Lorimer Rich American architect, born in Camden, New York

Camden, New York

Camden, New York may refer to:* Camden , New York, a township of Oneida County* Camden , New York, a village within Camden township...

. He is now best remembered for collaborating with sculptor Thomas Hudson Jones

Thomas Hudson Jones

Thomas Hudson Jones was a U.S. sculptor for the Army's Institute of Heraldry.His father was an engraver and encouraged him from childhood to be a sculptor. He attended the Albright Art School in Buffalo, NY. At 19 he won the Prix de Rome Fellowship for 3 years of study at the American Academy of...

 on the winning entry in a nationwide competition to create a design for the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

Tomb of the Unknowns

The Tomb of the Unknowns is a monument dedicated to American service members who have died without their remains being identified. It is located in Arlington National Cemetery in the United States...

  in Arlington National Cemetery

Arlington National Cemetery

Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington County, Virginia, is a military cemetery in the United States of America, established during the American Civil War on the grounds of Arlington House, formerly the estate of the family of Confederate general Robert E. Lee's wife Mary Anna Lee, a great...

.

Rich graduated from Syracuse University

Syracuse University

Syracuse University is a private research university located in Syracuse, New York, United States. Its roots can be traced back to Genesee Wesleyan Seminary, founded by the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1832, which also later founded Genesee College...

 in 1914. This was followed by further studies in Europe, a standard move for many young American architects of that era. Shortly thereafter he joined the US Army and served in World War I. Upon returning to the United States he worked for the prestigious architectural firm McKim, Mead and White. In 1928 he established his own New York City firm.

There he gained a reputation as a designer of post offices.

Rich returned to Camden after retiring from practice and died there in 1978. He was buried in Arlington Cemetery, not far from his best known work, in section 48, Lot 288, Grid S-23

Commissions

• Great Barrington Main Post Office, Great Barrington, Massachusetts
  Great Barrington, Massachusetts
  Great Barrington is a town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States. It is part of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 7,104 at the 2010 census. Both a summer resort and home to Ski Butternut, Great Barrington includes the villages of Van...
  
  , 1935
• Flatbush Sub-station
  United States Post Office (Flatbush, Brooklyn)
  US Post Office-Flatbush Station is a historic post office building located at Flatbush in Brooklyn, New York, United States. It was built in 1936, and designed by consulting architect Lorimer Rich for the Office of the Supervising Architect...
  
   of the Brooklyn Post Office, 1935
• Station "A"
  United States Post Office (Williamsburg, Brooklyn)
  US Post Office-Metropolitan Station, originally known as Station "A," is a historic post office building located at Williamsburg in Brooklyn, New York, United States. It was built in 1936, and is one of a number of post offices in New York designed by the Office of the Supervising Architect under...
  
  , Brooklyn Post Office 1935
• Kensington Post Office
  United States Post Office (Kensington, Brooklyn)
  US Post Office-Kensington is a historic post office building located at Kensington in Brooklyn, New York, United States. It was built in 1935, and designed by consulting architect Lorimer Rich for the Office of the Supervising Architect. The building is a two story, six bay wide brick building in...
  
  , 1935
• Morris Heights PO, Bronx, New York
• Madison Square
  United States Post Office-Madison Square Station
  The US Post Office-Madison Square Station is a historic post office building located in Manhattan, New York, United States. It was built in 1935, and designed by consulting architects Lorimer Rich for the Office of the Supervising Architect. The building is a two to three story building clad on...
  
   Branch, Post Office 1937
• Forest Hills Post Office
  United States Post Office (Forest Hills, Queens)
  US Post Office-Forest Hills Station is a historic post office building located at Forest Hills in Queens County, New York, United States. It was built in 1937, and was designed by architect Lorimer Rich as a consultant to the Office of the Supervising Architect. It is a one story flat roofed...
  
  , 1937
• Joe and Emily Lowe Gallery, Syracuse University
  Syracuse University
  Syracuse University is a private research university located in Syracuse, New York, United States. Its roots can be traced back to Genesee Wesleyan Seminary, founded by the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1832, which also later founded Genesee College...
  
  , 1952
• Archibold Gymnasium, additions to, Syracuse University, 1952
• Women's Building, Syracuse University, 1953
• Ernest I White Law College, Syracuse, University, 1954
• "and various dormitories" at Syracuse University
• New York State Insurance Fund Building, 199 Church Street, New York City, 1955
• Rich Hall of the State University of New York at Oswego
  State University of New York at Oswego
  State University of New York at Oswego, also known as SUNY Oswego and Oswego State, is a public university in the City of Oswego and Town of Oswego, New York, on the shore of Lake Ontario...
  
  named after Grace Ellingwood Rich, the sister of Lorimer Rich
• Camden United Methodist Church, 132 Main Street, Camden New York 1969