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C. C. Quiggle, Evans Laundry Garage (1915), 236-248 N 12th, Lincoln, Nebraska.[[#References|[33]]] | C. C. Quiggle, Evans Laundry Garage (1915), 236-248 N 12th, Lincoln, Nebraska.[[#References|[33]]] | ||
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[[:Image:DM200308_015_2w.jpg|'''Miller & Paine Department Store II''']] (1914-1917), 1235 O St, Lincoln, Nebraska.[[#References|[1][2][10][30]]] (LC13:C08-309) | [[:Image:DM200308_015_2w.jpg|'''Miller & Paine Department Store II''']] (1914-1917), 1235 O St, Lincoln, Nebraska.[[#References|[1][2][10][30]]] (LC13:C08-309) | ||
Revision as of 18:06, 23 August 2015
Lincoln, Nebraska, 1910-1917
Partners:
George A. Berlinghof (1858-1944), Architect
Ellery Lothrop Davis (1887-1956), Architect
The Lincoln, Nebraska, architectural firm of Berlinghof & Davis was formed in mid-1910 when the well-established, German-American architect, George A. Berlinghof (1858-1944), Architect formed a partnership with his young draftsman, Ellery Lothrop Davis (1887-1956), Architect. Born in Frankfort-on-the-Main and educated at the polytechnical school at Darmstadt, the senior partner had been practicing in Nebraska since 1882, first in Omaha and Beatrice, and finally, beginning in 1905, in Lincoln. His prior career was built upon prominent governmental and educational commissions, particularly county courthouses and libraries. Davis, the junior partner, was born in Florida but was already a Lincolnite by virtue of his father’s position as a professor and then a dean at the University of Nebraska. Educated in engineering at the University of Nebraska, and then in architecture at Columbia University, Davis returned to Lincoln in 1908, entering the firm of Ferdiand Comstock Fiske (1856-1930), Architect as a draftsman before joining Berlinghof in the same capacity in 1909.
Berlinghof & Davis partnered briefly but very productively, with major commercial, educational, and fraternal commissions, as well as several residences. The two also produced independent or semi-independent work during the partnership years. Identifying whether and when one partner or the other was the principal author of a particular project is sometimes speculative, sometimes more clearly documented. Both continued long architectural careers after 1917, with Davis founding what became the dean of architectural firms in Lincoln, Davis & Wilson, Architects.
This page is a contribution to the publication, Place Makers of Nebraska: The Architects, and to Place Makers of Lincoln, Nebraska. See the Format and contents of Nebraska architect entries page for more information on the compilation and page organization.
Contents
Compiled Nebraska Directory Listings
Lincoln, Nebraska, 1911-1917.[f]
Other Associations
1917-ca. 1920: Gilbert H. Ellsworth (1864-1947), Superintendent, in transitional partnership as Berlinghof & Ellsworth during the dissolution of Berlinghof & Davis.[d]
Buildings & Projects
1910-1917
Storefront alterations for Phoebe Elliott (1910), 1212 O, Lincoln, Nebraska. [39] [a]
Allen W. Field House (1910), 544 S 17th, Lincoln, Nebraska.[13]
Addition to Lincoln Safe Deposit Insurance Agency (1910), 126 N 11th Lincoln, Nebraska.[14]
Remodel stair in commercial building (1910), 1116 O, Lincoln, Nebraska.[15]
Remodel commercial building (1911), 1107 O, Lincoln, Nebraska.[16]
Remodel commercial building (1911), 112 S 11th, Lincoln, Nebraska.[17]
Remodel commercial building, (1911), 301 N 9th, Lincoln, Nebraska.[19]
Whitmore House (1911), 1742 S 22nd, Lincoln, Nebraska.[20]
Lincoln Commercial Club Building (1911-1912), 218 N 11th, Lincoln, Nebraska.[10][18][n] (LC13:C09-120)
