Adolphus Gustavus Bauer (1858–1898) was an architect in

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. He worked with the more famous architect Samuel Sloan and helped him build the Executive Mansion in

Raleigh Raleigh (; ) is the capital city of the state of North Carolina and the seat of Wake County in the United States. It is the second-most populous city in North Carolina, after Charlotte. Raleigh is the tenth-most populous city in the Southeas ...

.A.G. Bauer, Raleigh's Architect
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Life

Bauer struggled to find business after the death of his partner Samuel Sloan and left Raleigh for some time. When he returned he did find work on some of his better-known buildings. While he was working on the Pullen Building A picture of the Pullen Building
/ref> in 1884, he met his wife-to-be, Cherokee Indian Rachel Blythe. The couple had to leave North Carolina to get married, since interracial marriages were illegal in North Carolina at the time. A few years later, in 1896, Bauer's carriage was struck by a train. He survived, but the trauma gave him continuing psychological issues which ruined his reputation. After Rachel died in 1897,A.G. and Rachel Blythe Bauer's graves
/ref> his mental health grew even worse. He constructed an elaborate tombstone for her based on a Grecian temple.An article describing the graveyard where the couple is buried
Shortly after completing this last project, Bauer committed suicide by shooting himself in the head.

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, jct. of Church and Calhoun Sts.

Jackson, North Carolina Jackson is a town in Northampton County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 513 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Northampton County. Jackson is part of the Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina Micropolitan Statistical Are ...

(Bauer, Adolphus Gustavus), NRHP-listed *

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, 210 N. Blount St.

Raleigh, NC Raleigh (; ) is the capital city of the state of North Carolina and the seat of Wake County in the United States. It is the second-most populous city in North Carolina, after Charlotte. Raleigh is the tenth-most populous city in the South ...

(Bauer, Gustavus Adolphus), NRHP-listed *The Pullen Building *Baptist Female University * North Carolina School for the Deaf: Main Building,NC School for the Deaf
U.S. 64 and Fleming Dr.

Morganton, North Carolina Morganton is a city in and the county seat of Burke County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 16,918 at the 2010 census. Morganton is approximately northwest of Charlotte. Morganton is one of the principal cities in the Hick ...

(Bauer, Adolphus Gustavus), NRHP-listed *NC Department of Labor Building NC Department of Labor Building
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First Presbyterian Church (Raleigh, North Carolina) First Presbyterian Church is a historic Presbyterian church located at the corner of Morgan and Salisbury Streets in downtown Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, United States. The church was established in a meeting of Presbyterians at the Nort ...

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Life

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