Brynjulf Rivenes

Brynjulf Rivenes
Born (1874-07-04)July 4, 1874
Norway
Died December 21, 1929(1929-12-21) (aged 55)
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Nationality Norwegian-American
Occupation Architect
Glendive City Hall, Glendive, 1914.
Washington School, Miles City, 1915.

Brynjulf Rivenes (1874–1929), generally known as B. Rivenes, was a Norwegian-American architect practicing in Miles City, a city in sparsely settled eastern Montana.

Rivenes was born in Norway in 1874, and was educated there. In 1904, he and his brother David immigrated to the United States, settling in Glendive, Montana. Brynjulf went to Helena, the state capitol, in 1905, where he worked as a draftsman for John H. Kent. He then returned to Glendive, where he and his brother established an architect's office.[1]

After a brief practice in Glendive, Rivenes moved his office to Miles City in 1906,[2] with David staying behind to operate the Glendive office as a branch. At the time, Miles City was undergoing a period of major economic growth, and Rivenes had the opportunity to design many of the new buildings that the expanding city required.

Rivenes practiced as an architect in Miles City until his unexpected death four days before Christmas of 1929. In face of a severely depressed economy, the Rivenes family had become poor, and returned to Norway after the burial.[3] In order to raise money, what remained of the business was sold off.[4]

Brynjulf Rivenes is buried in the Custer County Cemetery in Miles City.[5]

Architectural works

References

  1. Who's Who in the Northwest. Vol. 2. 1917.
  2. Improvement Bulletin 7 April 1906.
  3. Burkhard, Dan. "Saving Rivenes Norwegian's work still a showcase of early 20th-century design". http://billingsgazette.com/. 22 June 2002.
  4. Western Architect 1930: 36.
  5. "Brynjulf Rivenes" at Find a Grave. 25 March 2012.
  6. Olive Hotel NRHP Nomination. 1988.
  7. First Methodist Episcopal Church and Parsonage NRHP Nomination. 1988.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Main Street Historic District NRHP Nomination. 1989.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 East Main Street Residential Historic District NRHP Nomination. 1990.
  10. Forsyth Main Street Historic District NRHP Nomination. 1990.
  11. School Board Journal June 1912: 61.
  12. Engineering Record 18 Jan. 1913: 41.
  13. Construction News 22 Nov. 1913: 30.
  14. Western Contractor 11 March 1914: 18.
  15. A Guide to Historic Glendive. 1998.
  16. Engineering Record 21 Aug. 1915: 83.
  17. American Contractor 5 July 1919: 85.
  18. Sacred Heart Church NRHP Nomination. 1988.
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