Walter L. Rapp

Walter L. Rapp was an architect in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was the "last member of an important Cincinnati architectural dynasty" and one of several prominent Ohio architects to graduate from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was part of Rapp & Son after 1901; Rapp, Zettel & Rapp from 1903–1912; Zettel & Rapp from 1913–1930 and Rapp & Meacham from 1931-1958 with Standish Meacham, Rapp's son-in-law. Rapp & Meacham were best known for their residential work, projects written about in a biography on W.L. Rapp authored by his daughter, "Mrs. Standish Meacham".

Projects

Krohn Conservatory in Eden Park
Proctor Memorial Wing of Children's Hospital in Mt. Auburn
Jenny Porter High School in Hillsdale
Lotspeich School
Lincoln National Bank building in Northwest Cincinnati on Fourth and Vine streets
buildings of the Fifth Third Union Co.
R.K. LeBlond Machine Tool Co. in Hyde Park/Norwood
Cincinnati Milling Machine Co. building
Trailmobile Co. building

Residences

Frederick V. Geier house
Dr. William T. and Louise Taft Semple house, called "Mt. Olympus", in Indian Hill
R. K. LeBlond mansion in Columbia Tusculum