Vonnegut & Bohn
Athenæum (Das Deutsche Haus), Indianapolis, Indiana
Practice information
Partners	Bernard Vonnegut Sr. Arthur Bohn
Founded	1888
Location	Indianapolis, Indiana

Vonnegut & Bohn was an architectural firm in Indianapolis, Indiana in the United States.

Founded in 1888 by Bernard Vonnegut Sr., FAIA (1855–1908) and Arthur Bohn (b. 1861),^[1] all the partners were German Americans and were trained in both American and German architectural academies, which gave their works a distinct German influence. The firm was responsible for many public, institutional, commercial, religious and residential buildings throughout Indiana, particularly in Indianapolis.^[2]

Bernard Vonnegut died in 1908. In 1910, Vonnegut's son, Kurt Vonnegut Sr. (1884–1957), returned from studying in Germany and became a principal in the firm. Later, Mueller joined as a partner and the firm was renamed Vonnegut, Bohn & Mueller Architects. Arthur Bohn retired in the 1940s.^[1]

In 1946, Kurt Vonnegut Sr. merged the firm with George Caleb Wright (b. April 25, 1889) of Pierre & Wright and Ralph Oscar Yeager (b. August 16, 1892) of Miller & Yeager (of Terre Haute, Indiana) forming Vonnegut, Wright & Yeager, which was located at 1126 Hume Mansur Building, Indianapolis, Indiana and 402 Opera House Building, Terre Haute, Indiana.^[3]

Kurt Vonnegut Sr. was the father of author Kurt Vonnegut Jr., and is referred to, with the rest of the author's family, in many of his books.

• The Athenæum (Das Deutsche Haus), 401 E. Michigan Street, Indianapolis, Indiana, German Renaissance Revival style, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973; (Design by Bernard Vonnegut and Arthur Bohn)^[1]
• William H. Block Company Building, Indianapolis, Indiana, after 1910; (Design by Bernard Vonnegut and Arthur Bohn)^[1]
• Herron Art Institute, Indianapolis, Indiana; (Design by Bernard Vonnegut)^[2]
• L. S. Ayres Building, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1905; (Design by Bernard Vonnegut)^[2]
• The Students Building, Indiana University at Bloomington; (Design by Bernard Vonnegut)^[2]
• Delaware Street Temple, Indianapolis, Indiana; (Design by Bernard Vonnegut)^[2]
• Shortridge High School, Indianapolis, Indiana; (Design by Bernard Vonnegut)^[2]
• Federal Building, Vincennes, Indiana; (Design by Bernard Vonnegut)^[2]
• Indiana Bell Building, Evansville, Indiana, NRHP listed
• Indiana Bell Telephone Building, Indianapolis, Indiana; (Design by Kurt Vonnegut Sr.)^[3][4]
• All Souls Unitarian Church, 1453 N. Alabama Street, Indianapolis, Indiana, first building; (Design by Kurt Vonnegut)^[4]
• Anderson Bank Building, Anderson, Indiana; (Design by Kurt Vonnegut )^[4]
• Hook's Drug Stores, buildings prior to World War II; (Design by Kurt Vonnegut )^[4]
• Kurt Vonnegut Sr. Residence, Indianapolis 4th Ward Washington Township, Marion County, Indiana, c. 1929; (Design by Kurt Vonnegut Sr.)^[4]
• Kurt Vonnegut Sr. Residence, William's Creek, Indiana, 1941; (Design by Kurt Vonnegut)^[4]
• Chemico Laboratories, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1944; (Designed by Kurt Vonnegut Sr. and George Caleb Wright)^[5]
• Evansville Telephone Building, Sycamore Street, Evansville, Indiana, 1922; (Designed by Kurt Vonnegut, Arthur Bohn, and O.N. Mueller) ^[5]
• Merchant's Building, Capitol Avenue and Georgia Street, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1914; (Designed by Kurt Vonnegut and Arthur Bohn) ^[5]
• Office building for United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1908; (Designed by Bernard Vonnegut and Arthur Bohn) ^[5]
• Vonnegut Hardware Company, 120 East Washington Street, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1948; (Designed by Kurt Vonnegut, George Caleb Wright, and Ralph Oscar Yeager) ^[5]
• Meridian Service Company, Automobile Service Plant, 2421 North Meridian Street, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1926; (Designed by Kurt Vonnegut, Arthur Bohn, and O.N. Mueller) ^[5]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Vonnegut & Bohn.

• Photo of Athenæum
• Photo of Herron Art Institute
• Vonnegut and Bohn Architectural Records, Drawings and Documents Archive, Ball State University Libraries.