College of Law Building (1911-1914), University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska.[10][41]
John and Christina Yost house (1912), 1900 S 25th, Lincoln, Nebraska.[6][8][50][p] (LC13:D06-165)
Greeley County Courthouse (1912-1914), Greeley, Nebraska.[8][49][l] (GY02-002) National Register narrative
Howard County Courthouse (1912-1915), NE corner 6th & J, St. Paul, Nebraska.[8][48][m] (HW11-038) National Register narrative
Lincoln High School (1912-1915), 2229 J St, Lincoln, Nebraska.[1][2][5][10][23][n] (LC13:D08-017)
Lincoln Sanitarium remodel (1913), 1401 M, Lincoln, Nebraska.[21]
St. Elizabeth Hospital boiler house, addition and remodel (1913), 1145 South, Lincoln, Nebraska.[22]
Addition to Hayward School (1913), 9th & Charleston, Lincoln, Nebraska.[10][25] (LC13:C10-110)
Nebraska Material Company Building (1913-1914), 1126 P, Lincoln, Nebraska.[10][26]
Bancroft Elementary School (1913-1915), 14th & U, Lincoln, Nebraska.[1][2][10][24][54][n]
Fraternal Order of Eagles Building (1914), 226-230 N 12th, Lincoln, Nebraska.[28] (LC13:C09-020)
Remodel Department Stores for Mayer Brothers and Speier & Simon (1914), 110-120 N 10th, Lincoln, Nebraska.[43]
Remodel storefront for Speier & Simon (1914), 120 N 10th, Lincoln, Nebraska.[43][44]
Rectory (1914), Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, 1218 J, Lincoln, Nebraska.[9][10][29][55:91]
Addition to Mrs. F. M. Fling house (1914), 1530 S. 22nd, Lincoln, Nebraska.[42]
Miller & Paine Department Store I (1914), 13th & O St, Lincoln, Nebraska.[10][27][n]
Addition and alteration to McDonald Building for Miller & Paine [Annex] (ca. 1914), 129-137 S 13th, Lincoln.[10] (LC13:C08-292)
Floral Court Apartments (1915), 1735-39 G St, Lincoln, Nebraska.[4:52][8][11][55:93][g] (LC13:D07-005)
Union Bus Depot (1915), 1201-29 Q, 236-248 N 12th St, Lincoln, Nebraska. (LC13:C09-021)
Security Mutual Building (1915-1916), 1206 O St, Lincoln, Nebraska.[#References|[3][8][10][12][31]]][c] (LC13:C09-002)
A. H. Koop House (1915), 1401 S 15th, Lincoln, Nebraska.[32][h]
C. C. Quiggle, Evans Laundry Garage (1915), 236-248 N 12th, Lincoln, Nebraska.[33]
Scottish Rite Temple (1915-1917), 332 Centennial Mall South, Lincoln, Nebraska.[8][37][52][j] (LC13:D08-13)
Miller & Paine Department Store II (1914-1917), 1235 O St, Lincoln, Nebraska.[1][2][10][30] (LC13:C08-309)
Charles A. Lord Garage (1916), 1640-44 O, Lincoln, Nebraska.[34]
Thomas Draper Garage (1916), 210 N 14th, Lincoln, Nebraska.[35]
Thomas J. Doyle house (1916), 1806 D, Lincoln, Nebraska.[8][9][i] (LC13:D07-0261)
Tyrrell Store (1916), 444 S 13th, Lincoln, Nebraska.[36]
Auld Pavilion (1916), 3140 Sumner, Lincoln, Nebraska.[40]
Competition project for McCloud Hotel (ca. 1916), York, Nebraska.[10][45][47][e]
Competition project for Yavapai County Courthouse (ca. 1916-1917), Prescott, Arizona.[46][47]
Deutsche Evangelisch Lutherische Zion Kirche (1916-1917), Marysville, Staplehurst vicinity, Seward County, Nebraska.[8][o] (SW00-052) National Register narrative
1917
Eager Garage (1917), 1724-26 O, Lincoln, Nebraska. [38]
Rudge & Guenzel Department Store (1917-1920), NW corner of 13th and N, Lincoln, Nebraska.[10][56][d]
Rudge & Guenzel marked the end of the Berlinghof & Davis partnership. Both partners worked on the building, as did Gilbert H. Ellsworth (1864-1947), Superintendent, who provided structural engineering work. Ellsworth stepped in after Davis departed, and the building permit was issued to Berlinghof & Ellsworth, Architects. Rudge & Guenzel is the only known product of this partnership. Ellsworth subsequently worked for many years as a superintendent of construction for Davis & Wilson; see Gilbert H. Ellsworth (1864-1947), Superintendent for details.
