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Ferdinand Fiske was born in Ellisburg, New York in 1856, but raised in Maquoketa, Iowa, where he attended high school.[1][5] Fiske studied architecture at Cornell University from 1878-1880, but did not complete his degree.[1][5] He established his firm, Goodman & Fiske in 1886, in Minneapolis, but relocated to Lincoln, Nebraska in 1887.[1]

Fiske was a partner in a long string of firms during his forty years in Lincoln. He spent seven years as the architect of the Lincoln Board of Education.[7] He was a charter member of the Lincoln Country Club, the Chamber of Commerce, Rotary Club, and the First Plymouth Congregational Church.[7] Fiske was married to Katherine Burgess of Virgina. He died January 26, 1930 at age 72.[7]

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

Lincoln, Nebraska, 1890-1895, 1911-1913, 1915, 1926-1930

Educational & Professional Associations

1878-1880: architecture student at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.[5]

1886: architect and partner, Goodman & Fiske, Minneapolis, Minnesota.[1]

1887: architect, Lincoln, Nebraska.

1888-1889: architect and partner, Fiske & Peters, Architects, Lincoln, Nebraska.

1902: architect and partner, Dieman & Fiske, Lincoln, Nebraska.

1903-1910: architect and partner, Fiske & Dieman, Architects, Lincoln, Nebraska.

ca. 1905: architect and partner, Fiske, Dieman & Meginnis, Architects, Lincoln, Nebraska.

1913-1914: architect and partner, Fiske & Miller, Architects, Lincoln, Nebraska.

1915-1924: architect and partner, Fiske & Meginnis, Architects, Lincoln, Nebraska.

1925: architect and partner, Fiske, Meginnis & Schaumberg, Architects, Lincoln, Nebraska.

Other Associations

1910-1913: employed Walter F. Wilson (1892-1970), Architect, as part-time draftsman.

Buildings & Projects

Dated

Lyman Terrace (1889-1890), 1111-1119 H, Lincoln, Nebraska.[9][10] (LC13:C08-031)

A. Hurlbut house (1890), 16th & G, Lincoln, Nebraska.[1][9]

YMCA Building (1890), 13th & M, Lincoln, Nebraska.[1][9]

Brace Block (1890), 15th & O, Lincoln, Nebraska.[1][7][9]

Second Presbyterian Church (1890), East Lincoln, Nebraska.[1][9]

William Barr doublehouse (1890), 10th & H, Lincoln, Nebraska.[9]

F. A. Korsmeyer house (1890), 1840 E St, Lincoln, Nebraska.[9][10] (LC13:D07-0028)

C. H. Imhoff house (1890), D near 19th, Lincoln, Nebraska.[9]

Mrs. E. Flick doublehouse (1890), F & (13th/18th?), Lincoln, Nebraska.[9]

Barr & Barnes Terrace (1890-1891), 627-631-635-643 S 11th, Lincoln, Nebraska.[9][10] (LC13:C08-027)

Barnes-Walsh Apartment House (1891), 11th & H, Lincoln (LC13-103 (Deed Res.)

Sanitarium of the Lincoln Sulpho-Saline Bath Company (1892), Lincoln, Nebraska.[6]

David & Jeanette Mansion (from 1900 served as the governor's mansion), (c.a. 1892) 15th & H St., Lincoln, Nebraska. [12]

Yates House (ca. 1893), 720 S. 16th, Lincoln, Nebraska.[10] (LC13:D07-0001)

Latta Office Building (1893), Lincoln, Nebraska.[1][12]

Orlo Flats (ca. 1905), 505 S 14th, Lincoln, Nebraska. (LC13:C08-023)

F.A. Saffold/C.D. Traphagan House (1908), 1908 C, Lincoln, Nebraska.[10] (LC13:D07-0511)

Frank M. Spalding House (1909), 2221 Sheridan Blvd, Lincoln, Nebraska.[10] (LC13:D05-463)

Ferdinand C. Fiske House (1909), 1600 S. 21st, Lincoln, Nebraska. (LC13:D06-0667)

Arthur C. Ziemer House (1909-1910), 2030 Euclid, Lincoln, Nebraska.[8][10] (LC13:D06-0002)

Chancellor Samuel Avery House (1910), 2001 Washington, Lincoln, Nebraska. (LC13:D06-0566)

Charles Stuart house (1910), 1830 C St., Lincoln, Nebraska.[10] (LC13:D07-027)

Stuart Aunties House (1911), 1935 D, Lincoln, Nebraska.[10][17] (LC13:D07-0043)

Faith Methodist Church (1911), 27th & R St, Lincoln, Nebraska.[15]

Hall Bungalow (1911), 2115 Garfield, Lincoln, Nebraska.[16]

Hawes House (1911), 1511 D St., Lincoln, Nebraska.[18]

Hauptman House (1911), 1655 S. 23rd, Lincoln, Nebraska.[19]

F. Fiske House (1911), 2115 Garfield, Lincoln, Nebraska. (LC13:D06-0668)

Hildreth-Grainger House (1912), 2105 B St., Lincoln, Nebraska.[10] (LC13:D07-0611)

J. F. Hutchins House (1912), 2120 B St., Lincoln, Nebraska.[10] (LC13:D07-0575)

E. Steckley House (1912), 1900 Pepper, Lincoln, Nebraska.[21] (LC13:D06-0253)

Hutchins-Foster House (1912), 2120 B St., Lincoln, Nebraska.[20]

Lincoln Drug Company Warehouse/APOT (1912), 140 N. 8th, Lincoln, Nebraska. (LC13:C09-087)

