H. Bulford was the architect.

Selected architects

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The three firm name-sake architects all had worked at Yost & Packard in Columbus:

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b GSA site
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form". National Park Service. Retrieved March 16, 2023.
  4. ^ https://columbusunderground.com/renovation-planned-for-historic-downtown-building-bw1/ [bare URL]
  5. ^ Darbee, Jeffrey T.; Recchie, Nancy A. (2008). The AIA Guide to Columbus. Ohio University Press. ISBN 9780821416846.
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