Richards, McCarty & Bulford was an American architectural firm. The

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has called the firm the "preeminent" architectural firm of the city of

Columbus, Ohio Columbus () is the state capital and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Ohio. With a 2020 census population of 905,748, it is the 14th-most populous city in the U.S., the second-most populous city in the Midwest, after Chicago, an ...

. A number of the firm's works are listed on the

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History

Clarence Earl Richards (1864–1921) and Joel Edward McCarty (1856–1952) founded the firm as Richards & McCarty in 1898,

. George Henry Bulford (1870–1942) joined as partner in 1899 and the firm name became Richards, McCarty & Bulford. Richards, McCarty, and Bulford had previously apprenticed at the firm of

Yost & Packard Yost & Packard was an architectural firm based in Columbus, Ohio, United States. The firm included partners Joseph W. Yost and Frank Packard. It was founded in 1892 and continued until Yost moved to New York City in 1899, after which Packard took ...

of Columbus. By way of McCarty's mother, Mary McCarty ''(née'' Mary Yost; 1834–1893), McCarty was a nephew of

Joseph W. Yost Joseph Warren Yost (1847–1923) was a prominent architect from Ohio whose works included many courthouses and other public buildings. Some of his most productive years were spent as a member of the Yost and Packard partnership with Frank Pack ...

Works

Tennessee

The Burwell The Burwell building is situated on the landmark corner of Gay Street and Clinch Avenue in Knoxville, Tennessee above the majestic Tennessee Theatre, and is the oldest of Knoxville’s historic skyscrapers. Views from the Burwell include the Su ...

, 602 S. Gay St.,

Knoxville, Tennessee Knoxville is a city in and the county seat of Knox County in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 United States census, Knoxville's population was 190,740, making it the largest city in the East Tennessee Grand Division and the state ...

, NRHP-listed

Indiana

Anderson Center for the Arts The Anderson Museum of Art (previously known as the Anderson Center for the Arts) is located in downtown Anderson, Indiana at 32 West 10th Street in the former Carnegie Library building built partly in honor of educator and railroad executive Jo ...

, 32 W. 10th St.,

Anderson, Indiana Anderson, named after Chief William Anderson, is a city in and the county seat of Madison County, Indiana, United States. It is the principal city of the Anderson, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area which encompasses Madison County. Anderson ...

, NRHP-listed *

Grant County Jail and Sheriff's Residence Grant County Jail and Sheriff's Residence is a historic county jail and residence located at 215 East 3rd Street in Marion, Grant County, Indiana. It was designed by Richards, McCarty & Bulford and built in 1904. It consists of two distinct unit ...

, 215 E. 3rd St.,

Marion, Indiana Marion is a city in Grant County, Indiana, United States. The population was 29,948 as of the 2010 United States Census. The city is the county seat of Grant County. It is named for Francis Marion, a brigadier general from South Carolina in the ...

, NRHP-listed * Part of the

Marion Downtown Commercial Historic District Marion Downtown Commercial Historic District is a national historic district located at Marion, Grant County, Indiana. It encompasses 52 contributing buildings, 2 contributing structures, and 1 contributing object in the central business distri ...

, Marion, Indiana, NRHP-listed

Ohio

Columbus

American Education Press Building The American Education Press Building was an office and industrial building in Downtown Columbus, Ohio. It was designed by Richards, McCarty & Bulford in the Streamline Moderne style, with rounded corners, a flat roof, and its exterior and interi ...

, 400 S. Front St. *

Athletic Club of Columbus The Athletic Club of Columbus or ACC, is a gentlemen's club, private social club and athletic club in Downtown Columbus, Ohio. Located at 136 East Broad Street, it was founded in 1912. Building The Athletic Club of Columbus was founded in 1912 ...

, 136 East Broad St. * Central Union Telephone Building, 33 N. Third St.https://columbusunderground.com/renovation-planned-for-historic-downtown-building-bw1/ *

Columbus Museum of Art The Columbus Museum of Art (CMA) is an art museum in downtown Columbus, Ohio. Formed in 1878 as the Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts (its name until 1978), it was the first art museum to register its charter with the state of Ohio. The museum collect ...

, 480 E. Broad St., NRHP-listed *

Johnson-Campbell House The Johnson-Campbell House is a historic house in Columbus, Ohio, United States. The house was built in 1906 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. The Johnson-Campbell House was built at a time when East Broad Stree ...

, 1203 E. Broad St., NRHP-listed *

Joseph P. Kinneary United States Courthouse The Joseph P. Kinneary United States Courthouse is a federal courthouse in Columbus, Ohio, in the city's downtown Civic Center. It was formerly known as the U.S. Post Office and Court House. It was designed by Richards, McCarty & Bulford and was ...

