Henry Orth

Harold William Orth (Henry Orth) was born on a ship en route to the United States from Christiana (Oslo) Norway on April 14, 1866. His date of arrival to the U.S. is unknown. He was educated at a business college (location unknown). He married Esther Susan Trigalet and settled down in St. Paul, MN. He became a partner of Frank W. Kinney in Austin, Minnesota in 1895, and in 1902 joined Charles Buechner in partnership in St. Paul. 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. Orth died in St. Paul, Minnesota on March 5, 1946.

The architectural firm Buechner & Orth was know for its use of Beaux-Arts architecture.

Buildings

Among the many buildings designed by Buechner & Orth are:

* Cleveland High School (St. Paul), 1909;
* the Empress Theatre (St. Paul), 1910;
* the Grand Theatre (Grand Forks, ND), 1919;
* Labor Temple (St. Paul), 1922;
* Lagoon Theatre (Minneapolis), 1915;
* several buildings for Luther Seminary (St. Paul), 1921, 1923;
* Masonic Temple (St. Paul);
* the Shubert Theatre and Office Building (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;
* the State Theatre (Sioux Falls, SD), 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.

For a complete list of structures designed by Buechner & Orth click on the Citation link below.

Citation

"Buechner & Orth papers ." Northwest Architectural Archives, Manuscripts Division. 2003. University of Minnesota. 5 Jun 2008 .