Victor A. Rigaumont
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Victor A. Rigaumont designed houses and churches and commercial buildings, but he will be remembered most for his movie theaters. At the height of the Art Deco era, he designed movie palaces all over the East, and brought older theaters up to the latest Art Deco standards. We take his biography from [Volume IV of *Pittsburgh of Today: Its Resources and People*](https://archive.org/details/pittsburghoftoda04harp/page/n327/mode/2up?q=architect), by Frank S. Harper (New York: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1931).
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**VICTOR A. RIGAUMONT**—For almost thirteen years Pittsburgh and the surrounding district has been the scene of Mr. Rigaumont’s successful professional activities as an architect. As a result of his marked talent for this type of work, and of an exceptionally careful preparation, the latter gained both in this country and abroad, he has met with unusual success and is regarded as one of the leading architects, not only in Pittsburgh, but also in New York City and elsewhere. Examples of his professional work are to be found in various cities in the Pittsburgh district, as well as in a number of cities in New York State. He is a member of numerous architectural organizations and is also an occasional contributor of articles on architectural subjects.
Victor A. Rigaumont was born in New York City, June 18, 1889, a son of Victor A. and Louise (Ohle) Rigaumont, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Both his parents were native of Belgium. His father, now deceased, operated for many years a well-known and extensively patronized ladies’ tailoring establishment in New York and Pittsburgh. Mr. Rigaumont received his early education in the grade schools of Pittsburgh and then attended Saham Toney College in England. Returning to this country, he took up the study of architecture at the Carnegie Institute of Technology, Pittsburgh, from which he was graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in architecture in 1911. After that he took a post-graduate course in the Atelier Umdenstock, a well-known architectural school in Paris, France, where he studied for three years. Again returning to this country, he was then connected for several years with H. Hornbostel, one of the leading architects of Pittsburgh and New York. In 1916 he established himself in private practice as an architect in Pittsburgh, maintaining also an office in New York City. He is registered as an architect in the State of New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania and specializes in church and theatre architecture. Amongst the many important commissions entrusted and successfully carried out by Mr. Rigaumont should be mentioned especially the following: Stahl Theatre, Homestead, and Coyle Theatre, Charleroi, Pennsylvania; Mifflin Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church, Pittsburgh; East End Christian Church, Pittsburgh; Homestead Park Methodist Episcopal Church; Braddock Evangelical Church, Braddock, Pennsylvania; Schine’s Cortland Theatre, Cortland, New York; theatres at Geneva, Ogdensburg, Utica, Lockport, and Elmira, New York; State Theatre, Ithaca, New York; Shea’s Theatre, Jamestown, New York; Gaiety Theatre, Utica, New York; and Liberty Theatre, Corning, New York; theatres in Ohio, and also The City Planning of Johnstown, Pennsylvania. Mr. Rigaumont is a member of the New York Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, the Architectural League of New York City, and the Motion Picture Club of New York City. He is editor of the architectural column of the “Motion Picture News.” His offices are located in the Loew Building, No. 1540 Broadway, New York City, and Loew Building, Penn Avenue, and Sixth Street, Pittsburgh.
Mr. Rigaumont married, at Wilmerding, Pennsylvaria, October 19, 1922, Marian Schenck. Mr. and Mrs. Rigaumont, who make their home at No. 1133 Richmond Street, Regent Square, Pittsburgh, are the parents of one daughter, Jean Alice Rigaumont.
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##### The Oaks, Oakmont