Mason Maury

Johnson Mason Maury (May 1, 1847 – January 2, 1919) was an American architect and inventor who designed and built over 700 residential and commercial structures, mostly in Louisville, Kentucky where he pioneered Richardsonian Romanesque and Prairie School architecture in Kentucky.^[2] Maury is mostly known for his works on The Kenyon Building and The Kaufman-Strauss building.^[3] Maury attended Male High School. After graduation, Maury moved to Boston where he studied architecture for two years under architect H.H. Richardson who had designed the Grace Episcopal Church during the time of Maury's stay. Maury returned to Louisville and worked under Episcopal Church Architect William H. Redin for six years. Maury was also a founding member of The Kentucky Association of Architects,^[4] in which he served as Second Vice President, as well as President of the Louisville Chapter of the American Institute of Architecture.

Mason Maury
Born	(1847-05-01)May 1, 1847 Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.
Died	January 1, 1919(1919-01-01) (aged 71) Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.
Resting place	Cave Hill Cemetery Louisville, Kentucky
Alma mater	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Occupation	Architect
Spouse	Gertrude Vaughan ​ ​ (m. 1885; died 1888)​ Sarah Webb ​ ​ (m. 1895; died 1919)​ [1]
Awards	American Institute of Architects Fellow
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Associated architects, draftsman, and contractors

• William H. Redin
• William J. Dodd
• Oscar Haupt, Superintendent of Kenyan Building, later relocated to Birmingham, AL
• E. Walter Hillerich
• Arthur Raymond Smith (draftsman)
• Greiner & Sons

Catalogue

Redin & Maury (1877)

Name	Photo	Location	Date Commissioned	Notes
W.H. Dillingham Residence		Second and Broadway Louisville, Kentucky	1877	demolished

Mason Maury (1882–1887, 1895–1919)

Name	Photo	Location	Date Commissioned	Notes
S Bisley House		1029 Bardstown Rd (1925 Baxter Ave)	1884/1885	current building has unoriginal front addition[5]
Charles P. Moorman Row Houses (St. Catherine)		313–337 E St Catherine Louisville, Kentucky	1884	attributed design[6]
Charles P. Moorman Row Houses (Preston)		1026–1040 S Preston Louisville, Kentucky	1884/1885	attributed design[7]
Henning & Sons, office building		Unknown	1886	[8]
Judge Russell Houston residence		1332 South Fourth Street Louisville, Kentucky	1886	Louisville Bourbon Inn[9]
Dr. Hubbard M. Smith		Unknown	1886	[10]
Unknown		Owensboro, Kentucky	1886	[11]
Frederick H. Warren		Montgomery, Alabama	1886	[12] potentially (51) 459 Goldthwaite St
Kenyon Building		112 South Fifth Street Louisville, Kentucky	1886	demolished in 1974[13]
W.S. Mathews Building House		1245 (1333) Fourth Street Louisville, Kentucky	1886	demolished[14]
Henry L. Stone House		1300 Third Street Louisville, Kentucky	1886	Juo. Greiner & Bros, builders[15]
Boyle Gill Boyle (B.O. Boyle) residence		1118 or 1209 S Second Street Louisville, Kentucky	1886	J. N. Struck & Bros., builders[16]
K.W. Smith House		1118 Third Street Louisville, Kentucky	1886	interior extensively remodeled with a rear addition in the 1920s for Archbishop John A. Floersh and again remodeled in the 1960s for D.J. Dougherty & Sons Funeral Home[17]
Charles P. Moorman House		Maybe St Catherine Louisville, Kentucky	1886	[18]
J.M. Bockner, dwelling		Maybe St Catherine Louisville, Kentucky	1886	[19]
William H. Mundy House		623 Third St Louisville, Kentucky	1886	demolished[20]
George Merz		Unknown	1886	[21]
Thomas Shreve store and office building		353–355 S Fifth Louisville, Kentucky	1886	[22]
J.D. Reed, two residences		Unknown	1886	[23]
Samuel Castleman House		406 West Chestnut Louisville, Kentucky	1886	[24]
Central Passenger, R.R. Co. (stables)		Unknown	1886	[25]
Mrs. J. O'Riley House		403 West Chestnut Street Louisville, Kentucky	1886	[26]
Mrs. James B. Clay, Sr. House		4.5 miles on Versailles Pike, Lexington	1886	[27]
W.F. Rubel House		1515 Hepburn Ave	1886
O.T. Sutfield residence		1014 South Third Street	1886
Mrs. Catherine M. Short House		1349 Fourth Street Louisville, Kentucky	1886
J.F. Smith House		1236 Second Street Louisville, Kentucky	1886
Charles E. Wood House		943 Cherokee Rd Louisville, Kentucky	1886
Louisville Girl's High School		Southwest corner, Fifth and Hill	1898	Charles Meyer's designed the 1899 addition. demolished in 1971[28][29]
Barren County Courthouse		Barren County, Kentucky	1896
Mary Meany House		1414 S Fourth Louisville, Kentucky	1897
Bullitt County Courthouse		Bullitt County, Kentucky	1900/1902
Fountain Court Apartments		414–418 Fountain Court Louisville, Kentucky	1901
The Women's Club Building		1212 S Fourth Street Louisville, Kentucky	1901	destroyed by fire in 1917
Kaufman-Straus Building(Polytechnic Society Library)	Louisville – Kaufman-Straus Building	427 South Fourth Street	1901	[30]
John H. Heywood Elementary School	John H. Heywood Elementary School	422 Heywood Ave	1902	[31]
First Lutheran English Church	First Lutheran Church in Louisville	417 E Broadway	1904	[32]
Christ Church Episcopal (Chattanooga, Tennessee)	Christ Church, Chattanooga, Tennessee	663 Douglas St, Chattanooga, TN	1904
William W Davies House		927 S Fourth Street Louisville, Kentucky	1905	demolished
Mason Maury House		2119 Kenilworth Avenue Louisville, Kentucky	1910
Whiteside House		2409 Cherokee Parkway Louisville, Kentucky	1910
Broadway Zion Baptist Church		1301 W Broadway Louisville, Kentucky	1910
Ralph E. Hill House		2115 Maryland Avenue Louisville, Kentucky	1911
W.H. Dillingham House		215 West Broadway Louisville, Kentucky	1910/1911	demolished[33]
Office Building		106 N 3rd St, Bardstown, Kentucky	1911/1912	heavy exterior remodeling has changed the original first floor design
Russell Meriweather Hughes House		312 West Courtland Place San Antonio, TX	1912	former home of Russell Meriweather Hughes Jr. (La Meri)
Sapinsky's Clothing Store		225 South Fourth Louisville, Kentucky	1912	demolished[34]
Highland Baptist Church		1101 Cherokee Rd Louisville, Kentucky	1913
Clement R. Manemann Store and Dwelling		St. Matthews	1914
H.B. Bretney House	1602 N Fountain Blvd, Springfield, Ohio	1915
William A Thomson, remodel		2100 Millvale Rd	1915
Louisville Drying Machinery Company		451 Baxter Avenue Louisville, Kentucky	1916

