{{Short description|American architect}} {{infobox person |name=Charles W. Bulger |birth_date={{birth date|1851|8|3}} |birth_place=[[Delphi, Indiana]] |death_date={{death date and age|1922|6|17|1851|8|3}} |death_place=[[Dallas, Texas]] |occupation=architect |alma_mater=[[Wabash College]] |children=Clarence C. Bulger }} '''Charles William Bulger''' (August 3, 1851 – June 17, 1922) was an [[architect]] in the United States, born in [[Delphi, Indiana]].<ref>{{NRHP url|id=06000950}}</ref> He worked with [[Isaac Rapp]] in [[Trinidad, Colorado]], at '''Bulger and Rapp''' for several years, designing many of the city's early buildings. The firm dissolved in 1892.<ref name="bulg"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.historycolorado.org/sites/default/files/files/OAHP/Guides/Architects_rapp.pdf |title=Architects |date= |access-date=2016-06-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160728192716/http://www.historycolorado.org/sites/default/files/files/OAHP/Guides/Architects_rapp.pdf |archive-date=2016-07-28 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
In downtown [[Galveston]], he designed the [[E.S. Levy Building]] in 1896. He designed the Heffron Building (1906), now used as the U.S. 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.<ref name=bulg>{{cite web |url=http://mgaia.com/images/Artspace/ |title=ES LEvy Home pg |publisher=Mgaia.com |date= |access-date=2016-06-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150712074022/http://mgaia.com/images/Artspace/ |archive-date=2015-07-12 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
He is also credited with designing: * [[James Nathaniel Davis House]], Galveston, Texas * [[Church of the Good Shepherd (Lake Charles, Louisiana)]] * [[Praetorian Building]], Dallas, Texas * [[Praetorian Building (Waco, Texas)|Praetorian Building]], Waco, Texas
Bulger died in [[Dallas, Texas]] on June 17, 1922.
==Buildings attributed to Bulger & Rapp== * City Building / Fire House, now the Children's Museum (1889),<ref>[http://southerncolorado.info/attraction.php?id=90 Firehouse #1/ Trinidad Children's Museum] Southern Colorado</ref> Trinidad, Colorado * Temple of Aaron (1889), Trinidad, Colorado * [[Zion's German Lutheran Church]] (1890), Trinidad, Colorado * [[First Baptist Church (Trinidad, Colorado)|First Baptist Church]] (1891), Trinidad, Colorado * [[First National Bank of Trinidad]] (1892), Trinidad, Colorado, a [[Richardsonian Romanesque]] style building. * [[Donley County Courthouse and Jail]], Clarendon, Texas
==See also== * [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Galveston County, Texas]] * [https://www.galveston.com/whattodo/tours/self-guided-tours/historical-markers/james-n-davis-house/]
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