Rudolph Weaver

Infobox Architect


caption=Seagle Building, Gainesville
name=Rudolph Weaver
nationality=American
birth_date=birth date|1880|4|17|mf=y
birth_place=Johnstown, Pennsylvania
death_date=death date and age|1944|11|10|1880|4|17|mf=y
death_place=Gainesville, Florida
practice_name=
significant_buildings=
Dauer Hall (Gainesville, Florida)
Landis Hall, Florida State University
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Rudolph Weaver (April 17, 1880-November 10, 1944) was an American architect and university professor and administrator renowned for the educational and other buildings that he designed in Florida, Idaho and Washington.

Early life, work and education

Rudolph Weaver was born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, the son of Henry Weaver and his wife, Sara Jane Barnhart. Before college he worked as a bookbinder, printer and steelworker. He attended Pennsylvania State College for the year 1902-1903 and then went to Drexel Institute where he received a diploma in architecture in 1905, He continued his study of architecture at Columbia University, 1906-1907 and at the atelier of Henry Hornbostel of the Society of Beaux-Arts Architects, 1907. He later received a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering from Drexel in 1919.

Career history and works

Illinois

From 1909-1911, Rudolph Weaver was an instructor in arcitecture at the University of Illinois.

Washington

From 1911 to 1923, he was the first chairman of the architecture department at what is now Washington State University in Pullman and was the first architect for the institution. He designed seven buildings, including: [ [http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/holland/masc/finders/ua239.htm History of Office of University Architect] ]
* Other campus buildings not on the National register:
** Dairy Sciences Building, now Building 120, 1937 [McCarthy, Kevin M., and Laurie, Murray D., "Guide to the University of Florida and Gainesville, 1977, Sarasota: Pineapple Press, pp. 201-202]

*Private buildings off campus include:
** Chapel of the Incarnation - Episcopal Chapel House, 1522 West University Avenue [ [http://www.diocesefl.org/ufchapelhouse/ Chapel of the Incarnation - Episcopal Chapel website] ]

** Dixie Hotel (Gainesville, Florida), also known as the John F. Seagle Building, 408 West University Avenue, 1926.

t. Augustine

*Florida School for the Deaf and Blind

Tallahassee

FAMU

Florida College for Negroes (Florida A&M University)

FSU

Florida State College for Women (Florida State University):Campus buildings designed by Rudolph Weaver include:

Marriage

On August 22, 1922, Rudolph Weaver married Alice Rossing Walden who was born on March 30, 1877.

Death

Rudolph Weaver died in Gainesville 1944 and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery. His wife, Alice, died on July 26, 1960, and was buried next to him. [ [http://www.clerk-alachua-fl.org/archive/Clerk/Ancient/CemeterySrch.cfm Alachua County Clerk's records] ]

Honors

Rudolph Weaver Hall at the University of Florida was named for him, but is now called Fine Arts Building A and houses the UF Architecture & Fine Arts Library. [http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/afa/about/ UF Architecture & Fine Arts Library: A Profile] ] . There is also a Weaver Residence Hall, which some UF sites say was named for him, while others say it was named for his wife, "Martha". Since his wife was named "Alice" and survived him, it appears that the first version is correct.

References

External links

* [http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/archome/MS40.htm UF Guide to the Rudolph Weaver Architectural Records]
* [http://www.international.icomos.org/madrid2002/actas/59.pdf Tate, Susan, Preservation and Compatible Growth of a Twentieth Century Campus: The University of Florida]