Background
Harry P. McDONALD was born in 1848 at Romney, West Virginia, United States.
Harry P. McDONALD was born in 1848 at Romney, West Virginia, United States.
He had early education studied Civil Engineering at Washington and Lee University.
Beginning work as a Railroad Construction Engineer, he was later (in 1873) appointed Surveyor and Superintendent of Construction at the Crescent Mill Plant of the Louisville Water Works, a post which he held three years.
Turning to architecture, in 1878 Mr. McDonald joined his younger brother, Kenneth (see) in partnership, and continued active in practice until the time of his death. In Louisville the McDonald Brothers won recognition as architects of a number of churches and other public structures including the Calvary Episcopal Church, built in 1888; Walnut Street Baptist at Third and Catherine Streets, the Jewish Temple on Third Street, St. Paul's Episcopal Church at New Orleans, La., the Gibson County Court House at Princeton, lnd., West Tennessee Insane Asylum at Boliver., Kansas State Capitol at Topeka; Washington County Court House, Salem, lnd., and additions to the State Prison at Eddyville, Ky.
Senior member of the firm of McDonald Brothers, leading architects in Louisville during the latter two decades of the nineteenth century.