Harold (Henry) William Orth (April 14, 1866 - March 5, 1946) was an American

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Background

Harold William Orth was born on a ship en route to the

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from Christiana (

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, on April 14, 1866. His exact date of arrival to the United States is unknown. He was educated at a

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(location unknown). He married Esther Susan Trigalet and settled in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Career

He became a partner of Frank W. Kinney (1855–1929) in

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, in 1895. The partnership of Kinney and Orth designed several large buildings in various parts of Minnesota until 1900. The work of architects Kinney & Orth included the Winnebago County Courthouse, a Romanesque-style building made of red brick and trimmed with stone, built during 1896 in

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. In 1902, Orth joined Charles Buechner (1859–1924) in St. Paul. Buechner remained a partner with Orth in the architectural firm

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until his death in 1924. The firm specialized in designing courthouses and theaters throughout the Midwest and was one of the most successful architectural practices of its day in the area. Buechner & Orth was known for its use of

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Buildings

Among the many buildings designed by Buechner & Orth are: Minneapolis Shubert

* Cleveland High School (St. Paul), 1909 * Empress Theatre (St. Paul), 1910 * Grand Theatre (Grand Forks, ND), 1919 * Labor Temple (St. Paul), 1922 * Lagoon Theatre (Minneapolis), 1915 *

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(St. Paul), several buildings for, 1921, 1923 * Masonic Temple (St. Paul) * Shubert Theatre (St. Paul), 1909 & 1910 * Henry Orth residence (St. Paul), 1915 * Palace Theatre (St. Paul), 1916 * St. Alexius Hospital (Bismarck, ND), 1914 * Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children (Minneapolis), 1922 * State Theatre (Sioux Falls, SD), 1925 * West Bay Club (Sand Island, WI), 1913 * Fargo Theatre (Fargo, North Dakota), 1925 * Drawings for 19 courthouses in Minnesota, and North and South Dakota, 1907–1926, and plans of nearly 100 residences, most of them in Minneapolis and St. Paul.''Classic movie theaters designed by Buechner & Orth'' (Cinema Treasures)
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Buechner & Orth designed buildings
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