Frederick Ernst Ruffini (1851 – November 16, 1885) was a notable

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Life and career

Ruffini's parents, Ernst Frederick Ruffini and Adelheit (Adelaide) Riehme, immigrated from

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in 1848 and then settled in

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. Ruffini is sometimes identified as Italian, but his ancestors had emigrated to Kamenz, about five hundred years before he was born. Ruffini apprenticed under an architect in Cleveland and worked in

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and Chicago before moving to

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in 1877. He partnered with Jasper N. Preston for two years before working on his own. He worked some with his brother, architect Oscar Ruffini of

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. Ruffini designed courthouses and jails, commercial and public buildings, and residences which were built throughout Texas. Ruffini's extant designs in Texas include the Old Blanco County Courthouse in

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, the Collin County Jail in

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, and the

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in Austin. Mnny of his works are listed on the

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. His non-extant buildings in Texas include the Old Main Building of the University of Texas at Austin. Ruffini married Elise (Lizzie) Weitz and they had three children. Ruffini died in Austin in November 1885, a month after his wife died.

References

External links

Texas Courthouses on Texas Escapes.com
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