Brumbaugh, G. Edwin, 1890-1983

G. Edwin Brumbaugh was a restoration architect. Born in 1890 in Huntington, Pa., he was the son of former Pennsylvania Governor Martin Grove Brumbaugh and Anna Konigmacher. He graduated from Central High School in Philadelphia and received his B.S. in Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania in 1913. From 1912 to 1914, he was a draftsman for Mellor & Meigs. In 1915, Brumbaugh began working for Charles Barton Keen and as late as 1923 supervised the work of Keen's office while Keen resided and worked in North Carolina. By 1916, however, Brumbaugh had also established as independent practice which concentrated on residential design. Over the years of his practice, much of the project emphasis changed to one of restoration and an interest in historical architecture, culminating in his receiving in 1979 an award from the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission for his restoration of the Edward Morgan Log House and, in 1980, the National Trust for Historic Preservation Award. Brumbaugh worked on some of the best-known historic properties in the East. He headed the committee that supervised the restoration of George Washington's Headquarters at Valley Forge and worked on other landmarks such as Old Fort Mifflin, Ephrata Cloister, Danial Boone's Homestead, Lafayette's Headquarters at Chadds Ford, the Thompson-Neely House, the Stenton Mansion, Old Swedes Church, Head House Square, Fort Muhlenberg, and part of Carpenter's Hall.

Brumbaugh joined the American Institute of Architects in 1920 and was elevated to fellowship status in 1946. He was also a member of the T-Square Club, Architectural Society of the University of Pennsylvania, and the Architectural Advisory Committee formed to supervise the restoration of Independence Hall. Brumbaugh was the recipient of the Arthur Spayd Brooke medal in 1913 and during, his senior year at the University, taught watercolor rendering.

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