Maury & Haupt (1887–1889)

Name	Photo	Location	Date Commissioned	Notes
W.L. Chambers (bank bldg.)		223 North Montgomery, Sheffield, Alabama	1887
W.C. Hutchins House		Unknown	1887	[35]
Mrs. Cecelia K. Crawford House		971 Third Street	1887	Demolished[36][37]
Charles V Johnson House		1524 Brook Street	1887	[38]
Foster Thomas House		1322 South Fourth	1887	[39]
Cahaba Pump Station (Birmingham Water Works Company)		4012 Sicard Hollow Rd, Birmingham, AL	1887	[40][41]
Jefferson Building Improvement Company (residence)		Birmingham, Alabama	1887	F.C. Thompson (contractor)[42]
T. L. Jefferson (9 houses)		Floyd and Gray	1887	demolished [43][44]
C. Johnson House		Unknown	1887	[45]
James Leech (block of dwellings 75 by 120)		Unknown	1887	[46]
McFarran Memorial Church (Louisville Church of Christ)		1201 South Fourth Street	1887
Charles Strater House(41 by 54)		1439 St. James Ct.	1887	[47]
W.T. Underwood House		Birmingham, Alabama	1887

Maury & Dodd (1889–1895)

Name	Photo	Location	Date Commissioned	Notes
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary Memorial Library		Fifth and Broadway	1888–89	demolished in the 1960s[48][49]
Louisville Baptist Orphans' Home Addition		northwest corner of First and St Catherine	1889	demolished[50]
Charles T. Ballard House		1251 First Street	1889/1890	[51]
Louisville Trust Company Building	Louisville Trust Building	308 Fifth Street	1890	contained sculptures and other works by Enid Yandell
Cave S. Ashbrook House		1037 S Third	1891	Demolished
Joshua Fry Bullitt, Jr. House		Big Stone Gap, Virginia	1891	[52]
California Fig Syrup Company		Thirteenth and Lexington	1891
Mrs. William Cornwall Jr. residence		521 West Oak	1891	demolished[53]
Fifth Street Baptist Church (Covenant Presbyterian Church)		1901 W. Jefferson	1891
Benjamin Flexner House		525 W Ormsby	1891	[54]
J.A. Flexner House		531 W Ormsby	1891	[55]
Miss Mary Lafon House		1343 (1505) Fourth Avenue	1891	demolished
T.A. Lyons House		1327 Brook	1891
Dr. Joseph M. Mathews House		923 Fourth Street	1891	[56]
Nelson County Courthouse		Bardstown, KY	1891
George A. Newman House		1123 Third Street	1891
Miss Belle Quigley House		1337 (1501) Fourth Avenue	1891	[57]
Charles L. Robinson House		1334 Third Avenue	1891
St. John's Episcopal Church		1115 West Jefferson street,	1891	Agudath Achim Synagogue (1927–1960) until demolition
Hopkins County Courthouse		Madisonville, Kentucky	1892
William J. Dodd House		1469 St James Ct	1892
Paul Cain House		1459 St James Ct	1892
Sam Stone Bush House		230 Kenwood Hill Road	1893
C.J.F. Allen House (alterations)		1371 (1523) Fourth Street	1893	[58]
Curry Fertilizing		Buchanan and Washington Streets	1893	[59]
F.H or Charles Hibbard House		Beechmont	1893	[60]
H.M Caldwell House		Beechmont	1893
The Kentucky Building	The official directory of the World's Columbian exposition, May 1st to October 30th, 1893. A reference book of exhibitors and exhibits; of the officers and members of the World's Columbian commission, (14580037647)	World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago	1893	demolished
