Henry Orth

Harold (Henry) William Orth (1866 - 1946) was an American architect.

Born on a ship en route to the United States from Christiana (Oslo) Norway on April 14, 1866, his exact 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, Minnesota

Saint Paul, Minnesota

Saint Paul is the capital and second-most populous city in the U.S. state of Minnesota. The city lies mostly on the north bank of the Mississippi River, downstream of the river's confluence with the Minnesota River, and adjoins Minneapolis, the state's largest city...

. He became a partner of Frank W. Kinney in Austin, Minnesota

Austin, Minnesota

Austin is a city in Mower County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 23,314 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Mower County. The southern part of the city is in Austin Township while the northern part is in Lansing Township; the city is politically independent of both. Austin is...

 in 1895, and in 1902 joined Charles Buechner in partnership in St.

Harold (Henry) William Orth (1866 - 1946) was an American architect.

Born on a ship en route to the United States from Christiana (Oslo) Norway on April 14, 1866, his exact 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, Minnesota

Saint Paul, Minnesota

Saint Paul is the capital and second-most populous city in the U.S. state of Minnesota. The city lies mostly on the north bank of the Mississippi River, downstream of the river's confluence with the Minnesota River, and adjoins Minneapolis, the state's largest city...

. He became a partner of Frank W. Kinney in Austin, Minnesota

Austin, Minnesota

Austin is a city in Mower County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 23,314 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Mower County. The southern part of the city is in Austin Township while the northern part is in Lansing Township; the city is politically independent of both. Austin is...

 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

Beaux-Arts architecture

Beaux-Arts architecture denotes the academic neoclassical architectural style that was taught at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. The style "Beaux Arts" is above all the cumulative product of two and a half centuries of instruction under the authority, first of the Académie royale...

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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 June 2008.