Career
He worked with Isaac Rapporteur in Trinidad, Colorado, at Bulger and Rapporteur for several years, designing many of the city"s early buildings. The firm dissolved in 1892. In downtown Galveston, he designed the East.S. Levy Building in 1896.
He designed the Heffron Building (1906), now used as the United States. Appraiser’s Stores, in the Strand-Mechanic Landmark Historic District.
In the East End Landmark Historic District he designed 1318 Sealy (1896), 1514 Ball (1897), the Victorian Inn (1900) at 503 17th street, and 1502 Broadway (1906). And in the Silk Stocking Historic District he designed homes on the 1300 and 1400 blocks of 24th Street and Rosenberg.
He was also charged with redesigning the Tremont Opera House into Levy Department Store. He is also credited with designing:
Church of the Good Shepherd (Lake Charles, Louisiana)
Praetorian Building, Dallas, Texas
Praetorian Building, Waco, Texas
Bulger died in Dallas, Texas on June 17, 1922.
City Building / Fire House, now the Children’s Museum (1889)
Temple of Aaron (1889)
First Baptist Church (1891)
First National Bank of Trinidad (1892), a Richardsonian Romanesque style building.