William A. Lang (1846–1897) was an architect active in

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from 1885 to 1893. On his own or in partnership, he designed a number of buildings that survive and are listed on the U.S.

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. Lang partnered with Marshall Pugh to form Lang & Pugh in 1889. The firm also employed Reinhard Schuetze for a time. Lang's business interests, like his father's, often faced financial stumbles and may have collapsed following the

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. He moved to Illinois and in 1897. and His medical records describe him as suffering from severe depression and as

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. Lang was born in Ohio in 1846. Early in his career, he designed at least three buildings in Kansas including Albion School in

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. He moved to Denver in 1886. Lang is known for his use of

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s, gargoyles, polychromatic stone, and a mixture of columns. He ran into financial and related legal troubles. His business collapsed and he seems to have lost his mental faculties. He was hit and killed by a train. Lang's presentation book is at the Western History Collection of the Denver Public Library. He married Delia and had one daughter, Mabel.

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(1890), 1572 Race Street, Denver, Colorado * St. Mark's Parish Church, 1160 Lincoln St., Denver, (NRHP-listed, credit to Lang & Pugh) *Ghost Building, 800 18th Street, Denver, (Ghost Block at Seventeenth and Champa?) * Bailey House, 1600 Ogden St., Denver, built 1899, (NRHP-listed, credit to Lang, William). This is the largest of William Lang's surviving residential residences. * Caroline Bancroft House, 1079-81 Downing St. and 1180 E. 11th, Denver, (NRHP-listed, credit to Lang, William A.) * Bliss House (1892 Lang & Pugh), 1389 Stuart St., Denver, NRHP-listed as "Building at 1389 Stuart Street" * Eizabeth McNulty House (1892 Lang & Pugh) 1390 Stuart St., Denver, NRHP-listed as Building at 1390 Stuart Street) * Frank I. Smith House (1890 Lang & Pugh), 1435 Stuart St., Denver, NRHP-listed as Building at 1435 Stuart Street) * Jane Spangler House (1890-1892 Lang & Pugh) 1444 Stuart St., Denver, NRHP-listed as Building at 1444 Stuart Street) * Ernest LeNeve Foster House, 2105 Lafayette St., Denver, CO (NRHP-listed, credit to Lang, William) * William Lang Townhouse, 1626 Washington St., Denver, CO (NRHP-listed, credit to Lang, William) * Orman–Adams House, 102 W. Orman Ave., Pueblo, CO (NRHP-listed, credit to Lang, William A.) * Wilbur S. Raymond House, 1572 Race St., Denver, CO (NRHP-listed, credit to Lang, William) * Schlessinger House, 1544 Race St. Denver CO (NRHP-listed, credit to Lang, William) * Vine Street Houses, 1415, 1429, 1435, 1441, 1453 Vine St., Denver, CO (NRHP-listed, credit to Lang, William) *

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, 1532 Emerson St., Denver, CO (NRHP-listed, credit to Lang, William) *WA Raymond Residence (1892)Architects and Builders Edition of ''Scientific American'' of 1892. *

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(1889), 1340 Pennsylvania Street in Denver. Now the

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*Gunther Store and Opera House, Albion * Gates House, Third and Walnut in

in (1883). Lang built the home for his family and later sold it to a school board member. * Dow–Rosenzweig House (1882), at 1129 E. 17th Ave. in Denver, NRHP-listed * Tedford House (1889) 1415 Vine St., Denver NRHP-listed * Fred Hall House (1889) 1429 Vine St., Denver NRHP-listed * Ralph Voorhees House at 1471 Stuart St., Denver, NRHP-listed as Building at 1471 Stuart Street *One or more works in South Side–Baker Historic District, roughly bounded by W. Fifth Ave., Broadway, W. Alameda Ave., and W. Fox St., Denver, CO (NRHP-listed, credit to Lang, William) *One or more works in Swallow Hill Historic District, roughly Bounded by Clarkson St., E. Seventeenth Ave., Downing St., E Colfax Ave., Denver, CO (NRHP-listed, credit to Lang, William A.) Perhaps not related: * Scott Covered Bridge, Off PA 21 crossing Ten Mile Creek, Gray Township, Rogersville, PA (NRHP-listed, credit to Lang, William)

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