Rubush & Hunter

Rubush & Hunter
Circle Theater, Indianapolis, Indiana
Practice information
Partners	Preston C. Rubush Edgar O. Hunter

Rubush & Hunter was an architectural firm in Indianapolis, Indiana in the United States. The firm was a partnership of Preston C. Rubush and Edgar O. Hunter. Preceded by P. C. Rubush and Company (1900-1905), Rubush & Hunter existed from 1905 to 1938. It designed many buildings that are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.

Notable works

Works, with attribution either to the firm or to Rubush or Hunter individually, include:

• Circle Theater, built 1916, 45 Monument Circle, Indianapolis (Rubush & Hunter), NRHP-listed;^[1] now known as Hilbert Circle Theatre
• Henry P. Coburn Public School No. 66, 604 E. 38th Street, Indianapolis (Rubush & Hunter), NRHP-listed^[1]
• Columbia Club, built 1925, 121 Monument Circle, Indianapolis (Rubush & Hunter), NRHP-listed;^[1] it includes architectural carving on the facade by Alexander Sangernebo.^[2]
• Fidelity Trust Building, 148 E. Market Street, Indianapolis (Rubush & Hunter), NRHP-listed^[1]
• Guaranty Building, 20 N. Meridian Street, Indianapolis, diagonally across Monument Circle from the Columbia Club; a 9-story speculative office building, again with Sangernebo providing the classical stone carvings for the facades
• HCS Motor Car Company, 1402 N. Capitol Ave., Indianapolis, Indiana, NRHP-listed^[3]:8
• Indiana School for the Deaf, built 1911, 1200 E. 42nd Street, Indianapolis (Rubush & Hunter), NRHP-listed^[1]
• Indiana Theatre, built 1927, 134 W. Washington Street, Indianapolis (Rubush & Hunter), NRHP-listed^[1]
• Old Indianapolis City Hall, 202 N. Alabama Street, Indianapolis (Rubush & Hunter), NRHP-listed^[1]
• Oriental Lodge No. 500, 2201 Central, Indianapolis, NRHP-listed^[4]
• Indianapolis Masonic Temple, 525 N. Illinois Avenue, Indianapolis (Rubush, Preston C.), NRHP-listed^[1]
• Reserve Loan Life Insurance Company, 429 N. Pennsylvania Street, Indianapolis (Rubush & Hunter), NRHP-listed^[1]
• The Buckingham, 3101-3119 N. Meridian Street, Indianapolis (Rubush & Hunter), NRHP-listed^[1]
• Madame C. J. Walker Building, 617 Indiana Avenue, Indianapolis (Rubush & Hunter), NRHP-listed^[1]
• One or more works in the Washington Street-Monument Circle Historic District, roughly bounded by Delaware, Ohio, Capitol, and Maryland Streets, Indianapolis (Rubush & Hunter), NRHP-listed^[1]
• H. P. Wasson and Company Building, 2 W. Washington Street and 2 N. Meridian Street, Indianapolis (Rubush & Hunter), NRHP-listed^[1]
• YWCA Blue Triangle Residence Hall, 725 N. Pennsylvania Street, Indianapolis (Rubush, Preston C. & Hunter, Edgar O.), NRHP-listed^[1]

References

1. National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. "Columbia Club". National Park Service.
3. "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2016-08-01. Note: This includes Amy Kotzbauer (March 2008). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: HCS Motor Car Company" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-08-01. and Accompanying photographs
4. "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2016-08-01. Note: This includes James A. Glass (June 2014). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Oriental Lodge No. 500" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-08-01., Site map, and Accompanying photographs