Johnson Mason Maury (May 1, 1847 – January 2, 1919) was an American architect and inventor who designed and built over 700 residential and commercial structures, mostly in Louisville, Kentucky where he pioneered

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and

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architecture in Kentucky. Maury is mostly known for his works on The

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and The Kaufman-Strauss building. Maury attended

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. After graduation, Maury moved to Boston where he studied architecture for two years under architect

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who had designed the Grace Episcopal Church during the time of Maury's stay. Maury returned to Louisville and worked under Episcopal Church Architect William H. Redin for six years. Maury was also a founding member of The Kentucky Association of Architects, in which he served as Second Vice President, as well as President of the Louisville Chapter of the

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Associated architects, draftsman, and contractors

*William H. Redin * William J. Dodd *Oscar Haupt, Superintendent of Kenyan Building, later relocated to Birmingham, AL *E. Walter Hillerich *Arthur Raymond Smith (draftsman) *Greiner & Sons

Catalogue

Redin & Maury (1877)

Mason Maury (1882–1887, 1895–1919)

Maury & Haupt (1887–1889)

Maury & Dodd (1889–1895)

Maury & Hillerich (1904–1909)

* Board of Trade Building * The Tobacco Warehouse and Trading Company Building * Underwriter's Reality Company Building

References

Industrial development and manufacturers' record c.1 v.48 1905 {{DEFAULTSORT:Maury, Mason 1847 births 1919 deaths Irish people of French descent Architects from Louisville, Kentucky Architecture in Kentucky Fellows of the American Institute of Architects Architects from Kentucky Louisville Male High School alumni 19th-century American architects Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni MIT School of Architecture and Planning alumni Western Association of Architects Burials at Cave Hill Cemetery Prairie School architects