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Henry F. Ludorf

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Henry F. Ludorf
Polish National Home, Hartford, CT
Born1899
Died1968
NationalityAmerican
Known forArchitect

Henry F. Ludorf (1888–1968) was an American architect who specialized in churches and schools mostly for Polish-American Catholic clients in New England.

Childhood and architectural education

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Ludorf was born in Chicago in 1899 and graduated from the Pratt Institute of Architecture and the Columbia University School of Architecture. He then worked for two years as a partner of C. C. Palmer before establishing his own firm in 1921. His offices were located at 100 Hanson Place in Hartford, Connecticut.

Architectural practice

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Although Ludorf was a prolific designer of churches and schools his most memorable building is the 1929 art deco-styled Community Center of the Polish National Home in Hartford. This building was described in the Hartford Courant as "a stately Art Deco cube with a stylish, comfortable and inviting interior" for which Ludorf "became known for Art Deco buildings in other East Coast cities."[1]

Personal life

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Ludorf was chairman of the Ella Burr McManus Trust Fund and the Connecticut Commission on the Fine Arts.[2]

Works include

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References

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Ludorf, Henry F. "AIA Architect Roster Questionnaire, 1946" (PDF). Retrieved 16 December 2017.

  1. ^ Condon, Tim (October 30, 2005). "Welcoming Home". Hartford Courant. Retrieved September 18, 2017.
  2. ^ "Architect Detail: Ludorf, Henry F." CT Trust for Historic Preservation. Archived from the original on July 26, 2011. Retrieved September 18, 2017.
  3. ^ "Related Projects". CT Trust for Historic Preservation. Archived from the original on July 26, 2011. Retrieved September 18, 2017.
  4. ^ "Some Attractive New Britain Residences Designed by Mr. Henry F. Ludorf". Modern Connecticut Homes and Homecrafts: A Book of Representative Houses, Interiors, Gardens, Decorations, Furnishings and Equipment Appropriately Described and Illustrated by Several Hundred Beautiful Engravings. New York: American Homecrafts Company. 1921. p. 58. Retrieved September 18, 2017.
  5. ^ http://historicbuildingsct.com/?cat=47&paged=3 Community Center, Hartford