Harry Rus Warne (October 10, 1872 – April 25, 1954) was a

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-based architect. He was born at

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in 1872 and attended the

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(OMI) in Cincinnati, Ohio. Warne established his architectural practice in Parkersburg in 1892, after having traveled extensively throughout the United States and in Europe. He moved to Charleston in 1902, and formed Silling Associates, Inc. The firm continues today as the oldest continuing architectural firm in West Virginia. He designed two World’s Fair pavilions for West Virginia. One was the 123-foot tall Coal Column and West Virginia Building at the 1907 Jamestown Exposition; the other was the West Virginia Building for the 1915 Panama–Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco. He also designed many residential homes for wealthy clients in the growing suburbs of Edgewood, South Hills, and Kanawha City near Charleston. Warne died at home in Charleston April 25, 1954, and his ashes are in the Warne family mausoleum in Mount Olivet Cemetery in Parkersburg.

Selected works

* 1897: Sharon Lodge No. 28 IOOF, Parkersburg, West Virginia, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. * 1910: Kenwood (Huntington, West Virginia),

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, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. * 1913:

Old Main (Nicholas County High School) Old Main, the former Nicholas County High School, is a school building located in Summersville, West Virginia. The two-story stone Renaissance-style building was constructed in 1913 and graduated its first class in 1915. From 1915 to 1930, the ...

, Summersville, West Virginia, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. * 1916:

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, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. * 1917, 1924: Kanawha County Courthouse, Charleston, West Virginia, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978; additions to original 1892 building by Warne and Warne, Tucker & Patteson. * 1917-1921: Boone County Courthouse (West Virginia),

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, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981. * 1921: Charleston City Hall, Charleston, West Virginia, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. * 1928: Garnet High School, Charleston, West Virginia, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990; by Warne, Tucker, Silling & Hutchison. * 1928: St. John's Episcopal Church (Charleston, West Virginia), Charleston, West Virginia, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989; Parish House additions to original building by Warne, Tucker, Silling & Hutchison. *Also designed properties in the

Grosscup Road Historic District Grosscup Road Historic District is a national historic district located at Charleston, West Virginia. The district is a neighborhood of 22, 19th and early 20th century residences. They are architecturally and historically significant residence ...

, Charleston, West Virginia, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984, and

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, Mount Hope, West Virginia, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.

References

External links

Silling Associates, Inc. websiteThe West Virginia Encyclopedia: H. Rus Warne
by Judie Smith, West Virginia Humanities Council, November 12, 2010 {{DEFAULTSORT:Warne, H. Rus 1872 births 1954 deaths 19th-century American architects 20th-century American architects Architects from Charleston, West Virginia People from Parkersburg, West Virginia