Arthur Bohn, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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American architect
Date of Birth: 09-Aug-1861
Date of Death: 13-Jan-1948
Profession: architect
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About Arthur Bohn
- Arthur Bohn, AIA, (1861–1948) was an American architect active from the 1880s to 1940s in Indiana.
- He was a co-founder of the Indianapolis architectural firm of Vonnegut and Bohn. Working in Indianapolis in the 1880s, Bohn entered into a partnership in 1888 with Bernard Vonnegut Sr., WAA (from 1886), and Fellow (from 1889) to form Vonnegut & Bohn.
- Vonnegut had been practicing with a client roster in Indianapolis since 1883 and had previous draftsman experience in the prominent New York firm of George B.
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- He also came from a wealthy and respected family that may have led to several commissions.
- However, Vonnegut was not the most sociable individual and was not active in the community, which is where several commissions often originate.
- In addition, Vonnegut and frequently traveled and lived abroad, so Bohn was likely to have played a significant role in attracting clients and executing much of the day-to-day work, despite being overshadowed by the Vonnegut name.
- The firm went on to create many landmarks in Indianapolis and greater Indiana, and a number have been listed on the National Register of Historic Places Bernard Vonnegut died young in 1908 and Arthur continued the firm under the same name.
- Bernard's son, Kurt Vonnegut Sr.
- returned from Germany in 1910 and became a partner in the firm, which remained named Vonnegut & Bohn, despite Bohn's seniority. While with the firm, he worked as a local supervising architect for Holabird & Roche's The Fletcher Trust Building (after the original designer Electus D.
- Litchfield was dismissed).At some point, the firm took on an additional partner named Mueller, and the firm was renamed Vonnegut, Bohn & Mueller during the 1940s.
- Mueller was likely related to Vonnegut.
- Bohn retired in the 1940s.
- In 1946, a merger erased Bohn and Mueller's names from the successor firm of Vonnegut, Wright & YeagerBohn died in 1948 and is buried in Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis.
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