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79:, after it was destroyed by fire in 1895. The McDonald Brothers were already at work in Charlottesville, designing Christ Episcopal Church. For the Rotunda, they completed plans for "a new portico with cast-iron columns and a grand staircase" and also a somewhat controversial "elaborate two-story interior with multiple levels of cast-iron colonnades". The firm was fired from the job, however, after it turned out "they miscalculated the structural stability of the ruined Rotunda." 142:, (Boundary Decrease, Boundary Increase), portions of Washington, Gallative, Perlate, Temperate, Garrard, Jefferson, Ohio Sts., Nicholas Ave, and Union Sq., Burlington, KY (McDonald Brothers, McCarvey Brothers), NRHP-listed 139: 508: 193: 498: 503: 181: 214: 513: 256: 220: 163: 373: 94:
architects in Louisville, worked for the McDonald Brothers before also working under McDonald and Sheblessy and McDonald and Dodd (with
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founded in 1878 was a Louisville-based firm of architects of courthouses and other public buildings. It was a partnership of brothers
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The McDonald Brothers partnership lasted from 1874 until 1896. Kenneth McDonald practiced individually after then, until 1901.
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A History of Kentucky and Kentuckians: The Leaders and Representative Men in Commerce, Industry and Modern Activities
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Carroll County Courthouse, Courthouse Sq., Carrollton, KY (H. P. McDonald, 1884),
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Old Stone Jail, Courthouse Sq., Carrollton, KY (H.P. McDonald, 1880)
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Harry McDonald was the senior member of the firm. He served in the
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Works (with variations in attribution to both or either) include:
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The McDonald Brothers worked during 1896 on a redesign for the
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Franklin Building at 658-660 South Fourth Avenue, Louisville
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Christ Episcopal Church (c.1896), Charlottesville, Virginia
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Many of their works survive and are listed on the U.S.
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Index

American Civil War
Confederate Army
Washington and Lee University
Thomas Jefferson
Rotunda
University of Virginia
Stanford White
McKim, Meade and White
Joseph & Joseph
William J. Dodd
National Register of Historic Places
Adair County Courthouse
Adath Israel Temple
Aurora City Hall
Burlington Historic District
Casey County Courthouse
Cumberland County Courthouse
First Cumberland Presbyterian Church-McKenzie
Gibson County Courthouse
Goodnight House
Henry County Courthouse, Jail, and Warden's House
Hickman County Courthouse
Kentucky National Bank
Old Eddyville Historic District
Old Jail
Sevier County Courthouse
Simpson County Courthouse
Washington County Courthouse
Bartow County Courthouse
Lincliff

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