Rudolphe L. Daus

American architect

New York and New Jersey Telephone and Telegraph Building in Brooklyn

Rudolphe Lawrence Daus[a] (1854–1916) was an American architect based in Brooklyn, New York City.[1] He designed the 13th Regiment Armory in Brooklyn, now the Pamoja House for homeless men, and the Lincoln Club. He also designed several libraries. He was a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects.[2]

Daus was born in Mexico to a German Catholic family of Jewish descent and studied in Europe before working for Richard Morris Hunt and George B. Post. He established his own firm in 1884.[3]

Carl Westman worked at his firm. Daus died in Paris in 1916.

## Works

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* 203 - 209 Prospect Place (circa 1885) between Carlton and Vanderbilt Avenues in the Prospect Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn
* 13th Regiment Armory, Brooklyn
* Lincoln Club (1886), 65 Putnam Avenue in Brooklyn
* 176 & 178 St. John's Place in Park Slope
* New York and New Jersey Telephone and Telegraph building (1898) at 81 Willoughby Street (also known as 119-127 Lawrence Street) in Brooklyn[4] on the list of New York City Designated Landmarks in Brooklyn
* New York County National Bank Building (1907)[5]

## Gallery

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* 203 - 209 Prospect Place row houses in Prospect Heights

* 176 and 178 St. John's Place in Park Slope

* Lincoln Club

## References

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Informational notes

1. ^ Given names also spelled Rudolph and Laurence

Citations

1. ^ "Rudolph L. Daus | Companies | EMPORIS". Emporis. Archived from the original on October 21, 2019.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
2. ^ [1][dead link]
3. ^ Spellen, Suzanne (2011-02-17). "Walkabout: Rudolph L. Daus, Architect". Brownstoner. Retrieved 2019-10-26.
4. ^ "The New York and New Jersey Telephone Company Building". Atlas Obscura.
5. ^ Diamonstein-Spielvogel, Barbaralee (2011). The Landmarks of New York (5th ed.). Albany, New York: State University of New York Press. p. 308\. ISBN 978-1-4384-3769-9.

Further reading

* Daus, Rudolphe L. (1947) Rodolphe Lawrence Daus, American architect, August 10, 1854-September 30, 1916'. New York: New York Public Library.

## External links

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* Media related to Rudolphe L. Daus at Wikimedia Commons

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