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L. F. Goodrich

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Lewis Ford Goodrich
Born(1848-07-08)July 8, 1848
DiedJuly 27, 1929(1929-07-27) (aged 81)
NationalityAmerican
OccupationArchitect
The Taliaferro County Courthouse in Crawfordville, designed by Goodrich and completed in 1902.
The City Hall in Athens, completed in 1904.
The Jenkins County Courthouse in Millen, completed in 1911.

Lewis F. Goodrich (1848-1929), frequently known as L. F. Goodrich, was an American architect based in Augusta, Georgia. He designed public buildings in Georgia and South Carolina.

Life and career

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Lewis Ford Goodrich was born July 8, 1848, in Augusta to William Henry Goodrich, a contractor and builder,[a] and Susan (Clark) Goodrich.[1] As a young man Goodrich worked variously in the grocery and furniture businesses,[2][3] but was otherwise associated with his father. After his father's death in 1877, he succeeded to the business. He opened an architect's office in Augusta in 1888.[4] Goodrich's works included a number of county courthouses and the Athens City Hall. By 1913 his chief assistant was Cortez Clark.[5] In December 1915 Goodrich formed the firm of Goodrich, Hoefer & Clark with Clark and former New York City architect Herman W. Hoefer.[6] Hoefer returned north soon after the Augusta fire of 1916, which destroyed their offices, and the firm of Goodrich & Clark continued until the retirement of Goodrich in 1920. Clark then practiced in partnership with J. B. Story into the 1930s.[7]

Personal life

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Goodrich was married in 1872 to Lena Walker, who died in 1916.[8] In later life, Goodrich lived in White Plains, Georgia. He died July 27, 1929.[1]

Legacy

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In 1892 Goodrich was among the organizers of the Southern Chapter of the American Institute of Architects.[9] He was the chapter's first vice president, and its second president.[10] The chapter faltered and was inactive from 1896, but is seen as a major step in the professionalization of architecture in the South.[11]

At least seven buildings designed or renovated by Goodrich have been listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places, and another contributes to a listed historic district.

Architectural works

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Notes

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  1. ^ W. H. Goodrich was the builder of the Academy of Richmond County (1856-57, NRHP 1973) and the Gould-Weed House (1860-61, NRHP 1979).
  2. ^ A contributing property to the Mount Carmel Historic District, NRHP-listed in 1982.

References

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  1. ^ a b Gravestone, Walker Family Cemetery, Augusta, Georgia
  2. ^ "Notice" in Weekly Constitutionalist, September 8, 1869, 7.
  3. ^ Daily Constitutionalist, October 9, 1873, 2.
  4. ^ "Lewis F. Goodrich" in Augusta Daily Herald, March 6, 1888, 5.
  5. ^ The Architects Directory and Specification Index (New York: William T. Comstock Company, 1913): 48.
  6. ^ "New Architectural Firm is Announced" in Augusta Herald, December 5, 1915, 7.
  7. ^ Augusta Herald, March 28, 1920, 7.
  8. ^ "Funeral Notices" in Augusta Herald, April 15, 1916, 7.
  9. ^ Proceedings of the Twenty-fifth Annual Convention of the American Institute of Architects (Chicago: Inland Architect Press, 1892)
  10. ^ "Societies" in American Architect and Building News 29, no. 892 (January 28, 1893): 61.
  11. ^ Paula Mohr, "Architecture" in The South: The Greenwood Encyclopedia of American Regional Cultures, ed. Rebecca Mark and Rob Vaughan (Westport: Greenwood Press, 2004): 20.
  12. ^ Engine Company Number One NRHP Registration Form (1988)
  13. ^ Mount Carmel Historic District NRHP Registration Form (1982)
  14. ^ Engineering News (June 10, 1897): 215.
  15. ^ Wilber W. Caldwell, The Courthouse and the Depot: The Architecture of Hope in an Age of Despair (Macon: Mercer University Press, 2001)
  16. ^ Burke County Courthouse NRHP Registration Form (1980)
  17. ^ Washington County Courthouse NRHP Registration Form (1980)
  18. ^ Taliaferro County Courthouse NRHP Registration Form (1980)
  19. ^ American Architect and Building News (March 21, 1903): x.
  20. ^ Joseph M. Lee III, Augusta: A Postcard History (Charleston: Arcadia Publishing, 1997)
  21. ^ Jenkins County Courthouse NRHP Registration Form (1980)
  22. ^ Emanuel County Courthouse NRHP Registration Form (1980)
  23. ^ Engineering News 75, no. 19 (May 11, 1916): 346.
  24. ^ Engineering and Contracting (September 24, 1919): 40.