Charles R. Weatherhogg (1872 – October 15, 1937) was an American architect from Fort Wayne, Indiana.C. R. WEATHERHOGG DIED SUDDENLY (Obituary)
The News-Journal, October 18, 1937 (North Manchester Historical Society) He was born in Donington, England and attended the Art Institute of Lincoln in

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. He worked for an architect in Lincolnshire before coming to the United States to see the

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, lived in

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for a year, and settled in Fort Wayne in 1892. He settled in Fort Wayne, working briefly with the firm of Wing & Mahurin, before he opened an office with Alfred Grindle, himself a fellow Wing and Mahurin employee. Grindle and Weatherhogg maintained a partnership from about 1893-1897. They had a branch office in Muncie and designed a number of large homes in that city. Their most important project together was the Jasper County Courthouse, 1897, also in Rensselaer. Grindle first received the commission for the Jasper County Courthouse, then brought in Weatherhogg. Grindle left the project entirely to Weatherhogg, who then completed most of the design work. The courthouse is an imposing three story limestone building with tower executed in the Chateauesque/Tudor Revival style. Weatherhogg went on to design a number of buildings in Fort Wayne, including several schools, the

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, Blackstone Building, Fairfield Apartments, and the People's Trust and Savings Bank. Although adept at many styles, Weatherhogg often used a variant of classicism in his works Rensselaer Carnegie Library, 94000233; National Register of Historic Places Inventory – Nomination Form; US Dept of the Interior, National Park Service; Washington, D.C.; March 1994 Weatherhogg had a brief partnership with Alfred Grindle until Grindle moved to Muncie.

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* Hoagland High School (Heritage Elementary). Set to be demolished in 2020 * Louis Curdes House * Neizer-McMillen House (McMillen Mansion) at 1345 Westover Road in Southwood Park, in Fort Wayne * North Side High School *

Journal-Gazette Building The Journal-Gazette Building is a historic commercial building located in downtown Fort Wayne, Indiana. It was designed by noted Fort Wayne architect Charles R. Weatherhogg and built in 1927–1928. It is a four-story, 13 bay, red brick building ...

* Central High School (Fort Wayne, Indiana) *

Fairfield Manor Fairfield Manor, also known as the Fairfield Manor Apartments, is a historic apartment building located one mile south of downtown Fort Wayne, Indiana. It was designed by noted Fort Wayne architect Charles R. Weatherhogg. It is a seven-story plus ...

*Estelle Peabody Memorial Home and later addition, as well as the Memorial Chapel, Memorial Tower, and the residence of Tom Peabody, Manchester *Central school building, his first work in

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*John Snyder residence, Manchester * Manchester College gymnasium, Manchester * Jasper County Courthouse, Rensselaer *

Rensselaer Carnegie Library __NOTOC__ The Rensselaer Carnegie Library in Rensselaer, Indiana is a building from 1905. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994. The building no longer functions as a library; since 1992 it houses the Prairie Arts Coun ...

Irene Byron Tuberculosis Sanatorium Irene Byron Tuberculosis Sanatorium-Physician Residences, also known as the Kidder and Draper-Sherwood Houses, were two historic homes located in Perry Township, Allen County, Indiana. They were designed by architect Charles R. Weatherhogg and ...

* J.C. Johnson House,

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Weatherhogg, Charles R. 1872 births 1937 deaths Architects from Fort Wayne, Indiana English emigrants to the United States People from Donington, Lincolnshire

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