Rudolph Zerses Gill Explained

Rudolph Zerses Gill
Birth Date:	1866
Nationality:	American
Other Names:	Ruolph Zerse Gill RZ Gill Doll Gill Pop Gill

Rudolph Zerses Gill (or Ruolph Zerse Gill, RZ Gill and Doll Gill; 1866 - 1951) was an American architect and builder of the classical revival style that has designed several municipal buildings, club halls, and private residences in Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky and Tennessee.^[1] A few have been nominated to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).

R.Z. Gill graduated with a degree in architecture from the University of Illinois in 1887.^[2]

Works include:

• the Lindley House (1895), Urbana, Illinois^[3]
• the Franklin County Jail (1905–06), Benton, Illinois,^[4]
• the Murphysboro Elks Lodge (1916), Murphysboro, Illinois,^[5] NRHP-listed
• the Barth and Walker Building (1916), Murphysboro, Illinois,^[6]
• the West Frankfort Elks Lodge (1923) West Frankfort, IL^[7]
• the VanCloostere Building (1925), Murphysboro, Illinois,^[8]
• the Mount Zion Lodge Masonic Temple (1933), West Plains, Missouri,^[9] NRHP-listed
• the Riverside Park Bandshell (1939), Murphysboro, Illinois,^[10] NRHP-listed.

Murphysboro Masonic Lodge # 498 Gill designed the Lodge and was also a member. Source: Carbondale Free Press Nov 6, 1919

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rudolph Zerses Gill . City of Urbana . 24 May 2019.
2. Web site: Rudolph Zerses Gill | City of Urbana.
3. Web site: PRESERVATION AND CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION Vol. 21. Vol 21 No 4 Lachlan Blair Memorial – Lindley House - PACA.
4. [Franklin County Jail (Benton, Illinois)]
5. Web site: Baer. Cynthia L.. National Register of Historic Places Registration: Murphysboro Elks Lodge. https://web.archive.org/web/20140202101334/http://gis.hpa.state.il.us/pdfs/223390.pdf. dead. February 2, 2014. State of Illinois. January 24, 2014. June 9, 2005.
6. Web site: The American Contractor April 24th 1915 Page 16.
7. News: 3 August 1923. Murphysboro Daily Independent Aug 03 1923, Page 2. The Daily Independent. 2.
8. News: 21 August 1925. Murphysboro Daily Independent, August 21st 1925 Page 6. The Daily Independent. 6.
9. Web site: Scott J. Snyder and Tiffany Patterson. n.d.. National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination: Mount Zion Lodge Masonic Temple. 2017-01-01. Missouri Department of Natural Resources. (with 14 photographs from 1940 and 2010)
10. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Registration: Riverside Park Bandshell. https://web.archive.org/web/20140202115124/http://gis.hpa.state.il.us/pdfs/801840.pdf. dead. February 2, 2014. State of Illinois . February 1, 2014. Rachel Malcolm Ensor. January 30, 2012.