Charles D. Cuthbert was an

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in the U.S. state of

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. Several of his works are listed on the

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Family

His father was James Cuthbert, who was born in Scotland in 1849, and became a building contractor in

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. Cuthbert & Sargent and Cuthbert & Sons are firm names which involved James and/or sons George M. (carpenter), William F. (carpenter), James R. (stone mason), John R. (bricklayer) and Charles D. (architect).

Career

Cuthbert studied at the School of Architecture (now Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts) at Washington University in St. Louis. He became State Architect of Kansas in 1925. He practiced alone and later was joined in partnership Cuthbert & Suehrk by Williem E. Suehrk, a classmate from architectural school.

Notable works

Works by the father's contracting firm include: * Rice County Courthouse, 101 W. Commercial St.,

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, (Cuthbert and Son), NRHP-listed * Rooks County Courthouse, 115 N. Walnut St.,

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, (Cuthbert and Sons), NRHP-listed *

Washburn University Carnegie Library Building The Washburn University Carnegie Library Building in Topeka, Kansas, United States, is a Carnegie library built in 1904. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. Washburn College, later Washburn University Washburn ...

, Off Seventeenth St. and Washburn Ave.,

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(Cuthbert, James, & Sargent), NRHP-listed Works by Charles Cuthbert (individual or shared attribution) include: *

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, 1210 E. 8th St.,

Cuthbert & Suehrk, NRHP-listed *

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, 506-510 SW 10th Ave.,

, (Cuthbert, Charles D.), NRHP-listed * Westminster Presbyterian Church, 1275 Boswell Ave.

(Cuthbert, Charles), NRHP-listed * Laboratory School,

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* Music School, Kansas State Teachers College, * Snow Hall and Hoch Auditorium (later renamed Budig Hall),

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campus (Cuthbert & Suehrk)

References

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