George A. Berlinghof (1858-1944), Architect continued work with a solo career in Lincoln from 1917-1944; see his subsequent buildings and projects. In 1917 Ellery Lothrop Davis (1887-1956), Architect opened a private office in his home before forming the Davis & Wilson partnership in 1919; see the buildings and projects of Ellery Lothrop Davis for more on his subsequent career.
Undated
Project for Dr. Harry Everett house (n.d.), Lincoln, Nebraska.[10][k]
Proposal for “The Main, or Administration Division of the City [Campus] Group” (n.d.), University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska.[47]
Proposal for the “Library and Administration Group on the Farm Campus” (n.d.), University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska.[47]
Proposal for a small building, possibly a school (n.d.), unknown location.[47]
Proposal for a large public building, possibly a school (n.d.), unknown location.[47]
Notes
a. The permit application of May 11, 1910 lists only “Berlinghoff” (sic) as architect, but an associated drawing for a Kawneer System storefront is inscribed “Berlinghof & Davis,” the earliest such listing yet identified.[39]
b. The building permit application for a house costing an estimated $10,000, issued July 11, 1910, lists “Berlinghoff (sic) & Davis” as the architect.
c. The Security Mutual project redesigned and rebuilt a 6-story “skyscraper” of 1888, the Burr Block, into a 10-story building. Work on the south half retained some of the exterior walls in place and inserted new structure within and above. Photographic evidence indicates the north half was leveled and rebuilt, despite statements to the contrary in Reference [40], which perhaps was written before the construction was completed.
d. The Rudge & Guenzel project was underway at the time of the cessation of the Berlinghof & Davis partnership. Kaspar cites several sets of drawings: Berlinghof & Davis sets for 1917 and 1920; G. H. Ellsworth, Architect, tracings for 1917, 1918, and 1920; and Ellery Davis tracings for 1918.[10] Furthermore, the building is claimed among the early projects designed by Ellery Davis in a 1946 A.I.A questionnaire.[53] City of Lincoln Building Permit #7249 lists “Berlinghof & Ellsworth” as the architects, and the drawings associated with the permit also bear the name of that new partnership, suggesting the project became Berlinghof’s when the partnership with Davis dissolved. Ellsworth was principally an engineer who later worked for Rudge & Guenzel, and then for Ellery Davis’s subsequent partnership, Davis & Wilson. It appears the project had contributions from multiple individuals.
e. The McCloud Hotel in York, Nebraska was designed by Frederick W. and Edwin R. Clarke of Omaha, selected in a competition among “eighteen of the leading architects of Nebraska and surrounding states.”[45] A rendering in the George A. Berlinghof Manuscript Collection of the Nebraska State Historical Society [47] depicts a five story hotel labeled “McCloud” on the parapet. Presumably this was an unsuccessful proposal for the York hotel, which was built in 1917.
f. Davis gives the partnership’s dates as 1910-1915 in one source,[7], and as 1912-1916 in another.[53] The dates of 1910-1917 are corroborated by local building permits.
g. Not only was this project developed by Ellery and Camille Davis as owners, Davis can be identified as the designer of this project based on drawings filed with the building permit for Floral Court. The elevation is inscribed “Apartment Building for Mrs. Ellery Davis Lincoln Nebr. Ellery Davis Architect Lincoln.” These drawings are the only ones so far found inscribed by Davis alone, during the period of the Berlinghof & Davis partnership.
h. Berlinghof alone is identified on the building permit application and the style and materials of this house more closely resemble his Stake House of 1918, than any residential work associated with Ellery Davis.
i. Note the drawings for this house are inscribed “George A. Berlinghof, Arch't,” not "Berlinghof & Davis," as recorded in the building permit.[9]
j. This project was clearly a work of the partnership, based on inscriptions on the drawings filed with the building permit and on newspaper articles. In addition, an article based on a report from the building committee [52] indicates that Davis, who was a Scottish Rite member, was the lead designer. Davis also claimed design of the building in a 1946 A.I.A. questionnaire.[53]
k. Kaspar identified undated Berlinghof & Davis drawings for a house for Dr. Harry Everett among the Davis successor firm’s materials.[10] Everett subsequently built a flat-roofed, high-style Regency Revival house in 1919 at 2433 Woodscrest Ave. in Lincoln. The City of Lincoln building permit (#7919, May 22, 1919) identifies William Parks as the builder but does not identify an architect.
