Arthur Loomis

Arthur Loomis (January 28, 1859 – January 8, 1935) was an architect working from 1876 through the 1920s in Louisville, Kentucky area. After working for noted architect Charles J. Clarke for several years the two became partners in 1891 - creating one of Louisville's most prestigious architectural firms, Clarke & Loomis. Following Clarke's death in 1908, Loomis struck out on his own.

Loomis was born January 28, 1859 in Westfield, Massachusetts to Dr. John Loomis and Clarissa Loomis née Robinson. Just before the American Civil War, Dr. John Loomis moved with his family to Jeffersonville, Indiana, where they stayed until about 1910, when they moved to Louisville. Loomis married Carrie Dorsey, of Jeffersonville, IN on December 9, 1902. The couple's union produced no children. He died in 1935[1] at the Kentucky Baptist Hospital[2] of a heart attack and is buried next to his wife in Cave Hill Cemetery.[3][4]

Loomis was a Mason and member of the Shrine. In addition to his position with Clarke & Loomis, he was an associate architect with the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.[5] Additionally, he was considered the first president of the Kentucky Chapter of the American Institute of Architects. Although his former partner Charles Clarke was elected, he died before taking office so Loomis fulfilled his term.

Designs

Carnegie Library in Jeffersonville, Indiana

Conrad-Caldwell House, Louisville

Loomis designed the Carnegie Library in Warder Park, in Jeffersonville, Indiana. He also designed the Conrad-Caldwell House, a contributing property in the St. James-Belgravia Historic District in Old Louisville.

A number of buildings that Loomis or the firm designed survive and are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. These include:[6]

• The Beaux Arts Fireproof Storage Company Warehouse in Louisville, Kentucky
• Speed Building, 319 Guthrie Green, Louisville
• Carrie Gaulbert Cox and Attilla Cox, Jr., House, 389 Mockingbird Valley Rd., Louisville (Clarke and Loomis)
• Henry Frank House, Madison Ave., Middletown, KY
• Jewish Hospital Complex, 236 E. Kennedy St., Louisville, KY
• Jones Estate, 1905 Stonegate Rd., Anchorage, Kentucky
• Levy Brothers Building, 235 W. Market St., Louisville (Clarke & Loomis)
• One or more buildings in Old Jeffersonville Historic District, roughly bounded by Court Ave., Graham St., Ohio River, & I-65, Jeffersonville, Indiana
• Shelby Park Branch Library, 600 E. Oak St., Louisville (Loomis & Hartman)
• St. Lukes Church, 1204 Maple Lane, Anchorage, Kentucky
• St. Paul's German Evangelical Church and Parish House, 213 E. Broadway, Louisville (Clarke & Loomis)
• St. Peter's German Evangelical Church, 1231 W. Jefferson St., Louisville (Clarke & Loomis)
• University of Louisville School of Medicine, 101 W. Chestnut St., Louisville (Clarke & Loomis)
• Whiteside Bakery, 1400 W. Broadway St., Louisville
• Dr. Winston's House, 11906 Ridge Rd., Anchorage, Kentucky (Clarke & Loomis)

References

1. "Ancestry - Sign In". www.ancestry.com. Retrieved 2019-05-10.
2. "Louisville Courier-Journal". ProQuest 1864505999. Missing or empty |url= (help)
3. "Arthur Loomis". Find A Grave.
4. "Cave Hill Cemetery".
5. "Proquest". ProQuest 1864505999. Missing or empty |url= (help)
6. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.

General reference

• Kleber, John E., ed. (2001). "Loomis, Arthur". The Encyclopedia of Louisville. Lexington, Kentucky: University Press of Kentucky. pp. 526–527. ISBN 0-8131-2100-0. OCLC 247857447. Retrieved March 31, 2016.