Julian de Bruyn Kops

{{Short description|American architect}}

Julian de Bruyn Kops (1862–1942) was an architect in Savannah, Georgia. Several of his works are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

He was born in Spartanburg, South Carolina.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WQNtBQAAQBAJ&q=Julian+deBruyn+Kops+architect&pg=PA518|title=The Washingtons: A Family History: Volume 5 (Part One): Generation Nine of the Presidential Branch|first=Justin|last=Glenn|date=September 5, 2014|publisher=Savas Publishing|isbn=9781940669304|via=Google Books}} He studied architecture and civil engineering at Lehigh and the University of Georgia.{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V5BPAAAAYAAJ&q=Julian+deBruyn+Kops+architect&pg=PA112|title=Directory of the Alumni and Students of Lehigh University|first=Lehigh|last=University|date=June 23, 1923|publisher=Alumni Association of Lehigh University, Incorporated|via=Google Books}} In 1892 he was the Assistant City Engineer in Savannah.{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aUVHAQAAMAAJ&q=Julian+deBruyn+Kops+architect|title=University Catalog Issue ...|first=Lehigh|last=University|date=June 23, 1892|publisher=Lehigh University|via=Google Books}} By 1905 he was Savannah's superintendent of architecture.{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uVU9AQAAMAAJ&q=Julian+Kops+architect+savannah&pg=PA113|title=Official Register of the United States: Containing a List of Officers and Employees in the Civil, Military, and Naval Service ...|date=June 23, 1905|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|via=Google Books}} He died in Atlanta.{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GR1QAAAAYAAJ&q=Julian+Kops+architect+savannah|title=Engineering News-record|date=June 23, 1942|publisher=McGraw-Hill|via=Google Books}}

Work

File:Camden County Courthouse (old), Woodbine, GA, US.jpg

File:Savannah Carnegie B. Branch, Savannah, GA, US.jpg

  • Oglethorpe Bench (1906){{Cite web|url=https://gosouthsavannah.com/historic-district-and-city/monuments/oglethorpe-bench.html|title=History of the Oglethorpe Bench|website=Go South! Savannah}}
  • Camden County Courthouse (Georgia) (1928) NRHP listed
  • Carnegie Colored Library (1915) NRHP listed
  • Lawtonville Baptist Church (1911) in Estill, South Carolina NRHP listed{{Cite web|url=https://www.scpictureproject.org/hampton-county/lawtonville-baptist-church.html/amp|title=Lawtonville Baptist Church – SC Picture Project|website=www.scpictureproject.org|date=13 November 2013 }}

References

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Further reading

  • [https://books.google.com/books?id=egI6AQAAIAAJ Herringshaw's American Blue-Book of Biography; Prominent Americans]

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Category:1862 births

Category:1942 deaths

Category:19th-century American architects

Category:20th-century American architects

Category:People from Spartanburg, South Carolina

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