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Max Corput, also documented as Maximilien or Maxwell Van Den Corput (1825 in Belgium – January 16, 1911 in Atlanta), was the architect of the second Union Station of Atlanta, Georgia, built in 1871 in Second Empire style.〔(Wilber W. Caldwell, ''The courthouse and the depot: the architecture of hope in an age of despair'', p.279 )〕 "Van Den" (Dutch: "from the") is very common in Belgian surnames, and references to Corput regarding the Civil War often include it as part of his last name. However later references including one in the ''Atlanta Constitution'' omit the "Van Den", suggesting that he later went simply by "Corput".〔("Major Corput", ''Atlanta Constitution'', April 23, 1869 )〕 Corput was Belgian American, one of a group of Belgians who emigrated to the Rome, Georgia, area after the incorporation of Belgium into the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, which caused dissatisfaction among the French-speaking Belgian elite.〔(George Magruder Battey, ''A History of Rome and Floyd County'', pp.355-6 )〕〔(Bernice Couey Bishop, "Belgian Nobility was Transplanted to Rome", ''Rome News Tribune'', June 29, 1997 )〕 The Cherokee Indians had recently been dispossessed of Northwest Georgia. Corput was said to hail from Cave Spring, Georgia. During the Civil War, Corput was attested as a third lieutenant (1861)〔(George Magruder Battey, ''A History of Rome and Floyd County'', p.365 )〕 then captain (1864) in the Confederate Army. He led the Floyd County four-gun Cherokee Artillery battery at the Battle of Resaca.〔("May 15", ''Friends of Battle of Resaca'' )〕〔("Battle of Resaca", ''New Georgia Encyclopedia'' )〕〔("Resaca... now is time", ''Rome News-Tribune'', January 12, 2007, p.3 )〕 After the war Corput settled in Atlanta and founded the architectural firm of Van Den Corput and Fay. He had previously been involved in the firm Corput and Bass, where he had begun his career as an engineer, but became known for his architectural designs. 〔( "Major Van Den Corput is Buried Monday", ''Atlanta Georgian and News'', Jan. 16, 1911 )〕 Corput died on January 16, 1911, in Atlanta and was buried there in Oakland Cemetery.〔〔(Find A Grave )〕 He was survived by his wife Marie, who was 24 years younger and died in 1920.〔(Obituary, ''Atlanta Constitution'', October 23, 1920 )〕 ==Buildings designed== * Georgia Railroad Freight Depot (1869), oldest building in Downtown Atlanta * DeGive's Opera House (1870–1921) * Atlanta's second Union Station (1871–1930) * Second (Clayton County courthouse ) in Jonesboro, Georgia, replacing the one destroyed in the Civil War.〔(Wilber W. Caldwell, ''The courthouse and the depot: the architecture of hope in an age of despair'', p.104 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Max Corput」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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