Lincoln Telephone Company Building (1913), 1342 M. Lincoln, Nebraska.[11]

H.E. Sidles House (1913), 2110 A St., Lincoln, Nebraska.[22]

Harry E. Sidles house (1913-1915), 2120 A St, Lincoln, Nebraska.[4][10] (LC13:D07-0625)

George R.Whitney (Whitney-Stephenson-Merritt) house (1916-1917), 1965 B St, Lincoln, Nebraska.[10] (LC13:D07-0061)

Meeker-Anderson House (1916), 1950 C St., Lincoln, Nebraska.[10] (LC13:D07-0507)

Auld Public Library (1917-1918), Red Cloud, Webster County, Nebraska.[22]

Dr. Slattery House (1921), 4900 N. 14th St., Lincoln, Nebraska.[24]

Lincoln Country Club house (1922-1923), Lincoln, Nebraska.[25]

Wagner & Walt Store & Apartments (1923), 901 S. 13th St., Lincoln, Nebraska.[26]

Alpha Omicron Pi House (1926), 1541 S St., Lincoln, Nebraska.[3][10] (LC13:D09- 520)

Herpolsheimer House (1928), 2330 Van Dorn, Lincoln, Nebraska. (LC13:D05-565)

Skiles-Beynon House (1928), 2310 Woodscrest Ave., Lincoln, Nebraska. (LC13:D05-551)

Undated

Alice Hawes house (n.d.), 1511 D, Lincoln, Nebraska. (LC13:D07-0348)

Hall House (n.d.), 2025 S. 26th, Lincoln, Nebraska. (LC13:D06-0155)

J. A. Buckstaff house (n.d.), 17th & G, Lincoln, Nebraska.[1]

Brownell Block (n.d.), 137 S. 11th, Lincoln, Nebraska.[2]

Universalist Church (n.d.), Lincoln, Nebraska.[1]

Lincoln Country Club Building (n.d.), Lincoln, Nebraska.[7]

City National Bank (n.d.), York, Nebraska.[11]

Prescott School (n.d.), Lincoln, Nebraska.[7]

Agriculture Hall (n.d.), University of Nebraska East Campus, Lincoln, Nebraska.[14]

Home Economics Building (n.d.), University of Nebraska East Campus, Lincoln, Nebraska.[14]

Notes

a. Projects in 1902 were done on behalf of [Dieman & Fiske

b. Projects from 1903 to 1910 were done on behalf of Fiske & Dieman

c. Projects in 1905 were done on behalf of Fiske, Dieman & Meginnis

d. Projects from 1913-1914 were done on behalf of Fiske & Miller

e. Projects from 1915 to 1924 were done on behalf of Fiske & Meginnis

f. Projects in 1925 were done on behalf of Fiske, Meginnis & Schaumberg

References

1. Pen and Sunlight Sketches of Lincoln (ca. 1890s), 95.

2. Lincoln City Directory, 1894, 5.

3. Nebraska State Journal (January 16, 1927), 11G.

4. Nebraska State Journal (May 2, 1915), 1:10.

5. Archives, Cornell University Libraries: register of his studies; courses available, 1879-80. (Architect's file)

6. Omaha Excelsior (September 24, 1892), 1 (Article, drawing and floor plans).

7. “Fiske Rites To Be Wednesday,” Lincoln Star (January 27, 1930), 1, 4; and obituary, 4:3.

8. City of Lincoln, Building Permit 3486.

9. “F. C. Fiske, Architect; Some of our 1890 buildings,” Daily Nebraska State Journal (April 13, 1891), 4:6.

10. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

11. Thomas Lee Kaspar, comp. Inventory of architectural records in the archives of Davis Fenton Stange Darling, Architects, Lincoln, Nebraska. 1996. Nebraska State Historical Society, RG3748, Box 16.

12. “F.C. Fiske, Architect, Rooms 132, 133, 134 Burr Block,” Lincoln Daily Call (January 1, 1893), 8:4-5

13. Lincoln Daily Call (April 4, 1893) 16:3-4.

14. Kay Logan-Peters, Preservation Association of Lincoln, Brownbag Lecture Series, Museum of Nebraska History (June 12, 2001).

15. Historic & Architectural Survey of Lincoln, Nebraska (1976), 37.

16. City of Lincoln, Building Permit No. 4175.

17. City of Lincoln, Building Permit No. 4130.

18. City of Lincoln, Building Permit No. 4080.

19. City of Lincoln, Building Permit No. 4034.

20. “No. 84 Brick & Stucco House Fiske & Meginnis,” Sunday State Journal (April 25, 1915).

21. “No. 90 Brick & Stucco House Fiske & Meginnis,” Sunday State Journal (July 4, 1915).

22. “No. 96 H.E. Sidles Residence Fiske & Meginnis,” Sunday State Journal (May 2, 1915).

23. Teresa Young, library director. NRHP nomination form (April 1993). NeHBS#WT07-096

24. “New Residence of Dr. W.H. Slattery,” Sunday State Journal (January 8, 1922).

25. “New Home of Lincoln Country Club Nears Completion (photo labeled Fiske & Meginnis, Archts),” Lincoln State Journal (January 7, 1923).

26. City of Lincoln, Building Permit No. 11744 (September 1923).

Page Citation

D. Murphy, “Ferdinand Comstock Fiske (1856-1930), Architect,” in David Murphy, Edward F. Zimmer, and Lynn Meyer, comps. Place Makers of Nebraska: The Architects. Lincoln: Nebraska State Historical Society, December 9, 2014. http://www.e-nebraskahistory.org/index.php?title=Place_Makers_of_Nebraska:_The_Architects Accessed, November 10, 2024.

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