Charles W. Bates Explained

Charles Winning Bates
Nationality:American
Birth Date:December 27, 1878
Birth Place:Wheeling, West Virginia
Death Date:1929
Death Place:Wheeling, West Virginia
Significant Buildings:Edemar, Capitol Theatre, National Bank of West Virginia

Charles W. Bates (1878–1929) was an American architect who practiced primarily in Wheeling, West Virginia, and was one of the region's most successful architects. He mostly specialized in commercial and school buildings in the north Ohio River valley.

Born December 27, 1878, in Wheeling, Bates first attended the local public schools, then completed his education at the Linsly Military Institute.[1] He studied architecture and engineering at the Armour Institute of Technology, in Chicago. In Chicago, he worked for D. H. Burnham & Company and Horatio R. Wilson. He then went to Pittsburgh, where he worked for several more architects before taking a job in the architectural department of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Bates then went abroad, returning in 1907. Upon his return, he established the firm of Rudolph & Bates with A. W. Rudolph in Altoona, central Pennsylvania.[2] This firm was dissolved a year later and Bates returned to Wheeling, where he remained for the rest of his life and career.[1]

Bates was one of the region's leading architects, with his chief local competitor being the older Frederick F. Faris. He designed many of the area's largest buildings, including four 10-story structures and the public library in Wheeling, and the high schools in a number of towns. Overviews of his work were published in 1909 and 1912.[3]

Selected works

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Notes and References

  1. Quinn, Kate. "The Men Who Built Wheeling" . 2009.
  2. "The Work of Charles W. Bates". Ohio Architect, Engineer, and Builder Sept. 1909: 19.
  3. "Mr. Charles W. Bates". Ohio Architect, Engineer, and Builder Nov. 1912: 19.
  4. Engineering Record 20 Feb. 1909: 50c.
  5. American Contractor 2 July 1910: 68.
  6. http://www.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/ohio/91001728.pdf Edemar NRHP Nomination, BI
  7. Municipal Journal and Engineer 16 March 1910: 420.
  8. Industrial World 23 Oct. 1911: 1301.
  9. American Architect 28 June 1911: 14.
  10. School Board Journal March 1912: 50.
  11. Industrial World 1 April 1912: 419.
  12. Tradesman 26 June 1913: 52.
  13. American Contractor 12 July 1913: 61.
  14. Engineering and Contracting 10 June 1914: 56.
  15. Electrical World 22 Aug. 1914: 401.
  16. Steel and Iron 26 Oct. 1914: 1334.
  17. American Contractor 26 June 1915: 72.
  18. Construction Record 31 July 1915: 10.
  19. Construction Record 8 Jan. 1916: 10.
  20. American Contractor 8 April 1916: 17.
  21. American Contractor 10 June 1916: 18.
  22. American Stone Trade 1 Sept. 1917: 43.
  23. American Contractor 5 May 1917: 73.
  24. American Contractor 19 May 1917: 65.
  25. Engineering News 25 Jan. 1917: 47.
  26. American Contractor 13 July 1918: 55.
  27. American Contractor 5 Jan. 1918: 46.
  28. American Contractor 3 May 1919: 83.
  29. Lumber 8 Sept. 1919: 55.
  30. Lumber 24 Nov. 1919: 54.
  31. American Machinist 24 Feb. 1921: 352h.
  32. http://www.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/monongalia/84003631.pdf Metropolitan Theatre NRHP Nomination
  33. Manufacturers Record 23 Feb. 1922: 83.
  34. Engineering News-Record 16 March 1922: 121.
  35. American Contractor 18 Feb. 1922: 61.
  36. Engineering News-Record 1923: 168.
  37. Duffy, Sean Patrick and Paul Rinkes. Then & Now: Wheeling. 2010.
  38. Pokas, Betty. "Historical marker to be dedicated". http://www.timesleaderonline.com/. 14 May 2011.
  39. Engineering News-Record 1927: 57.
  40. Iron Age 1928.
  41. Iron Age 1929: 464.

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