Rudolph Tietig
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Rudolph Tietig was an architect in Cincinnati, Ohio
, United States
and a partner in the Tietig & Lee architectural firm with William H. Lee (1877-1952).
graduating in the class of 1898 with a bachelor of science degree.
and G.K. Thompson before returning to Cincinnati in 1903. His firm employed Leonard B. Willeke
as a designer for a "short time" and Leo Townsend (architect) for a period that included 1906 and 1913.
The firm designed the homes in the Avondale and Indian Hill sections of Cincinnati including those of "prominent citizens" such as Simon Kuhn, A.G. Brunsman, and A.H. Mitchell, "as well as factories and warehouses." The firm worked with Garber & Woodward on some projects and competed with them for others. The firm designed several schools in Arts & Crafts architecture and (later) in American Colonial Revival architecture
styles.
Tietig was president of American Institute of Architects
Cincinnati Chapter
, in 1913 while Walter L. Rapp
was vice-president.
The Sayler Park School, now Sayler Park Elementary, was designed by Tietig's firm built in 1930 for $377,860. It was "touted as state of the art" at the time, and in 2010 is slated for an "estimated $12 million in additions and renovations as it celebrates its 80th birthday". The local school board decided to close the school in 2009, but later reversed itself and "opted for the renovations instead". The school is scheduled to reopen for the 2012-2013 school year after updates and expansions that include "a new two-story addition, an elevator, new gym and updates to classrooms".
Tietig designed the Ashkenazi Jewish Losantiville Country Club
and two synagogues, Temple K. K. Ben Israel (now Rockdale Temple) and Temple Sh'Brith Israel Ahabath Achim. The congregation at Rockdale is one of the oldest west of the Allegheny Mountains
.
Ohio
Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
and a partner in the Tietig & Lee architectural firm with William H. Lee (1877-1952).
Background
He was born in Cincinnati to German parents. His father came to Cincinnati at the age of 20 and was a cigar maker. Tietig attended the Technical School of Cincinnati and Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMassachusetts Institute of Technology
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological education and research.Founded in 1861 in...
graduating in the class of 1898 with a bachelor of science degree.
Career
Tietig worked in New York with Robert MaynickeRobert Maynicke
Robert Maynicke was an American architect. The New York Times called him "a pioneer in the building of modern loft buildings."...
and G.K. Thompson before returning to Cincinnati in 1903. His firm employed Leonard B. Willeke
Leonard B. Willeke
Leonard B. Willeke was an architect. He was a native of Cincinnati and worked there with Tietig & Lee in 1911 and was listed with The Allyn Co. in 1914. Then he moved to Detroit where he "maintained a prestigious practice until his death". He "combined" Arts & Crafts with "a basis in Traditional...
as a designer for a "short time" and Leo Townsend (architect) for a period that included 1906 and 1913.
The firm designed the homes in the Avondale and Indian Hill sections of Cincinnati including those of "prominent citizens" such as Simon Kuhn, A.G. Brunsman, and A.H. Mitchell, "as well as factories and warehouses." The firm worked with Garber & Woodward on some projects and competed with them for others. The firm designed several schools in Arts & Crafts architecture and (later) in American Colonial Revival architecture
Colonial Revival architecture
The Colonial Revival was a nationalistic architectural style, garden design, and interior design movement in the United States which sought to revive elements of Georgian architecture, part of a broader Colonial Revival Movement in the arts. In the early 1890s Americans began to value their own...
styles.
Tietig was president of American Institute of Architects
American Institute of Architects
The American Institute of Architects is a professional organization for architects in the United States. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., the AIA offers education, government advocacy, community redevelopment, and public outreach to support the architecture profession and improve its public image...
Cincinnati Chapter
Cincinnati chapter of the American Institute of Architects
The Cincinnati chapter of the American Institute of Architects, later renamed AIA Cincinnati, was the fourth chapter of the American Institute of Architects and was recognized on February 14, 1870. The national organization, founded in 1857 in New York City, was represented by its president...
, in 1913 while Walter L. Rapp
Walter L. Rapp
Walter L. Rapp was an architect in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was the "last member of an important Cincinnati architectural dynasty" and one of several prominent Ohio architects to graduate from Massachusetts Institute of Technology...
was vice-president.