, 85 Marconi Blvd. *

Lazarus Building The Lazarus Building is a commercial building in Downtown Columbus, Ohio. It was the flagship store of the F&R Lazarus & Company, a department store founded nearby in 1851. The building, completed in 1909, housed the Lazarus department store unt ...

, 141 S. High St. * Ohio Institution for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb, 408 E. Town St., NRHP-listed *

Ohio National Bank The Ohio National Bank building is a historic structure in Downtown Columbus, Ohio. The Neoclassical building was designed by Richards, McCarty & Bulford, built in 1911, and largely remains as built. It was a long-term location for the Ohio Nationa ...

, 167 S. High St., NRHP-listed * Frederick A. Miller House, 2065 Barton Pl. & 140 Park Dr., NRHP-listed * White-Haines Building, 82 N. High St.

Elsewhere in Ohio

* Eldridge-Higgins Building, 525 Orange St.,

Coshocton, Ohio Coshocton is a city in and the county seat of Coshocton County, Ohio, United States approximately 63 mi (102 km) ENE of Columbus. The population was 11,216 at the 2010 census. The Walhonding River and the Tuscarawas River meet in Co ...

, NRHP-listed * Hardin County Courthouse, Courthouse Sq.,

Kenton, Ohio Kenton is a city in and the county seat of Hardin County, Ohio, United States, located in the west-central part of Ohio about 57 mi (92 km) northwest of Columbus, Ohio, Columbus and 70 mi (113 km) south of Toledo, Ohio, Toled ...

, NRHP-listed *

Kenton Public Library The Kenton Public Library is a historic building in downtown Kenton, Ohio, United States. One of 109 Carnegie libraries in Ohio, it was designed in 1905 by the architectural firm of Richards, McCarty and Bulford;Owen, Lorrie K., ed. ''Diction ...

, 121 N. Detroit Street, Kenton, Ohio *

Lawrence County Courthouse (Ironton, Ohio) The Lawrence County Courthouse is a historic governmental building in Ironton, Ohio, United States. It was designed by Richards, McCarty & Bulford and built in 1907 after the previous courthouse burned. Built in the Neoclassical style with a ...

NRHP-listed * Marting Hotel, 202 Park Av.,

Ironton, Ohio Ironton is a city in and the county seat of Lawrence County, Ohio, United States. Located in southernmost Ohio along the Ohio River northwest of Huntington, West Virginia, the city includes the Downtown Ironton Historic District. The popula ...

, NRHP-listed * Frank Huber Residence, 416 East Church Street and Greenwood Street, Marion, Ohio.

Kentucky

* Eleventh District School, Parkway and Altamont St.,

Covington, Kentucky Covington is a home rule-class city in Kenton County, Kentucky, United States, located at the confluence of the Ohio and Licking Rivers. Cincinnati, Ohio, lies to its immediate north across the Ohio and Newport, to its east across the Licki ...

, NRHP-listed * Lexington City National Bank Building, 259-265 W. Main St.,

Lexington, Kentucky Lexington is a city in Kentucky, United States that is the county seat of Fayette County. By population, it is the second-largest city in Kentucky and 57th-largest city in the United States. By land area, it is the country's 28th-largest ...

, NRHP-listed

Kansas

Wichita

* The Schweiter Building – at Main Street and Doublas Avenue, complete around 1910, Henry S. Schweiter Jr. (1876–1948), proprietor * The Wichita Forum, completed 1911, was, at the time, the largest convention facility in Kansas. The financing was sponsored by the city of Wichita * The Hotel Lassen ''(aka'' Market Centre), built in 1918, Henry Lassen (1861–1919), proprietor (

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October 4, 1984) * The Wheeler-Kelly-Hagney building – 120 South Market Street, was built in 1920. The founding officers of Wheeler, Kelly, Hagney Trust Company were Howard Victor Wheeler (1874–1951), Harry Johnston Hagney (1865–1931), John Clark Kelly (1872–1956), and Henry Harrison Dewey (1841–1916) – all members of a real estate firm (

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March 11, 1982) *

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, dedicated September 19, 1921 * The First National Bank Building, at 105 North Main Street, opened in 1921 (northwest corner of Main Street and Douglas Avenue), caddy corner to the Beacon building; George H. Bulford was the architect.

Selected architects

The three firm name-sake architects all had worked at Yost & Packard in Columbus: * C.E. Richards ''(né'' Clarence Earl Richards; 1864–1921), charter member of the Columbus, Ohio, chapter of the American Institute of Architects * J.E. McCarty ''(né'' Joel Edward McCarty; 1856–1952) * George Henry Bulford (1870–1942)

References

External links

Richards, McCarty & Bulford collection
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