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Maximilien Joseph John “Max” Van Den Corput

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Maximilien Joseph John “Max” Van Den Corput

Birth
Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
Death
16 Jan 1911 (aged 85)
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, USA
Burial
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, USA GPS-Latitude: 33.7489319, Longitude: -84.3731918
Plot
Section 6 Block 55 Lot 2 Grave 6
Memorial ID
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Max Corput
Atlanta's 1871 Union Station
DeGive Opera House building toward the end of its life, doing business as the Bijou TheaterMax Corput, also documented as Maximilien or Maxwell Van Den Corput (1825, Belgium - January 16, 1911, Atlanta), was the architect of Atlanta, Georgia's second Union Station, built in 1871 in Second Empire style.[1]

"Van Den" (Dutch: "from the") is very common in Belgian surnames, and references to Corput regarding the Civil War often include it as part of his last name. However later references to him including one in the Atlanta Constitution omit the "Van Den", suggesting that he later went simply by "Corput".[2]

Corput was Belgian American, one of a group of Belgians who emigrated to the Rome, Georgia area after the incorporation of Belgium into the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, which caused dissatisfaction among the French-speaking Belgian elite.[3][4] The Cherokee Indians had recently been dispossessed of Northwest Georgia. Corput was said to hail from Cave Spring, Georgia.

During the Civil War, Corput was attested as a third lieutenant (1861)[5] then captain (1864) in the Confederate Army. He led the Floyd County four-gun Cherokee Artillery battery at the Battle of Resaca.[6][7][8]

After the war Corput settled in Atlanta and founded the architectural firm of Van Den Corput and Fay.[9]

Corput died on January 16, 1911 in Atlanta and was buried in Oakland Cemetery there.[9][10] He was survived by his wife Marie, who was 24 years younger and died in 1920.[11]
Max CorputFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaJump to: navigation, search

Max Corput
Atlanta's 1871 Union Station
DeGive Opera House building toward the end of its life, doing business as the Bijou TheaterMax Corput, also documented as Maximilien or Maxwell Van Den Corput (1825, Belgium - January 16, 1911, Atlanta), was the architect of Atlanta, Georgia's second Union Station, built in 1871 in Second Empire style.[1]

"Van Den" (Dutch: "from the") is very common in Belgian surnames, and references to Corput regarding the Civil War often include it as part of his last name. However later references to him including one in the Atlanta Constitution omit the "Van Den", suggesting that he later went simply by "Corput".[2]

Corput was Belgian American, one of a group of Belgians who emigrated to the Rome, Georgia area after the incorporation of Belgium into the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, which caused dissatisfaction among the French-speaking Belgian elite.[3][4] The Cherokee Indians had recently been dispossessed of Northwest Georgia. Corput was said to hail from Cave Spring, Georgia.

During the Civil War, Corput was attested as a third lieutenant (1861)[5] then captain (1864) in the Confederate Army. He led the Floyd County four-gun Cherokee Artillery battery at the Battle of Resaca.[6][7][8]

After the war Corput settled in Atlanta and founded the architectural firm of Van Den Corput and Fay.[9]

Corput died on January 16, 1911 in Atlanta and was buried in Oakland Cemetery there.[9][10] He was survived by his wife Marie, who was 24 years younger and died in 1920.[11]

Inscription

Commander
Cherokee Artillery
CSA

Gravesite Details

Aged 86 years. Section 6, Block 55, Lot 2, Grave 6.



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