Charles Alonzo Rich (October 22, 1854 – December 3, 1943) was an American architect who practiced in New York City from 1882 until 1933. Rich was a member of the Architectural League of New York. Rich was a partner in the New York architectural firm of Lamb & Rich, which mostly specialized in residential design.
Personal life
Rich was born in Beverly, Massachusetts. His father was Alonzo B. Rich, a pastor. Rich's family moved to Lebanon, New Hampshire in 1871 when his father was appointed to a congregational church there. Rich then attended nearby Dartmouth College and graduated in 1875. He died at his home in Charlottesville, Virginia, at the age of 89.
Notable buildings
- Claremont Opera House (1897); Claremont, NH, a fine example of Renaissance Revival architecture listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.
- Milbank, Brinckerhoff, and Fiske Halls (1897-1898), Barnard College; listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.
- Phi Delta Alpha (1902); the first purpose-built fraternity in New Hampshire, and the first fraternity on Dartmouth's "frat row" (Webster Avenue).
- Webster Hall (1907); originally the primary auditorium of Dartmouth College, now converted to a special collections library.
- Allbritton Center, formerly known as John Bell Scott Memorial Laboratory (1904); a historic building off of Wesleyan University's brownstone row.
- Brooks Hall (1906-1907), Barnard College; listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.
- Copshaholm, the Joseph Doty Oliver mansion in South Bend, Indiana (1895-1896); listed on the National Register of Historic Places and listed as an American Treasure
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