Carl Ruehrmund

Henrico County Courthouse

Carl Ruehrmund (1855–1927) was a German-born architect who worked briefly in Germany and then immigrated to the United States, establishing a successful practice and legacy in Richmond, Virginia.

Ruehrmund was born in Berlin, Germany and studied Architecture and Engineering at the Royal Academy in Berlin. He began his career working on German government projects before immigrating to the United States in 1881. Ruehrmund came to Richmond around 1882 to oversee the remodeling of the Central Post Office. He worked with Albert Lybrock in Richmond before Lybrock's death in 1896.^[1]

Ruehrmund was the father of Max Ruehrmund and uncle of architect Carl Linder and developer Charles Phillips (developer). He and his firm produced a large number of residential, commercial, religious and public buildings.^[1] He married Rosa R. Heiss in 1883.^[1] Max Ernst Ruehrmund (1891-1948) joined the firm which became Ruehrmund & Son in 1917.^[1]

Work

• Henrico County Courthouse (1896) A Richardsonian Romanesque architecture brick building with stone dressings.^[1]
• Shenandoah Apartments (1906) on Lee Circle
• Hotel Stumpf (1909) on Main Street ^[2]
• 200-202 West Broad Street (1910)
• Ruehrmund house (1907) at 2021 W. Grace Street ^[3]
• Stokes house
• Ten unit town house row on the east side of the Meadow Street Park
• Houses in the Fan District (originally the Lee District)
• Mitchell's Mechanics' and Savings Bank for John Mitchell, Jr. (a bank for African-Americans)

712 East Grace St. 1916 : 3101 West Franklin St. 1916 : 120 South Boulevard 1918 : 1633 Monument Ave. 1910 : 100-104 Granby St. 1909 : 107-109 Granby St. 1909 : 1525 Grove Ave. 1908 : 1527 Grove Ave. 1908 : 601 and 603 South Davis Ave. 1917 : 415 West Broad St. Steinbrecher Building 1915 : 7-11 East Broad St. Mayer and Pettit Store 1901 : 201 North Sycamore St. Petersburg,Va. Globe Dept. Store 1901 : St. Vincent DePaul Catholic Church, Newport News, Va. 1916

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