Isaac Hamilton Rapp, notable American

United States

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 architect known as the " Creator of the Santa Fe style. "

Rapp learned his trade working for his father, a sometime architect and building contractor in Carbondale, Illinois

Carbondale, Illinois

Carbondale is a city in Jackson County, in the state of Illinois, within the Southern Illinois region. It is located at the junction of Illinois Route 13 and U.S. Route 51, southeast of St. Louis, Missouri, on the northern edge of the Shawnee National Forest...

. He left in 1887 and by 1889 had moved to Trinidad, Colorado

Trinidad, Colorado

The historic City of Trinidad is a Home Rule Municipality that is the county seat and the most populous city of Las Animas County, Colorado, United States...

 where he joined with C.W. Bulger in establishing the architectural firm of Bulger and Rapp. The company dissolved after about five years at which point Rapp's brother William Morris Rapp moved to Trinidad and the firm of Rapp and Rapp was created. (This should not be confused with the architectural firm of Rapp and Rapp

Rapp and Rapp

The architectural firm Rapp and Rapp was active in Chicago, Illinois during the early 20th century. The brothers Cornelius W. Rapp and George Leslie Rapp of Carbondale, Illinois were the named partners and 1899 alumnus of the University of Illinois School of Architecture...

, noted for their theatre designs, composed of Isaac Rapp's two youngest brothers, Cornelius and George.) Eventually a third brother, Charles Rapp moved to Trinidad, but did not join the architectural firm.

Important commissions

all are in Santa Fe, New Mexico

Santa Fe, New Mexico

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 unless otherwise noted

• New Mexico Territorial Capitol, 1903 (no longer extant)
• New Mexico State Building, Saint Louis World's Fair, St. Louis, Missouri
  St. Louis, Missouri
  St. Louis is an independent city on the eastern border of Missouri, United States. With a population of 319,294, it was the 58th-largest U.S. city at the 2010 U.S. Census. The Greater St...
  
  , 1904
• New Mexico Territorial Executive Mansion, 1908 (no longer extant)
• Las Animas County Court House, Trinidad
  Trinidad, Colorado
  The historic City of Trinidad is a Home Rule Municipality that is the county seat and the most populous city of Las Animas County, Colorado, United States...
  
  , Las Animas County, Colorado, 1912