The Sayler Park School, now Sayler Park Elementary, was designed by Tietig's firm built in 1930 for $377,860. It was "touted as state of the art" at the time, and in 2010 is slated for an "estimated $12 million in additions and renovations as it celebrates its 80th birthday". The local school board decided to close the school in 2009, but later reversed itself and "opted for the renovations instead". The school is scheduled to reopen for the 2012-2013 school year after updates and expansions that include "a new two-story addition, an elevator, new gym and updates to classrooms".
Tietig designed the Ashkenazi Jewish Losantiville Country Club
Losantiville Country Club
Losantiville Country Club is a historic golf course and clubhouse built by Cincinnati's Jewish community, at first mainly German and English immigrants...
and two synagogues, Temple K. K. Ben Israel (now Rockdale Temple) and Temple Sh'Brith Israel Ahabath Achim. The congregation at Rockdale is one of the oldest west of the Allegheny Mountains
Allegheny Mountains
The Allegheny Mountain Range , also spelled Alleghany, Allegany and, informally, the Alleghenies, is part of the vast Appalachian Mountain Range of the eastern United States and Canada...
.
Projects
- Rudolph Tietig houseRudolph Tietig HouseThe Rudolph Tietig House is a historic home in Cincinnati designed by Rudolph Tietig's Tietig & Lee architecture firm....
- Losantiville Country ClubLosantiville Country ClubLosantiville Country Club is a historic golf course and clubhouse built by Cincinnati's Jewish community, at first mainly German and English immigrants...
- Western German Bank formerly in South East Cincinnati on 12th and Vine streets
- Fourteenth District School
- Highland School
- Hughes High School (Cincinnati) addition (original building designed by J. Walter Stevens of St. Paul, Minnesota)
- Medical Arts Building (Memphis, Tennessee)
- Doctors' Building on Garfield Place
- Garfield Hotel, Cincinnati
- Atlas National Bank Building (c.1922) on Walnut Street in Cincinnati
- Strand Theatre (Cincinnati) (1913), demolished in 1950 to make way for the current Fountain Square location.
- Plans for a five story addition to the one-story Diem & Wing Paper Co. Building on Eggleston Avenue.
- Merchant's building, Cincinnati at 6th and College streets
- Temple K K Ben Israel (Rockdale TempleRockdale TempleThe Rockdale Temple, K.K. Bene Israel, is the oldest Jewish congregation west of the Allegheny Mountains, the oldest congregation in Ohio, the second oldest Ashkenazi congregation in the United States and one of the oldest synagogues in the United States...
), a Cincinnati synagogueSynagogueA synagogue is a Jewish house of prayer. This use of the Greek term synagogue originates in the Septuagint where it sometimes translates the Hebrew word for assembly, kahal...
in the neoclassicalNeoclassical architectureNeoclassical architecture was an architectural style produced by the neoclassical movement that began in the mid-18th century, manifested both in its details as a reaction against the Rococo style of naturalistic ornament, and in its architectural formulas as an outgrowth of some classicizing...
style, later demolished in favor of a contemporary style building) on Rockdale Avenue in Avondale (illustrated by Montgomery Schuyler in 1908) - Engineering College of the University of CincinnatiUniversity of CincinnatiThe University of Cincinnati is a comprehensive public research university in Cincinnati, Ohio, and a part of the University System of Ohio....
- Jewish Synagogue Temple S.I.A.A. formerly on Reading Road in Avondale
- "Over-the-Rhine", which either replaced or supplemented "one of Elzner's earliest works"
- Cincinnati Tennis ClubCincinnati Tennis ClubThe Cincinnati Tennis Club was founded in 1880 just five years after tennis was introduced in America, and is today one of the oldest active tennis clubs in the United States.-History:...
(1906) on Wold and Dexter Avenues in East Walnut Hills, listed on the National Register of Historic Places - Stowe School
- Sands School
- Sayler Park School (1930) in Sayler Park
- North side (Cumminsville) Public Library (1906).
- "Most" of the early 20th-century Cincinnati Bell Telephone suburban branch exchanges
- Medical Arts Building and Garage 248 Madison Ave. and 11 N. 4th Street in MemphisMemphis, TennesseeMemphis is a city in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the county seat of Shelby County. The city is located on the 4th Chickasaw Bluff, south of the confluence of the Wolf and Mississippi rivers....
, TennesseeTennesseeTennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...
, listed on the National Register of Historic Places