Albert C. Nash

The Campbell County Courthouse in Newport, Kentucky

Albert C. Nash (born 1826 - died 1890) was an architect in Cincinnati, Ohio and Milwaukee, Wisconsin.^[1][2] He was a founding member of the Cincinnati chapter of the American Institute of Architects^[3] and served twice as the group's president, from 1873 to 1877 and 1882 to 1885.^[4] The Milwaukee Court House that was constructed in 1872 and demolished 1939, as well as St. Stanislaus Church in Milwaukee.^[5]

Projects

• Jas H. Rogers mansion (1857), later John Plankinton's residence and twice remodeled. Located on the Southwest corner of 15th and Grand Avenue it was described as the most elegant and expensive residence in Milwaukee, costing an estimated $60,000.^[6]
• Bourbon County Courthouse (1873-1874) a Second Empire style architecture building in Kentucky^[7]
• Campbell County Courthouse (1884) at 24 West Fourth Street in Newport, Kentucky. Listed on the National Register of HIstoric Places (NRHP) ^[8]
• Trinity Episcopal Church on 424 Julius Street in Parkersburg, West Virginia^[9]
• Glendale Presbyterian (1873)
• former Central Christian (1869-1872) on Ninth Street west of Plum Street
• Wyoming Baptist (1882) a Stick/Shingle Style frame church
• the Parish Hall of Grace Episcopal Church (1880) (now St. Michael & All Angels Episcopal Church) at 3626 Reading Road Avondale
• the Church of the Presentation, Kemper Lane, Walnut Hills (1884)
• Roman Catholic Church of the Assumption (1885) on Gilbert Avenue in Walnut Hills
• Price Hill Presbyterian (1888)
• Church of the Atonement
• Walnut Hills Baptist and Congregational
• "a colorful Jewish Synagogue" on what was NEC Eighth and Mound streets in the West End that has also been attributed to Samuel Hannaford
• Bodman Building (ca. 1891) that was also the Fort Washington Hotel at 619-621 Main Street ^[2][10]
• Carlisle Building at SWC Fourth and Walnut streets
• Holmes Castle in Covington, Kentucky that was originally incorporated in Holmes High School and later demolished
• railroad depots
• Latonia Race Track and Jockey Club
• Dueber Watch Case Co. building on Washington Street in Newport, Kentucky which survives as a shopping mall (a second factory that was used "for many years" as a popular clothing outlet wasdemolished to provide a parking lot for the earlier building^[2]

References

1. American architect and architecture, Volume 29, Hearst Magazines, Inc., 1890 Original from Columbia University Digitized Jul 14, 2009
2. Walter E. Langsam Albert C. Nash Biographical Dictionary of Cincinnati Architects, 1788-1940
4. history American Institute of Architects Cincinnati
5. Schmidtner, Leonard A. photographs and maps Milwaukee Neighborhoods University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries
6. James Smith Buck Pioneer History of Milwaukee: 1854-1860 Volume 4 of Pioneer History of Milwaukee Publisher Milwaukee News Co., 1886 Original from the University of California Digitized Jun 7, 2007
7. John E. Kleber The Kentucky encyclopedia page 30
8. listing #88000181 Campbell County Courthouse at Newport Fourth and York Sts. Newport KY
9. Trinity Protestant Episcopal Church Historic Properties Inventory Form, Department of Culture and History, Charleston, West Virginia
10. Best for Downtown (Bodman Building/ Fort Washington Hotel) Cincinnati Enquirer