Cornelius Ward Rapp

C. W. & George L. Rapp, commonly known as Rapp & Rapp, was an American architectural firm known for the design of movie palaces and other theatres.¹

Born Dec 26, 1860, died Jun 28, 1926.¹

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C. W. & George L. Rapp, commonly known as Rapp & Rapp, was an American architectural firm known for the design of movie palaces and other theatres. Active from 1906 to 1965 and based in Chicago, the office designed over 400 theatres, including the Chicago Theatre (1921), Bismarck Hotel and Theatre (1926) and Oriental Theater (1926) in Chicago, the Five Flags Center (1910) in Dubuque, Iowa and the Paramount Theatres in New York City (1926) and Aurora, Illinois (1931).

The named partners were brothers C. Ward Rapp (1860–1926) and George L. Rapp (1878–1941), sons of a builder and natives of Carbondale, Illinois. Their Chicago practice is not to be confused with the Trinidad, Colorado practice of their brothers Isaac H. Rapp (1854–1933) and William M. Rapp (1863–1920) or the notable Cincinnati architects George W. Rapp and Walter L. Rapp, to whom they were not related.

From Wikipedia’s article on Cornelius Ward Rapp, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.²

Companies

Rapp and RappFounder⁹

Career

Occupation: architect.^{4 5}

Date not recordedFounded Rapp and Rapp³

Personal life

BornDec 26, 1860, Carbondale⁶
DiedJun 28, 1926, Chicago^{5 7}
CitizenshipUnited States⁸

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Wikidataoccupation, as reported by Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada 1800-1950
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WikidataCornelius Ward Rapp: place of death, on Wikidata
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