Clark & Enersen, Architects
Partners:
Kenneth B. Clark, Lincoln, Nebraska
Lawrence A. Enersen, Lincoln, Nebraska
This page is a contribution to the publication, Place Makers of Nebraska: The Architects. See the format and contents page for more information on the compilation and page organization.
Contents
Compiled Nebraska Directory Listings
Lincoln, Nebraska, 1947-1962.
Lineage of the Firm
1946: Formation of the Partnership; February 1, 1946.[3]
1946-1962: Clark & Enersen, Architects, Lincoln, Nebraska.
1963-1970: Clark & Enersen, Olsson, Burroughs & Thomsen, Architects, Lincoln, Nebraska.
1971-1976: Clark, Enersen, Hamersky, Schlaebitz, Burroughs & Thomsen, Architects, Lincoln, Nebraska.
1977-2016: The Clark Enersen Partners, Architects, Lincoln, Nebraska.
1993-2005: The Clark Enersen Partners, Architects, Kearney, Nebraska.
Other Associations
1945-1956, 1958-1963: employed William D. Schlaebitz, student architect (1945-1949), draftsman (1949-1953), and architect (1954-1956, 1958-1963).[3][6][7]
1947-1955: employed Art Duerschner [13:6]
ca. 1954-1959-____: employed Ben Votava [13:6]
ca. 1954-1959-____: employed John Chalmers [13:6]
ca. 1954-1959-____: employed Doc Roggenbach [13:6]
ca. 1954-1959-____: employed Alfons Hamersky [13:6]
1957-1962: employed Albert Charles Hamersky, architect.
1976-1985: employed Charles G. Nelson, architect.
Buildings & Projects
Dated
1940s
Nebraska Book Store Addition (1946-1956), Lincoln, Nebraska.[11]
Lindale Subdivision (1946-1956), Lincoln, Nebraska.[11][13:3]
State Securities Parking Garage (1946-1956), Lincoln, Nebraska.[11]
Trinity Methodist Church (1946-1956), Lincoln, Nebraska.[11][12][13:10
Curtis Kimball House (1946-1956), Lincoln, Nebraska.[11]
Rohkar Houses (1946-1956), Lincoln, Nebraska.[11][13:3]
Sharp Building Parking Garage (1946-1956), Lincoln, Nebraska.[11]
Earl Coryell Office Building (1946-1956), Lincoln, Nebraska.[11]
Inspiration House (1946-1956), Lincoln, Nebraska.[11][13]
Dr. McGinnis House (1946-1956), Lincoln, Nebraska.[11]
Bethany Lions Club Building (1946-1956), Lincoln, Nebraska.[11]
Western Supply (1946-1956), Lincoln, Nebraska.[11]
Naval Training Center (1948), Lincoln, Nebraska.[9][b][e]
1950s
Master Plan (1950), Lincoln Air Force Base [9][e]
Master Plan (ca. 1950-1960), Nebraska State Parks.[13:4]
Diller Elementary School (ca. 1950), Diller, Nebraska.[13:4]
Rectory, St. Mary's Catheral (ca. 1950-1959), K St., Lincoln, Nebraska.[13:10]
Merle Beattie School (1951), Lincoln, Nebraska.[6][11][13:10][b]
Car Park (1951), 13th & M St., Lincoln, Nebraska.[13:9]
LDC Parking Garage (1952), Lincoln, Nebraska.[9][e]
High School (1954), Hebron, Nebraska, Architect Associated, M. I. Aitken, Nebraska.[9][e]
Hastings High School (1954), Hastings, Nebraska.[6][13:5][b]
Hebron Public School (1954), Hebron, Nebraska.[9][c]
Harvard Public School (1955), Harvard, Nebraska.[9][c]
Hastings Public School (1955), Hastings, Nebraska.[9][c]
Chadron State College Men’s Dormitory (1955), Chadron, Nebraska.[6][c]
Merle Beattie Elementary School (1955), Lincoln, Nebraska.[9][e]
Lincoln Senior High School (1955), Hastings, Nebraska.[9][e]
Harvard School (1955), Harvard, Nebraska.[9][e]
Lincoln Clinic (1956-1958), Lincoln, Nebraska.[9][6][11][e]
Lincoln Clinic (1956), Lincoln, Nebraska.[9][c]
Alpha Gamma Rho Fraternity, University of Nebraska (1956-1966), Lincoln, Nebraska.[11]
Pioneer House (1956-1966), Lincoln, Nebraska.[11]
Newman Catholic Church & Student Center (1956-1966), Lincoln, Nebraska.[11]
St. Thomas Aquinas Church (1956-1966), Lincoln, Nebraska.[11]
St. Mark's Methodist Church (1956-1966), Lincoln, Nebraska.[11]
Master Plan, Nebraska Wesleyan University (1956-1966), Lincoln, Nebraska.[11]
Folsom Children's Zoo (1956-1966), Lincoln, Nebraska.[11][12]
Men's Dormitory, Nebraska Wesleyan University (1956-1966), Lincoln, Nebraska.[11]
Greyhound Bus Terminal (1956-1966), Lincoln, Nebraska.[11]
Holmes Park and Clubhouse (1956-1966), Lincoln, Nebraska.[11]