l. Local sources indicate that Berlinghof was the lead architect if not the principal designer.[49]
m. Local sources indicate that Berlinghof was the lead architect if not the principal designer.[48]
n. Davis claimed design credit in a 1949 A.I.A. questionnaire.[53]
o. An editor (DM) credits Berlinghof with the lead on this building.
p. George Berlinghof’s 1937 application to the State of Nebraska for registration as an architect [51] includes an identification of “J. A. Yost, 1900 South 25th Street” as “Client.” Based on this source, the style, and the materials of the Yost House, an editor (EZ) credits Berlinghof as the lead designer of this building.
References
1. “G. A. Berlinghof Taken by Death,” Lincoln Evening State Journal (May 31, 1944): 1.
2. “G. A. Berlinghof, Architect, Dies Suddenly at 82,” Lincoln Star (May 31, 1944): 1:7.
3. Zimmer, Ed, from Building Permit, phone conversation with Penelope Chatfield, February 9, 1987.
4. Davis Fenton Stange Darling Collection, Nebraska State Historical Society, RG3748.AM.
5. Butch Mabin, “Davis Design has been shaping Lincoln since adolescence,” Lincoln Journal Star (March 2, 2003): 30M.
6. Kathryn Cates Moore, “The Joneses keeping up,” Lincoln Journal Star (May 4, 2003): 1G, 5G.
7. “Ellery Lothrop Davis,” in Sara M. Baldwin, ed. Who’s Who in Lincoln, 1928. Lincoln: R. M. Baldwin, 1928, 68.
8. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
9. City of Lincoln Building Permit (and application) #6641, June 15, 1916, Building & Safety Dept. “Architect: Burlinghoff (sic) & Davis." Drawings for the 1916 project are attached to City of Lincoln Building Permit #40042 of 1945 for conversion to apartments; those are inscribed, “George A. Berlinghof, Arch't.”
10. Thomas Lee Kaspar (1951-____), Architect, comp. Berlinghof & Davis drawings, in Inventory of architectural records in the archives of Davis Fenton Stange Darling, Architects, Lincoln, Nebraska. 1996. Nebraska State Historical Society, RG3748, Box 16.
11. City of Lincoln Building Permit (and application) #5984, Building & Safety Department, May 3, 1915. The owner is listed as Camille Davis, with Ellery Davis, Architect.
12. “Placing a Steel Frame in an Old Wall-Bearing Building,” Engineering News 76:17 (October 16, 1916): 778-79.
13. City of Lincoln Building Permit (and application) #3810, July 1, 1910, Building & Safety Dept. “Berlinghoff & Davis.”
14. City of Lincoln Building Permit (and application) #3899, October 8, 1910, Building & Safety Dept. “Berlinghof & Davis.”
15. City of Lincoln Building Permit (and application) #3906, October 21, 1910, Building & Safety Dept. “Berlinghoff.”
16. City of Lincoln Building Permit (and application) #3981, February 3, 1911, Building & Safety Dept. “Berlinghof & Davis.”
17. City of Lincoln Building Permit (and application) #3983, February 3, 1911, Building & Safety Dept. “Berlinghof & Davis.”
18. City of Lincoln Building Permit (and application) #4060, April 7, 1911, Building & Safety Dept. “Berlinghof & Davis.”
19. City of Lincoln Building Permit (and application) #4101, May 4, 1911, Building & Safety Dept. “Burlinghof (sic) & Davis.”
20. City of Lincoln Building Permit (and application) #4238, August 9, 1911, Building & Safety Dept. “Burlinghoff (sic) & Davis.”
21. City of Lincoln Building Permit (and application) #4965, April 7, 1913, Building & Safety Dept. “Berlinghof & Davis.”
22. City of Lincoln Building Permit (and application) #4966, April 7, 1913, and #5096, June 26, 1913, Building & Safety Dept. “Berlinghoff (sic) & Davis.”
23. City of Lincoln Building Permit (and application) #5000, April 3, 1913, Building & Safety Dept. “Berlinghoff ( sic) & Davis.”
