Contact Us
Cincinnati, Ohio
Contact: John Picklesimer
Email: jpicklesimer@graypape.com
Phone: 513.287.7700
Fax: 513.287.7703
Location: 340 Reading Road, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
Our Cincinnati office occupies a building that was constructed in 1929-1930. While the upper floors have always been residential, the ground floor was, from 1930 to 1990, the location of Dr. Morris S. Schulzinger’s emergency room, listed in the city directory as an Industrial Emergency Hospital. Dr. Schulzinger was a Jewish Russian immigrant who battled language barriers to earn his medical degree and who served the Cincinnati area for decades as a medical professional and advocate for Jewish citizens. Dr. Schulzinger made history in Cincinnati as the founder of the city’s first emergency room and one that specialized in occupational injuries, befitting the industrial nature of the area at the time. Dr. Schulzinger’s presence and experience was so significant that he wrote a book in 1956 entitled Accident Syndrome that revolutionized how the world thought of workplace safety and accident prevention, with foreign governments establishing safety agencies based on his work and President Eisenhower extending a personal invitation to meet and discuss the findings. Dr. Schulzinger retired at the age of 90 with all of his years in practice being at our office on Reading Road.
Houston, Texas
Contact: Jim Hughey
Email: jhughey@graypape.com
Phone: 713.541.0473
Fax: 713.541.0479
Location: 110 Avondale Street, Houston, Texas 77006
Gray & Pape’s Houston office is a Neoclassical two-story building constructed in 1909 for John and Florida Bishop. Located in what is now the Avondale East Historic District, the area is part of an early twentieth-century affluent Houston community once home to many of Houston’s early business and social leaders, including Ross Sterling – founder of Humble Oil and a former Texas Governor.
Indianapolis, Indiana
Contact: Jeff Laswell
Email: jlaswell@graypape.com
Phone: 317.541.8200
Location: 8902 Otis Avenue, Indianapolis, Indiana 46216
Gray & Pape’s Indianapolis office is located on the grounds of historic Fort Benjamin Harrison, what was originally a 2500-acre Army base started in 1906. Named after the 23rd President of the United States and Indianapolis native, “Fort Ben,” as it’s called locally, developed in phases over the years as the military needs of the country ebbed and flowed. This building was constructed in 1939 from stock plans produced by the Quartermaster General’s Office and there is a matching building directly across the street. The 2 ½ story red brick Colonial Revival building with a two-story verandah supported by paired brick columns served many functions including a barracks, a hotel for visiting offices, and beginning in 1942, as the U.S. Army Chaplain School. The first class included 75 chaplains and training consisted of 28-day cycles with 200 hours of instruction. Fort Benjamin Harrison was recommended for closure in 1991 and officially closed in 1995. Extensive efforts and planning were undertaken to reuse the land and facilities left behind. In 1995, over 100 resources and 340 acres were listed in the National Register of Historic Places. An additional 1700 acres were converted into Fort Benjamin Harrison State Park. Since then, various historic rehabilitation tax credit projects have taken place at Fort Ben to create the vibrant residential and commercial center it is today.
Providence, Rhode Island
Contact: Kristen Heitert
Email: kheitert@graypape.com
Phone: 401.273.9900
Fax: 401.273.9944
Location: The Plant, 60 Valley Street Suite 103,
Providence, Rhode Island 02909
The complex of buildings at 60 Valley Street is made up of conjoined buildings built during different historic periods over more than 200 years. In 1773, Christopher Olney, operator of the Rising Sun Paper Mill, constructed a one-story building for use as a paper mill, calling it the Brown George. After several different owners, the Brown George became part of the Providence Bleaching Dyeing and Calendaring Company (PBD&C) in 1845. Many improvements and expansions were made in phases to the buildings and surrounding land to modernize the plant between 1845 and 1918. A three-story building parallel to the bleach house was constructed for bleaching, packing, and storage. By 1900, the two buildings were combined into one and, between 1843 and 1888, several modifications and additions expanded the operations of PDB&C. The mill continued its operations into the twentieth century, eventually specializing in fast-color vat dyeing of cotton fabrics and the finishing of heavyweight fabrics. After World War II, the company equipped the plant for dyeing and finishing synthetic materials. During the next few years, the company was unable to secure a profitable market and was eventually liquidated in 1952 after 137 years of operation.
Richmond, Virginia
Contact: Katie Stefanic
Email: kstefanic@graypape.com
Phone: 540.395.6729
Location: 2119 East Franklin Street, Terrace Level
Richmond, Virginia 23223
Gray & Pape’s Richmond office is located within a commercial building on East Franklin Street that was once a tobacco warehouse dating to circa 1910. Situated in what is now the Shockoe Valley and Tobacco Row Historic District, the office vicinity is one of the earliest focal points of historic settlement within the City of Richmond. Following the relocation of Virginia’s capital from Williamsburg to Richmond in 1780, the Shockoe Valley area grew quickly to accommodate the rapidly expanding tobacco trade market. The processing of tobacco within central Virginia from field to market reached its height in the 1840s, with a local Richmond newspaper describing one of the larger storage warehouses as being 2.5 acres in size. The neighborhoods surrounding these warehouse structures contained a diverse mix of commercial enterprises, including a public marketplace, numerous taverns, shops, and hotels. Today, while many of the remaining tobacco warehouse structures have been repurposed for residential living, the Shockoe Valley neighborhood retains its busy commercial character.
Atlanta, Georgia
Contact: Brandon McCuin
Email: bmccuin@graypape.com
Phone: 513.376.0007
Frederick, Maryland
Contact: Chris Polglase
Email: cpolglase@graypape.com
Phone: 301.525.6631
Pensacola, Florida
Contact: John Rawls
Email: jrawls@graypape
Phone: 850.384.6812
Grayling, Michigan
Contact: Jim Renn
Email: jrenn@graypape.com
Phone: 915.487.7802
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Contact: Amanda Evans
Email: aevans@graypape.com
Phone: 850.445.5794
