Rudolphe L. Daus

American architect

Rudolphe Lawrence Daus^[a] (1854–1916) was an American architect based in Brooklyn, New York City.^[1] He designed the 13th Regiment Armory in Brooklyn, now the Pamoja House for homeless men, and the Lincoln Club. He also designed several libraries. He was a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects.^[2]

Daus was born in Mexico to a German Catholic family of Jewish descent and studied in Europe before working for Richard Morris Hunt and George B. Post. He established his own firm in 1884.^[3]

Carl Westman worked at his firm. Daus died in Paris in 1916.

Works

203 - 209 Prospect Place (circa 1885) between Carlton and Vanderbilt Avenues in the Prospect Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn
13th Regiment Armory, Brooklyn
Lincoln Club (1886), 65 Putnam Avenue in Brooklyn
176 & 178 St. John's Place in Park Slope
New York and New Jersey Telephone and Telegraph building (1898) at 81 Willoughby Street (also known as 119-127 Lawrence Street) in Brooklyn^[4] on the list of New York City Designated Landmarks in Brooklyn
New York County National Bank Building (1907)^[5]

Gallery

203 - 209 Prospect Place row houses in Prospect Heights
176 and 178 St. John's Place in Park Slope
Lincoln Club

References

Informational notes

^ Given names also spelled Rudolph and Laurence

Citations

^ "Rudolph L. Daus | Companies | EMPORIS". Emporis. Archived from the original on October 21, 2019.
^ [1]^{[dead link]}
^ Spellen, Suzanne (2011-02-17). "Walkabout: Rudolph L. Daus, Architect". Brownstoner. Retrieved 2019-10-26.
^ "The New York and New Jersey Telephone Company Building". Atlas Obscura.
^ Diamonstein-Spielvogel, Barbaralee (2011). The Landmarks of New York (5th ed.). Albany, New York: State University of New York Press. p. 308. ISBN 978-1-4384-3769-9.