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Osgood & Waddell was an architectural partnership of Sidney J. Osgood (1845-1935) and George Waddell, based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, credited with designing a “brick gothic” residence in Lincoln, Nebraska for Mrs. Israel Putnam in 1881.[1][3] Grand Rapids city directories list the partnership only briefly (1880-1882), but Osgood was a long-time and prolific architect in various partnership, especially after 1900 with his son Sidney Eugene Osgood as Osgood & Osgood.
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.
Contents
Compiled Nebraska Directory Listings
Educational & Professional Associations
1876-1880: Sidney J. Osgood, architect, Grand Rapids, Michigan.
1880-1882: Osgood & Waddell, architects, Grand Rapids, Michigan.
by 1884: Osgood, member of American Institute of Architects
1885: Osgood & Hoskins, architects, Grand Rapids, Michigan
1902-1952: Osgood & Osgood, architects, a partnership of Sidney J. Osgood (1845-1935) and his son Sidney Eugene Osgood (1880-1952)
Buildings & Projects
Israel and Amanda Putnam residence (1880-1881), 501 S. 12th (SW corner of 12th & L), Lincoln, Nebraska, demolished.
Notes
a. “Israel Putnam commenced yesterday morning excavating for a cellar for a new residence on his lots in front of the old Stone Church, on the corner of K and Twelfth.” ‘’(Lincoln) Nebraska State Journal’’ (July 20, 1880), 4. “Israel Putnam’s new residence on the corner of K and 12th streets will cost, we are told, nearly $20,000, making it one of the finest houses in the city.” ‘’(Lincoln) Nebraska State Journal’’ (August 8, 1880), 4. Same source: “The Queen Anne style of architecture is now all the rage in Lincoln. No less than three of our prominent citizens having adopted it in contracting for their contemplated residences. Among the namber [sic] are found Hon. L. E. Cropsey’s on J, between Twelfth and Thirteenth streets; Hon. Israel Putnam’s, on the corner of Twelfth and K, and Hon. O. W. Webster’s on J, between Thirteenth streets. The style is decidedly handsome, and more especially for our Prairie city.”
b. Mr. Putnam was a leading businessman in early Lincoln who died in January 1881.[2] He began construction of the house in 1880, but died in January 1881. His widow Amanda Putnam finished the house before January 1882. She died in 1921. The house was briefly a Jewish sorority in 1930. It was later a mortuary and an insurance office before its demolition, ca. 1950.
References
1. "The Year 1881. It is a Successful and Booming One for the Capital City of Nebraska. A Review of Its Building Interests and Other Industries. Nearly $600,000 Expended in Business Building During the Past Year. The Value of Realty Upon which the Magnificent Business Block Rest is Fully $200,000," Lincoln (Nebraska) Daily News, (January 2, 1882), 4.
2. “Death of Israel Putnam,” ‘’Daily (Lincoln, Nebraska) State Journal’’ (January 23, 1881), 4. B. NY ca. 1835, early freighter, to Lincoln around 1869, partnership with Mr. Walsh in RE. “In 1878, the firm erecred [sic] the handsome three-story brick block, known as the Academy of Music, at that time and for years afterwards the finest block in the city.” Putnam & Walsh sole proprietors of Lincoln Gas Works, promoters of street railway, Board of Trade. “At the time of his death he was about forty-five years of age. He leaves to morn his loss a wife, daughter, father, sister, and a legion of friends in Lincoln.”
3. "Funeral of Israel Putnam," Lincoln (Nebraska) State Journal (January 25, 1881), 4.
4. "The Year 1881. It is a Successful and Booming One for the Capital City of Nebraska. A Review of Its Building Interests and Other Industries. Nearly $600,000 Expended in Business Building During the Past Year. The Value of Realty Upon which the Magnificent Business Block Rest is Fully $200,000," Lincoln (Nebraska) Daily News, (January 2, 1882), 4.
5. Ancestry.com. Nebraska, Marriage Records, 1855-1908 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2017. Israel Putnam, 34, married Amanda Sanders, 25, 1872 at Lincoln, NE. He was born in Ohio in 1838 and she was born in Iowa in 1846. (Wyuka)
6. “The Illustrated State Journal,” ‘’(Lincoln) Nebraska State Journal” (January 25, 1882), 4. Note: ‘’Nebraska State Journal’’ in January, 1882, announced an upcoming publication of “the most perfect and complete specimens of a picture paper ever published in the west. It will contain fine engravings of the capitol and B & M depot, state University, insane asylum, perspective and birds’-eye views of the city, penitentiary, post office, Webster & McMurtry’s, Humphrey Bros’., Holmes & Lau’s, Davis’ and other blocks, the Commercial and other hotels, A. S. Raymond’s Mrs. Israel Putnam’s, Chancellor Fairfield’s and many other beautiful residences. Four pages will be devoted to illustrations and the other four pages to valuable reading material and advertisements.” (projecting 2 editions of 20,000 each).
7. “Pioneer Lincoln Woman Succumbs. Mrs. Amanda Putnam Dies at Home of Her Daughter in Omaha,” ‘’Lincoln (Nebraska) Star’’ (April 20, 1921), p. 8; ‘’Wyuka Cemetery,’’ online at Wyuka.com, burial listings for Israel Putnam (July 28, 1838 to January 22, 1881) and Amanda Putnam (April 19, 1846 to January 22, 1881.)
8. ‘’Grand Rapids (Michigan) Directory, 1881-1882,’’ R. L. Polk & Co., 1881. On-line at https://books.google.com/books?id=9lfiAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA294&lpg=PA294&dq=osgood+%26+waddell&source=bl&ots=1HtUgWOdod&sig=2NY-wdspD1YLJ2eZKQgNxAthL2s&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiW5Nf_-NnYAhUjSN8KHfBYCvwQ6AEILDAB#v=onepage&q=osgood%20%26%20waddell&f=false Accessed January 15, 2018.
9. “Architects: Sidney J. Osgood” and “Osgood & Osgood,” in ‘’Grand Rapids Buildings,’’ http://grandrapidsbuildings.com/celebrating-osgood-osgood-with-early-20thcentury-buildings-by-the-father-and-son-duo/ Accessed January 15, 2018.
10. “Architects from Several States Meet to Form a Permanent Organization,” ‘’Inter Ocean (Chicago, Illinois)’’ (November 13, 1884), 8. SJO one of estimated 125 in attendance, Daniel Burnham chosen as president.
11. “Sidney J. Osgood,” ‘’Find A Grave,’’ on-line at https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42629951 Accessed January 15, 2018.
12. Ancestry.com. Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1950 [database on-line]. s.v. "Sidney Eugene Osgood." Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
13. ‘’Lincoln (Nebraska) State Journal’’ (November 17, 1929), B-8. “Members of Alpha Rho Alpha moved into their new home at 501 South Twelfth on Friday.” 454.
14. ‘’Cornhusker’’ (Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska (yearbook), 1930), 454. Illustrated. “Alpha Rho Alpha was organized September 29, 1929. The purpose of the thirteen girls who founded this sorority was to unite the Jewish girls on the campus."
15. ‘’Cornhusker,’’ (Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska (yearbook), 1930),
Page Citation
E. F. Zimmer, “Osgood & Waddell, Architects,” in David Murphy, Edward F. Zimmer, and Lynn Meyer, comps. Place Makers of Nebraska: The Architects. Lincoln: Nebraska State Historical Society, January 17, 2018. http://www.e-nebraskahistory.org/index.php?title=Place_Makers_of_Nebraska:_The_Architects Accessed, December 5, 2025.
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