Vonnegut, Wright & Yeager was an architectural firm active in mid-twentieth-century Indiana

Indiana

Indiana is a US state, admitted to the United States as the 19th on December 11, 1816. It is located in the Midwestern United States and Great Lakes Region. With 6,483,802 residents, the state is ranked 15th in population and 16th in population density. Indiana is ranked 38th in land area and is...

. The firm was organized in 1946 as a partnership between the surviving partners of three Indiana firms: Kurt Vonnegut Sr.

Kurt Vonnegut Sr.

Kurt Vonnegut, Sr., AIA was an American architect and architectural lecturer active in early- to mid-twentieth-century Indianapolis, Indiana. He was partner in the firms of Vonnegut & Bohn, Vonnegut, Bohn & Mueller, and Vonnegut, Wright, and Yeager...

 (1884-1957) of Vonnegut, Bohn & Mueller Architects, George Caleb Wright

George Caleb Wright

George Caleb Wright, AIA, was an American architect active from in early to mid-twentieth-century Indiana. He was a partner in the locally renowned Indianapolis, Indiana architectural firms of Pierre & Wright, Vonnegut, Wright & Yeager , and Wright, Porteous & Lowe, and was later chief building...

 (b.April 25, 1889) of Pierre and Wright and Ralph Oscar Yeager

Ralph Oscar Yeager

Ralph Oscar Yeager, AIA, was a German-American architect active from in early to mid-twentieth-century Indiana. He was a partner in the locally renowned Terre Haute, Indiana architectural firm of Miller & Yeager and the Indianapolis, Indiana architectural firm of Vonnegut, Wright & Yeager .-Early...

 (b.August 16, 1892) of Miller and Yeager (of Terre Haute, Indiana). It was located at 1126 Hume Mansur Building, Indianapolis, Indiana

Indianapolis, Indiana

Indianapolis is the capital of the U.S. state of Indiana, and the county seat of Marion County, Indiana. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city's population is 839,489. It is by far Indiana's largest city and, as of the 2010 U.S...

 and 402 Opera House Building, Terre Haute, Indiana

Terre Haute, Indiana

Terre Haute is a city and the county seat of Vigo County, Indiana, United States, near the state's western border with Illinois. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 60,785 and its metropolitan area had a population of 170,943. The city is the county seat of Vigo County and...

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History

Vonnegut, Wright & Yeager was formed in 1946. It appears that in the late 1950s, possibly after the death of partner Kurt Vonnegut Sr. in 1957, partner George Caleb Wright left the firm to become senior partner in the Indianapolis firm of Wright, Porteus & Lowe.

Works by Vonnegut, Wright & Yeager Architects

• Stalker Hall
  Stalker Hall
  Stalker Hall is the current home of the College of Arts and Sciences at Indiana State University. Originally named the Education & Social Studies Building upon completion in 1954, it was renamed Stalker Hall in 1966 in honor of Francis Marion Stalker, a long-member of the Faculty from...
  
  , Indiana State University
  Indiana State University
  Indiana State University is a public university located in Terre Haute, Indiana, United States.The Princeton Review has named Indiana State as one of the "Best in the Midwest" seven years running, and the College of Education's Graduate Program was recently named as a 'Top 100' by U.S...
  
  , built to designs by Ralph O Yeager in 1954 for $920,000 (renovated 2004-2006)

Works by Miller & Yeager Architects

• Coca Cola Company Building, Terre Haute, Indiana
  Terre Haute, Indiana
  Terre Haute is a city and the county seat of Vigo County, Indiana, United States, near the state's western border with Illinois. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 60,785 and its metropolitan area had a population of 170,943. The city is the county seat of Vigo County and...
  
  , built for $200,000.
• U.S. Post Office (Terre Haute, Indiana), built for $450,000.
• Terre Haute City Hall, built for $250,000.
• Woodrow Wilson Junior High School (Terre Haute, Indiana)
  Woodrow Wilson Junior High School (Terre Haute, Indiana)
  Woodrow Wilson Junior High School or Woodrow Wilson Middle School in Terre Haute, Indiana was built in 1927 for approximately $750,000. Designed by the firm of Miller & Yeager Architects, the structure was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.The interior of the school's main...
  
   (1927), built for $750,000.
• First Church of Christ Scientist (Terre Haute, Indiana), built for $175,000
• Young Men's Christian Association (Terre Haute, Indiana), built for approximately $275,000
• Zorah Shrine (Terre Haute, Indiana), built for $300,000
• Onion Hospital (Terre Haute, Indiana), built for $375,000

Works by Pierre & Wright Architects

• Indiana State Library and Historical Building
  Indiana State Library and Historical Building
  The Indiana State Library and Historical Bureau is a public library building, located in Indianapolis, Indiana, is the largest public library in the state of Indiana housing over 60,000 manuscripts...
  
  , Indianapolis, Indiana
  Indianapolis, Indiana
  Indianapolis is the capital of the U.S. state of Indiana, and the county seat of Marion County, Indiana. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city's population is 839,489. It is by far Indiana's largest city and, as of the 2010 U.S...
  
  
• Milo Stuart Memorial Building, Arsenal Technical High School
  Arsenal Technical High School
  Arsenal Technical High School is a public high school in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States which is run by the Indianapolis Public Schools school system. Established in 1912, the school consists of a , multiple building campus east of downtown Indianapolis and is the only such type school in...
  
   (Indianapolis, Indiana)

Works by Vonnegut, Bohn & Mueller Architects

• Indiana Bell Telephone Building in Indianapolis, Indiana
  Indianapolis, Indiana
  Indianapolis is the capital of the U.S. state of Indiana, and the county seat of Marion County, Indiana. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city's population is 839,489. It is by far Indiana's largest city and, as of the 2010 U.S...
  
  
• The first building of All Souls Unitarian Church (Indianapolis, Indiana), 1453 N. Alabama Street
• Anderson Bank building in Anderson, Indiana
  Anderson, Indiana
  Anderson is a city in and the county seat of Madison County, Indiana, United States. It is the principal city of the Anderson, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area which encompasses Madison county. Anderson is the headquarters of the Church of God and home of Anderson University, which is...
  
  
• New buildings for Hooks Drug stores prior to World War II.
• Kurt Vonnegut Sr. Residence 4365 North Illinois Street (Indianapolis) (c.1929)., Indianapolis 4th Ward Washington Township, Marion County, Indiana
  Marion County, Indiana
  Marion County is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana. Census 2010 recorded a population of 903,393, making it the largest county in the state and 55th most populated county in the country, greater than the population of six states. The county seat is Indianapolis, the state capital and...
  
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• Kurt Vonnegut Sr. Residence (William's Creek, Indiana) (1941)