Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Rudolph, William B. September 19, 1949
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Virginian-Pilot  September 20, 1949
William Bernard Rudolph, 58, of 521 Graydon Avenue, one of the founders and 
president of the architects firm of Rudolph, Cooke and Van Leeuwen, Inc., died of 
a cerebral hemorrhage yesterday at 7:45 a.m. at the Virginia Beach Hospital. He 
had been hospitalized for five days.
A native of Virginia Beach, he moved to Norfolk when quite young and had 
alternated his residence here and at the Beach in
 recent years. His late
parents 
were William B. and Mrs. Margaret Holly Rudolph. He was the husband of Mrs. 
Simmerman Rudolph.
He collaborated in drawing plans for many business, school and church edifices in 
Norfolk and Princess Anne county. Notable among these were the new Federal 
Building, the new David G. Jacox School for Negroes, the new Boys’ Club, two 
additions to Leigh Memorial Hospital, addition to King’s Daughters’ Clinic. Also, 
Hotel Portsmouth, the Gay Manor and several other Virginia Beach hotels, many 
residences and a number of schools in Princess Anne, and the Eastern State 
Hospital at Dunbar, near Williamsburg.
Graduated from Carnegie Tech, he won the Beaux Arts award while a student there 
for outstanding work in architecture.
In World War I
In World War I, he saw service with the Army Engineers. While overseas, he pursued 
post-graduate work in architecture in Rome and later at an American School in 
France.
He started on his own as a practicing architect in 1921. Two years later he joined 
in partnership with William V. Cooke and George Van Leeuwen, to form Rudolph, 
Cooke and Van Leeuwen. Hooke died nine years ago and Van Leeuwen now becomes the 
only surviving member of the firm.
He was a past commander of Princess Anne County Post No.113, American Legion; a 
member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, and of Norfolk Lodge No. 38, B.P.O. Elks. 
He was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church.
Besides his wife, he is survived by one daughter, Miss Ellen Frances Rudolph, and 
one son,  Thomas Elbert Rudolph, both of Norfolk.
Funeral services will be conducted tomorrow at 3:30 p.m. at the Hollomon-Brown 
Funeral Home. Burial will be in St. Mary’s Cemetery.


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