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<div style="white-space:nowrap;font-size:125%">'''Omaha, Nebraska, ca. 1867-1870; Dallas, Texas, ca. 1870-1875'''</div style="white-space:nowrap;font-size:125%">


'''Thomas Butler Borst''' was born on February 2, 1840 to Florenda Butler and James Borst in New York.[[#References|[6]]] He was a partner in the firm [[Borst & Dufrene, Architects|Borst & Dufrene]] in Omaha at the end of the 1860s. Between 1844-1860 arrived Dallas’s “first two architects,” John Ryan and T. B. Borst; by 1876 Borst and Ryan had left Dallas.[[#References|[3]]] After the Civil War, Borst, a “prominent contractor,” was in charge of building hotels and depots along the Union Pacific line.[[#References|[2]]] He died on March 25, 1907 in New York. [[#References|[6]]]

This page is a contribution to the publication, '''[[Place Makers of Nebraska: The Architects]]'''. See the ''' [[Format and contents of Nebraska architect entries]] ''' page for more information on the compilation and page organization.

==Compiled Nebraska Directory Listings==
Omaha, 1868-1869

==Educational & Professional Associations==
1867-1870: partner and architect, [[Borst & Dufrene, Architects|Borst & Dufrene]], Omaha, Nebraska.[[#References|[1]]][[#Notes|[a]]]

ca. 1870-1875: architect, Dallas, Texas.[[#References|[3][5]]]

==Buildings & Projects==
All U.P.R.R. Stations  (1867-1870), Omaha to Ogden, Utah.[[#References|[1]]][[#Notes|[b]]]

==Notes==
a. Borst, however, advertises as an individual architect in "Brown’s Gazetteer" of 1869.[[#References|[4]]]

b. Stone, in ''History of Colorado'': 197, descibes Borst as a prominent contractor, in charge of building the depots.[[#References|[3]]]

c. Not found in United States Census in 1860, 1870, or 1880 in Texas or Colorado.

==References==
1. A. T. Andreas, “Dufrene & Mendelssohn,” ''History of the State of Nebraska'' (Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1882), 767.

2. “Frank E. Edbrook,” ed. Wilbur Fiske Stone ''History of Colorado'' Vol. 2 (Chicago: S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1918), 197, accessed September 4, 2013, http://files.usgwarchives.net/co/denver/bios/edbrkefe.txt  and through Google Books: http://books.google.com/books?id=x-JYAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA197&lpg=PA197&dq=%22t+b+borst%22+architect&source=bl&ots=tEmmIKYFrD&sig=9ap9JXzaCdbN4GA0rv9fboJWTnA&hl=en&sa=X&ei=zVgnUtLSMMWTyQGTxoGYCw&ved=0CEEQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=%22t%20b%20borst%22%20architect&f=false

3. ''James Edward Flanders: Dallas’ First Architect'' Chapter 2, accessed September 4, 2013, http://jameseflanders.homestead.com/JEFChapter2.html

4. C. Exera Brown comp. “T. B. Borst, Architect,” advertisement, ''Brown’s Gazetteer of the Chicago and Northwestern Railway, and Branches, and of the Union Pacific Rail Road'' (Chicago: Bassett Brothers Steam Publishing House, 1869), 289, accessed through Google Books on September 4, 2013, http://books.google.com/books?id=3V02AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA289&lpg=PA289&dq=%22t+b+borst%22+architect&source=bl&ots=1tfNF7LyQx&sig=vLtkFOC-
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5. “T. B. Borst, Architect,” advertisement, ''The Dallas Daily Herald'' (Friday May 7, 1875), 1, accessed through ''The Portal to Texas History'' University of North Texas on September 4, 2013, http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth280388/m1/1/zoom/ 

6. "Thomas Butler Borst" ''FindAGrave.com'' Accessed March 7, 2018 via https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28447210/thomas-butler-borst#

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