Henry Emil Bonitz (1872–1921) was an American architect.

Biography

Bonitz was born on April 16, 1872, in

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, to John Henry William and Mary Elise Bonitz, both of whom were German-born. Henry Bonitz was educated in Goldsboro and then at the Bradley School in Wilmington. In 1889, he was one of the first dozen students to enroll in the State College of Agriculture and Engineering at Raleigh (later

North Carolina State University North Carolina State University (NC State) is a public land-grant research university in Raleigh, North Carolina. Founded in 1887 and part of the University of North Carolina system, it is the largest university in the Carolinas. The universit ...

) and graduated from there in 1893. Bonitz married the former Kate C. Burnett on January 9, 1898. He died after an operation on March 27, 1921, at James Walker Memorial Hospital in Wilmington.

Career

In 1893, Bonitz began working for architect James F. Post in Wilmington, opening his own business the following year. His first offices were in the Bonitz Hotel which his father ran. A number of his works are listed on the U.S.

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. Works include: * Bank of Onslow and Jacksonville Masonic Temple, 214-216 Old Bridge St.,

Jacksonville, North Carolina Jacksonville is a city in Onslow County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 72,723, which makes Jacksonville the 14th-largest city in North Carolina. Jacksonville is the county seat and most populous commun ...

(Bonitz, Henry E.), NRHP-listed * Emanuel United Church of Christ, 329 E. Main St., Lincolnton, North Carolina (Bonitz, Henry E.), NRHP-listed *One or more works in

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, roughly bounded by Church, Atkinson, Biggs Sts. and the Laurinburg and Southern RR, Laurinburg, North Carolina (Bonitz, Henry E.), NRHP-listed *One or more works in Maxton Historic District, roughly bounded by Graham St., Martin Luther King Dr., McCaskill St., and Florence St., Maxton, North Carolina (Bonitz, Henry E.), NRHP-listed

References

External links

Guide to the Henry Emil Bonitz Papers 1889-1948
1872 births 1921 deaths Architects from North Carolina People from Goldsboro, North Carolina People from Wilmington, North Carolina North Carolina State University alumni 19th-century American architects 20th-century American architects {{US-architect-stub