Col Robert M. Martin residence and stables		Wilder Park	1893	lost in a fire around 1905[61]
Macauley's flat building		Walnut Street, beside Stark's Building	1893	demolished
H. Straus Dry Goods House (alterations)		416–422 Market Street	1893
H. Straus 6 residences		Second and Oak	1893	[62]
Susette G. Stewart House		1208 First Street	1893	[63]
George T. Wood House		1654 Cherokee Road	1893	[64]
G.H. Moore (alterations)		(930) fourth street	1893	[65] demolished
Edith Wilder(J.B. Wilder Trust)		519 W Main St	1893	demolished in 1979 for the Kentucky Center for the Arts building.[66]
Harry McGoodwin House		1504 S Third Street	1893	[67]
Adolph Rosenthal		Third near Oak	1893	[68]
Presbyterian Church		Greenville, Kentucky	1893	[69]
Block of residences (5) for Presbyterian Orphan's Home		Unknown	1893	[70]
Cornelia Bush House		316 E. Kenwood Drive	1894
C.J. Walton		Third and Hill	1894	[71]
C.J. Walton		Third and Hill	1894	[72]
John Otter		1329 (1429) S Third St	1894	[73]
Standard Club		543(639) Fifth St	1894	[74]
West End Baptist Church(St. Paul's Episcopal Church)		1400 South Fourth Street	1894
T.H. Glover		(1417) Garvin Place	1894	demolished
Lockie Rhodes		Third and Hill	1894
Columbia Trust (add)		Market, between Second and Third	1894
Mary Curran (three residences)	Second and Breckenridge	1894
J.S. Bockee		1230 Third Street (two brick and stone)	1895	[75]
E. L. Brown House		1451 Fourth Street	1895	[76]
J.W. Brown House		1455 Fourth Street	1895	[77]
Joseph T. Burt House		Third Street near B (Bloom) Street	1895	possibly 1030 S Brook St
James Clarke House		1114 Third Street	1895
Thomas Goudy House		Third and Hill	1895	[78]
F. H. Higgins House		1517 Third Street (four residences)	1895	[79]
Drs. Samuel W and James M Holloway office and flats		619(715) S Fourth	1895	demolished between 1912 and 1922
J.C. Hughes House		1467 St James Court	1895
S. Jacobs store and flats		Market (7th and 8th)	1895
William T. Johnston House		1457 Fourth Street	1895	[80]
Dr. George W. Lewman House		1365 Third Street	1895	[81]
Liederkanz Hall		601 Walnut Street	1895	[82]
Ex. Stockdale House		1414 Third Street	1895	[83]
H. Straus		218–236 Burnett Ave, 215–221 Burnett Ave	1895	[84]
Patrick F. Walsh House		1397 Third Street	1895
Design for a University Building		Unknown	1896
Lucia Avenue School Building(Bloom Elementary)		1627 Lucia Avenue	1896
Levering Gymnasium		711 S Fifth St (rear of Norton Hall)	1896	demolished
Design for a clubhouse		Memphis, Tennessee	Unknown
Lagonda Club Building		Springfield, Ohio	1895	Principal designer: Frank Mills Andrews. NRHP Asset [85]

Maury & Hillerich (1904–1909)

Name	Photo	Location	Date Commissioned	Notes
Mrs. M. Cassily House		Indiana	Unknown
Mrs. H.R. Whiteside		Louisville, Kentucky	1907	[86]
James A. Leech		Louisville, Kentucky	1907	[87]
John H. Sale, ten story building		Fourth and Walnut	1907	[88]

• Board of Trade Building
• The Tobacco Warehouse and Trading Company Building^[89][90][91]
• Underwriter's Reality Company Building