Henry F. Ludorf
Henry F. Ludorf | |
|---|---|
 Polish National Home, Hartford, CT | |
| Born | 1899 |
| Died | 1968 |
| Nationality | American |
| Known for | Architect |
Henry F. Ludorf (1888–1968) was an American architect who specialized in churches and schools mostly for Polish-American Catholic clients in New England.
Childhood and architectural education[edit]
Ludorf was born in Chicago in 1899 and graduated from the Pratt Institute of Architecture and the Columbia University School of Architecture. He then worked for two years as a partner of C. C. Palmer before establishing his own firm in 1921. His offices were located at 100 Hanson Place in Hartford, Connecticut.
Architectural practice[edit]
Although Ludorf was a prolific designer of churches and schools his most memorable building is the 1929 art deco-styled Community Center of the Polish National Home in Hartford. This building was described in the Hartford Courant as "a stately Art Deco cube with a stylish, comfortable and inviting interior" for which Ludorf "became known for Art Deco buildings in other East Coast cities."[1]
Personal life[edit]
Ludorf was chairman of the Ella Burr McManus Trust Fund and the Connecticut Commission on the Fine Arts.[2]
Works include[edit]
- St. Adalbert Church, Providence, RI
- St. Anne Church, Hartford, CT
- St Louis Church, Hartford, CT (destroyed by fire)[3]
- St. John the Evangelist Church, New Britain, CT (basement only)
- St. John the Evangelist Rectory, New Britain, CT[4]
- Holy Name Church, Stamford, CT
- St. Peter and Paul Church, Wallingford, CT
- St. Benedict Church and Rectory, Stamford, CT
- St. Mary Church, Bridgeport, CT (renovation, church has been replaced)
- St. Stanislaw School, Bristol, CT
- SS Cyril and Methodius School, Hartford, CT
- St. Joseph School, Webster, MA
- St. Mary School, Middletown, CT
- Polish Community Center, Northampton, MA
- Roosevelt School, New Britain, CT
- Embassy Theatre, New Britain, CT
- Polish Orphan Asylum, New Britain, CT
- Swedish Bethany Church, New Britain, CT
- Community Center of the Polish National Home, Hartford, CT[5]
- Bushnell Tower, Hartford, CT (with I.M. Pei)
References[edit]
Ludorf, Henry F. "AIA Architect Roster Questionnaire, 1946" (PDF). Retrieved 16 December 2017.
- ^ Condon, Tim (October 30, 2005). "Welcoming Home". Hartford Courant. Retrieved September 18, 2017.
- ^ "Architect Detail: Ludorf, Henry F." CT Trust for Historic Preservation. Archived from the original on July 26, 2011. Retrieved September 18, 2017.
- ^ "Related Projects". CT Trust for Historic Preservation. Archived from the original on July 26, 2011. Retrieved September 18, 2017.
- ^ "Some Attractive New Britain Residences Designed by Mr. Henry F. Ludorf". Modern Connecticut Homes and Homecrafts: A Book of Representative Houses, Interiors, Gardens, Decorations, Furnishings and Equipment Appropriately Described and Illustrated by Several Hundred Beautiful Engravings. New York: American Homecrafts Company. 1921. p. 58. Retrieved September 18, 2017.
- ^ http://historicbuildingsct.com/?cat=47&paged=3 Community Center, Hartford
- 1888 births
- 20th-century American architects
- American ecclesiastical architects
- Architects of Roman Catholic churches
- Architects from Illinois
- Architects from Connecticut
- Architects from Hartford, Connecticut
- Pratt Institute alumni
- Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation alumni
- 1968 deaths