Charles Alonzo Rich (October 22, 1854 – December 3, 1943) was an American

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who practiced in

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from 1882 until 1933. Rich was a member of the Architectural League of New York. Rich was a partner in the New York architectural firm of Lamb & Rich, that mostly specialized in residential design.

Personal life

Rich was born in

Beverly, Massachusetts Beverly is a city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States, and a suburb of Boston. The population was 42,670 at the time of the 2020 United States census. A resort, residential, and manufacturing community on the Massachusetts North Sho ...

, and died at his home in

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, at the age of 89.Meacham, Scott B.
'The Shaping Hand Was at All Points the Same': Charles Alonzo Rich Builds the New Dartmouth
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Notable buildings

* Claremont Opera House (1897); Claremont, NH, a fine example of

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architecture listed on the

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in 1973. *

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(1897-1898),

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; listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003. * Phi Delta Alpha (1902); the first purpose-built fraternity in

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, and the first fraternity on Dartmouth's "frat row" (Webster Avenue). *

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(1906-1907), Barnard College; listed on the

in 2003. * Copshaholm, the Joseph Doty Oliver mansion in

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(1895-1896); listed on the

and listed as an American Treasure

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