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DeBuys, Churchill & Labouisse (1905-1912)

Architecture Firm, New Orleans, LA

Firm composed of RATHBONE DEBUYS, FRANK G. CHURCHILL, and SAMUEL STANHOPE LABOUISSE. See Poesch and Bacot, Louisiana Buildings, p. 296. See also Kingsley, Buildings of Louisiana, p. 129. Listed in "Directory of Southern Architects," Southern Architect and Builder (Dec 1913, p. 45).

	Date	Inventory#	Name of Property	Role	Description of Work	Location
D	1908-09	149-VKS-1123-NRD	"Cowan Place"	Architect	Unbuilt design	Vicksburg, Warren Co.
D	1908	149-VKS-0193.2-X	(old) Elks Club (II) {Vicksburg Lodge No. 95, BPOE}	Architect	Unsuccessful competitive design	Vicksburg, Warren Co.
D	1908	149-VKS-0930.1	Green Hall, All Saints Episcopal School	Architect	Original building	Vicksburg, Warren Co.
D	1908	067-LAR-0377-X	Silas W. Gardiner School	Architect	Original building	Laurel, Jones Co.
D	1909	067-LAR-0189-NRD	Dr. Charles P. Clarke House, 716 4th Avenue, North	Architect	Original building	Laurel, Jones Co.
D	1909	067-LAR-0162-NR-NRD	Newell Rogers House (R. C. Gaddis House), 706 6th Avenue, North	Architect	Original building	Laurel, Jones Co.
D	c.1910	067-LAR-0172-NRD	Charles Green House, 756 5th Avenue, North	Architect	Original building	Laurel, Jones Co.
D	1910	047-GLF-3317.1-X	Club House, Great Southern Golf Club,	Architect	original building(s)	Gulfport, Harrison Co.
D	1913-14	067-LAR-0051.1-DL-X	Pinehurst Hotel	Architect	Original building	Laurel, Jones Co.

DeBuys, Rathbone Emile (b.1874 - d.1960)

Architect, New Orleans, LA

Born in New Orleans, trained at Tulane, graduating in 1896 with a degree in civil engineering and in 1897 with a degree in architecture. He also received a Ph.D. degree in 1897 from Yale University where he was a student in the Sheffield and the art schools. After working as an assistant city engineer in N.O., De Buys entered architectural practice. He practiced in the early part of his career with as DEBUYS, CHURCHILL & LABOUISSE (1905-1912), working later under his own name. In 1918, his office was located in the Hibernis Building. Listed in "Directory of American Architects," Southern Architect and Building News (Apr 1920), p. 47. He married Corinne von Meysenberg in 1901 and had three children. His New Orleans buildings included Loyola University, Tulane Gymnasium, McDermott Memorial Church, and the U.S. Immigration Station. See Kingsley, Buildings of Louisiana, pp. 129, 146, 148, 452.

	Date	Inventory#	Name of Property	Role	Description of Work	Location
D	c. 1910	067-LAR-0996-X	Eastman-Gardiner Lumber Company Mill #2 and Ice Plant	Architect	Original building	Laurel, Jones Co.
A	1911	047-PSC-0116-NRD-X	Watkins-Hecht House ("Middlegate"), 520 Scenic Drive, West	Architect	Original building	Pass Christian, Harrison Co.
D	1919-21	047-LNG-0102-ML	Hardy Hall, Gulf Park campus, USM	Architect	Original building	Long Beach, Harrison Co.
D	1919-21	047-LNG-0101-ML-X	Administration Building, Gulf Park campus, USM	Architect	Original building	Long Beach, Harrison Co.
D	1922-25	067-LAR-0122-NRD	Lauren Rogers Library and Museum of Art	Architect	Original building	Laurel, Jones Co.
D	1924	067-LAR-0064-NRD	First Presbyterian Church	Architect	Original building	Laurel, Jones Co.
	c. 1928	067-LAR-0845	house, 1310 Homewood Drive		Original building	Laurel, Jones Co.
D	1929	085-BRK-0109-X	Brookhaven Bank and Trust	Architect	Original building	Brookhaven, Lincoln Co.
D	1934	035-HAT-0021-NR-NRD	U.S. Post Office	Architect--Joint Venture	Original building	Hattiesburg, Forrest Co.