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Born: 8/23/1880, Died: 2/7/1942 Louis H. Rush was born in Rye Beach, NH, the son of Murray and Louisa Bowdoin Rush, and the grat-great nephew of Benjamin Rush of Philadelphia. He attended the Delancey School in Philadelphia and received his B.S. in Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania in 1901. He then studied for approximately two years in Paris, first in the Atelier Duquesne and then for nearly six months in the Atelier Chifflot. Upon his return to the United States, he entered the office of Newman & Harris for nearly one year, followed by a year with Hale & Morse, and another year with J. E. Sperry in Baltimore, MD. by 1907 Rush had mounted an independent firm, but he would associate from time to time with other architects: Adin B. Lacey from 1908-1909 (and this became Lacey & Rush in 1910-1911); James Russell Harris from 1912 to around 1915. (He had met Harris during his employment with Newman & Harris.) In 1916 Rush returned to private practice and continued as such until his retirement in 1932.Rush's independently designed projects include a number of YMCA and YWCA buildings throughout Philadelphia, such as the YWCA at 5820 Germantown Avenue (1914). Rush joined the AIA in 1913. He was a captain in military intelligence during World War I, when he served from August 1917 to October 1919.
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