Rudolph Benz Explained

Rudolph Benz (1847 - 1906) was an American architect, primarily in the city of Mobile, Alabama. He immigrated from Germany. He lived at 201 Rapier Avenue in Mobile. He was buried at Magnolia Cemetery^[1]

Works

• Mobile Cotton Exchange (1886), burned in 1917^[2]
• Baldwin County Courthouse (1887) in Daphne, Alabama
• Mobile County Courthouse (1889), its fifth, demolished in 1950s^[3]
• Pincus Building (1891)^[4] on Dauphin Street
• Scheuermann Building (1893),^[5] at 203 Dauphin Street
• German Relief Hall (1896)
• J. F. Hutchisson mansion
• Bienville Square fountain^[5]
• Pollock Building (1907) at 412 Dauphin, NRHP listed Street^[5]

External links

• Findagrave entry

Notes and References

1. News: Rudolph Benz: Mobile's Gilded Age Architect . 7 July 2024 . 2017.
2. Web site: Bygone Structures. John. Sledge. June 4, 2014.
3. Elizabeth . Barrett Gould . Fall 1987 . From Fort to Port: An Architectural History of Mobile, Alabama, 1711-1918; The High Victorian Period, 1880-1900 . Gulf Coast Historical Review . 3 . 1.
4. Web site: Rudolph Benz | Companies . https://web.archive.org/web/20210510143344/https://www.emporis.com/companies/287689/rudolph-benz-mobile-al-usa . dead . May 10, 2021 . Emporis . 2022-05-03.
5. Web site: Archived copy . 2021-05-09 . 2021-05-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210510155421/https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/32787f5a-ebce-4b75-8e83-cd142c0234fc . dead .