Ira Rush

Ira L. Rush (1890-1949) was an American architect in practice in Minot, North Dakota from 1915 until his death in 1949.

In 1912 he resumed his education at the University of Illinois, graduating in 1915 with a BS in architectural engineering.

[2][3] Rush practiced architecture in Minot for over thirty years, and won several design competitions for courthouses.

[2][3] Rush died in the early morning of May 9, 1949 in an auto accident near Surrey, east of Minot.

[1] In 1950 Ira L. Rush Jr. graduated from the University of Minnesota and returned to Minot, where he operated his father's architectural office under his own name into the 1970s.

All Saints' Episcopal Church in Minot , designed by Rush and completed in 1921.
The Burleigh County Courthouse in Bismarck , completed in 1931.
The Ransom County Courthouse in Lisbon , completed in 1938.