Charles Alonzo Rich was an American architect who practiced in New York City

New York City

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 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, that mostly specialized in residential design.

Personal life

Rich was born in Beverly, Massachusetts

Beverly, Massachusetts

Beverly is a city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 39,343 on , which differs by no more than several hundred from the 39,862 obtained in the 2000 census. A resort, residential and manufacturing community on the North Shore, Beverly includes Beverly Farms and Prides...

 and died at his home in Charlottesville, Virginia

Charlottesville, Virginia

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 at the age of 89."Charles William Romeyn," Brief Biographies of American Architects: Who Died Between 1897 and 1947, Society of Architectural Historians. Retrieved 3 April 2007.

Notable buildings

• Milbank, Brinckerhoff, and Fiske Halls
  Milbank, Brinckerhoff, and Fiske Halls
  Milbank, Brinckerhoff, and Fiske Halls are historic buildings located on the campus of Barnard College in Morningside Heights, New York, New York. The three interconnected buildings are collectively known as Milbank Hall. They were designed by Charles A. Rich and built between 1897 and 1898 and...
  
   (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).
• Brooks Hall
  Brooks and Hewitt Halls
  Brooks and Hewitt Halls are historic dormitory buildings located on the campus of Barnard College in Morningside Heights, New York, New York. Brooks Hall was designed by Charles A. Rich and built in 1906-1907. It is a seven and one half story, red Harvard brick building on a granite foundation...
  
   (1906-1907), Barnard College
  Barnard College
  Barnard College is a private women's liberal arts college and a member of the Seven Sisters. Founded in 1889, Barnard has been affiliated with Columbia University since 1900. The campus stretches along Broadway between 116th and 120th Streets in the Morningside Heights neighborhood in the borough...
  
  ; listed on the National Register of Historic Places
  National Register of Historic Places
  The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
  
   in 2003.
• Copshaholm, the Joseph Doty Oliver mansion (1895-1896); listed on the National Register of Historic Places
  National Register of Historic Places
  The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
  
   and listed as an American Treasure. Located in South Bend, Indiana
  South Bend, Indiana
  The city of South Bend is the county seat of St. Joseph County, Indiana, United States, on the St. Joseph River near its southernmost bend, from which it derives its name. As of the 2010 Census, the city had a total of 101,168 residents; its Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 316,663...