Addition to First Continental Bank (1956-1966), Lincoln, Nebraska.[11]
Catholic Center (1956-1966), Waverly, Nebraska.[11]
Proposal for City-County Building (1956), Lincoln, Nebraska.[13:8]
Capehart Housing (1957), Lincoln Air Force Base [6][11][e]
University of Nebraska Agriculture College Dorms, (1958), Lincoln, Nebraska [6][e]
General Arnold School (1959), Lincoln, Nebraska.[6][11][12][c]
First Continental National Drive-in Bank (1959-1960), 344 S 13th, Lincoln, Nebraska.[6][11][b][c]
1960s
Student Center, Peru State Teachers College (1960), Peru, Nebraska.[6][c]
Scottsbluff High School (1960-1961), Scottsbluff, Nebraska.[8][6][b][e]
Student Center, Chadron State Teachers College (1961), Chadron, Nebraska.[6][c]
Master Plan College of Agriculture, University of Nebraska (1961), Lincoln, Nebraska.[6][c]
First National Bank Building (1961-1962), 1211 N St., Lincoln, Nebraska.[5][8][a][c]
First Congregational Church (1961), Norfolk, Nebraska.[6][b]
Air Terminal at the Lincoln Municipal Airport (1962-1963), Lincoln, Nebraska.[1][a]
Undated
Lincoln Center Building (n.d.), Lincoln, Nebraska.[1]
State Office Building (n.d.), Lincoln, Nebraska.[1]
Honors & Awards
1953: First Place in Concrete Masonry House Plan Competition.[10][13:7]
1955: Harvard School AIA/ASA Award of Merit [13:7]
1957: Hastings School AIA/ASA Award of Merit [13:7]
1958: Lincoln Clinic Building Nebraska Architects Association First Award [13:7]
1958: AIA/ASA Awards of Merit and Nebraska Architects Association First Award, General Arnold School Lincoln Air Force base [13:7]
1959: AIA/ASA Award of Merit and Nebraska Architects Association First Award, Geneva Girls Training School [13:7]
1962: Honored by Nebraska Chapter, AIA for two buildings.[4]
Notes
a. Lead architects, and in association with Davis & Wilson.[5]
b. These were projects of William D. Schlaebitz’s.[3]
c. These were designed by Lawrence A. Enersen.[3]
d. Supervising architects for the project.[9]
e. These were designed by Kenneth B. Clark.[3]
References
1. Lincoln Sunday Journal & Star (October 19, 1978), 12A.
2. Tom 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.
3. Dennis Scheer and Kent Munster, “The Clark Enersen Partners: Six Decades of Design,” Preservation Association of Lincoln, Brownbag Lecture Series, Museum of Nebraska History, April 8, 2003.
4. “Zierk [sic] Elected By Architects,” Lincoln Star (December 10, 1962), 11:5
5. City of Lincoln, Building Permit 82564, November 11, 1962. “Clark & Enersen / Davis & Wilson.”
6. The AIA Historical Directory of American Architects, s.v. “Clark & Enersen,” (ahd4001012), http://public.aia.org/sites/hdoaa/wiki/Wiki%20Pages/ahd4001012.aspx (accessed February 3, 2017).
7. Gene Kelly, “Architect captured by new career in art,” Sunday Journal Star (June 18, 1989), 2C.
8.The AIA Historical Directory of American Architects, s.v. “Clark & Enersen, Olsson, Burroughs & Thomsen,” (ahd4001013), http://public.aia.org/sites/hdoaa/wiki/Wiki%20Pages/ahd4001013.aspx (accessed February 3, 2017).
9.The AIA Historical Directory of American Architects, s.v. “Kenneth Bowhay Clark,” (ahd1007866), http://public.aia.org/sites/hdoaa/wiki/Wiki%20Pages/ahd1007866.aspx (accessed February 3, 2017).
10. “Lincolnites Win Concrete Masonry House Plan Competition,” Lincoln Star (September 6, 1953), 5A.
11. “Design at the Clark Enersen Partners 1946-1986,” The Clark Enersen Partners (February 1986).
12. Ed Russo, “A firm foundation,” Lincoln Journal Star (January 28, 1996), 1E-2E.
13. Ryan R. Horner, The Clark Enersen Partners: 50 Years of Design [in three parts]. (Lincoln: The Clark Enersen Partners, n.d.).
Page Citation
D. Murphy, “Clark & Enersen, Architects,” in David Murphy, Edward F. Zimmer, and Lynn Meyer, comps. Place Makers of Nebraska: The Architects. Lincoln: Nebraska State Historical Society, March 3, 2011. http://www.e-nebraskahistory.org/index.php?title=Place_Makers_of_Nebraska:_The_Architects Accessed, October 31, 2024.
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