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Lorimer Rich

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Lorimer Rich
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Lorimer Rich (December 24, 1891 – June 2, 1978) was an American architect, born in Camden, New York. He is now best remembered for collaborating with sculptor Thomas Hudson Jones on the winning entry in a nationwide competition to create a design for the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery.

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Secretary of War Dwight F. Davis (left) and Major General B. F. Cheatham, Quartermaster General of the U.S. Army, inspect the accepted model and design for the completion of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (1928). The design by sculptor Thomas Hudson Jones and architect Lorimer Rich was selected after a competition in which 73 designs were submitted.

Rich graduated from Syracuse University in 1914. This was followed by further studies in Europe, a standard path for many young American architects of that era. Shortly thereafter he joined the US Army and served in World War I.

Upon returning to the United States, he worked for the prestigious architectural firm McKim, Mead and White, based in New York City.

In 1928 he established his own firm there. He gained a reputation as a designer of post offices for the federal government.[1]

Rich returned to Camden after retiring from practice; he died there in 1978. He was buried in Arlington National Cemetery not far from the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Later his wife Martha Ross Leigh (1894–1987) was buried with him.[2] f

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