Maurice S. Rudy, Williamsport, PA., then Caddo Parish, Louisiana

Submitted by Mike Miller
Date: 1999-2000






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Maurice S. Rudy, who has been a permanent resident of Shreveport 

since 1896, has been closely identified with the remarkable building 

program of that city, and as a contractor his name stands in the front 

rank in Northwest Louisiana.



Mr. Rudy was born and reared in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, and after 

his education in the schools learned the trade of bricklayer there.  

His apprenticeship was completed in Kansas City, where he worked for 

a time, and he paid his first visit to Shreveport in 1890.  Subsequently 

he worked as a journeyman bricklayer at other points in the Southwest, 

and in 1896 established his permanent home in Shreveport.  He was employed 

by a number of prominent contractors, and on his first visit to Shreveport 

in 1890 was employed on the construction of the Caddo Parish court 

house.  Since engaging in business for himself as a general contractor 

and builder he has kept his organization at a high state of efficiency,

 and has handled contracts with a promptness and thoroughness that have

 made his name synonymous with good workmanship.  He has been the 

builder of many office and industrial structures as well as residences,

 and during the World war he did a large amount of work for the 

government, being one of the builders of the acid plant at Little Rock,

 Arkansas.



His business has been reflected in the constructive growth of the city,

 and his public spirit has likewise enlisted his co-operation with 

movements for the general welfare.  Mr. Rudy and his wife, Mrs. Jessie 

Rudy, have two children:  Maurice S.. Junior, who is now preparing for 

the profession of architecture and engineering and is planning an 

active association with his father's business, and  Miss Mattie Mae 

Rudy, graduate of the Shreveport High School, is now stenographer and 

bookkeeper in her father's office.



NOTE:  The referenced source contains a black and white photograph of 

the subject with his/her autograph.



A History of Louisiana, (vol. 2), pp. 73-74, by Henry E. Chambers.  

Published by The American Historical Society, Inc., Chicago and New York, 1925.