24. City of Lincoln Building Permit (and application) #5001, April 3, 1913, Building & Safety Dept. “Berlinghoff (sic) & Davis.”
25. City of Lincoln Building Permit (and application) #5310, Nov. 17, 1913, Building & Safety Dept. “Berlinghof & Davis.”
26. City of Lincoln Building Permit (and application) #5354, January 9, 1914, Building & Safety Dept. “Berlinghof & Davis.”
27. City of Lincoln Building Permit (and application) #5687, July 24, 1914, Building & Safety Dept. “Berlinghof and Davis.”
28. City of Lincoln Building Permit (and application) #5725, September 4, 1914, Building & Safety Dept. “Berlinghof & Davis.”
29. City of Lincoln Building Permit (and application) #5752, October 6, 1914, Building & Safety Dept. “Burlinghoff (sic) & Davis.”
30. City of Lincoln Building Permit (and application) #5988, May 4, 1915, Building & Safety Dept. “Burlinghof (sic) and Davis.”
31. City of Lincoln Building Permit (and application) #6109, July 15, 1915, Building & Safety Dept. “Berlinghof & Davis,” “erect a ten Story office building.”
32. City of Lincoln Building Permit (and application) #6184, August 21, 1915, Building & Safety Dept. “George Berlinghoff (sic).”
33. City of Lincoln Building Permit (and application) #6271, October 6, 1915, Building & Safety Dept. “Berlinghof & Davis.”
34. City of Lincoln Building Permit (and application) #6454, March 23, 1916, Building & Safety Dept. “Berlinghof & Davis.”
35. City of Lincoln Building Permit (and application) #6632, June 13, 1916, Building & Safety Dept. “Berlinghof & Davis.”
36. City of Lincoln Building Permit (and application) #6647, June 19, 1916, Building & Safety Dept. “Berlinghoff (sic) & Davis.”
37. City of Lincoln Building Permit (and application) #6733, July 28, 1916, Building & Safety Dept. “Berlinghof & Davis.”
38. City of Lincoln Building Permit (and application) #7075, April 10, 1917, Building & Safety Dept. “Berlinghoff (sic) & Davis.” Last Berlinghof & Davis listing on a Lincoln building permit.
39. City of Lincoln Building Permit (and application) #3740, May 11, 1910, Building & Safety Dept.
40. “$10,000 Present for Park Building,” Sunday Lincoln Star (July 8, 1916): 7:1-5.
41. “The New Law Building on the University Campus,” Nebraska State Journal (December 31, 1911): 1B:2-6.
42. City of Lincoln Building Permit (and application) #5805, December 17, 1914, Building & Safety Dept.
43. City of Lincoln Building Permit (and application) #5737, September 26, 1914, Building & Safety Dept.
44. City of Lincoln Building Permit (and application) #5765, October 28, 1914, Building & Safety Dept.
45. T. E. Sedgwick, ed. York County Nebraska and Its People. Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1921, I:613-614.
46. “Yavapai County Courthouse,” http://www.arizonaguide.com/things-to-do/yavapai-county-courthouse-prescott-az Accessed January 14, 2013.
47. George A. Berlinghof Manuscript Collection, Nebraska State Historical Society, RG3134.AM.
48. Barbara Beving Long, “Howard County Courthouse,” National Register of Historic Places Registration Form. Lincoln: Nebraska State Historical Society, November 8, 1989. Online at: http://www.nebraskahistory.org/histpres/nebraska/howard/HW11-038_Howard_Cnty_Cthse.pdf
49. Barbara Beving Long, “Greeley County Courthouse,” National Register of Historic Places Registration Form. Lincoln: Nebraska State Historical Society, November 8, 1989. Online at: http://www.nebraskahistory.org/histpres/nebraska/greeley/GY02-002_Greeley_CntyCthse.pdf
50. “Specifications—Residence Building Mr. & Mrs. J. H. Yost, 25 & Franklin Sts. Lincoln, Nebr. Berlinghof & Davis, Architects,” typescript copy at Lincoln/Lancaster County Planning Dept.
51. George A. Berlinghof, Application for Registration to Practice Professional Engineering or Architecture, Nebraska State Board of Examiners for Professional Engineers and Architects, December 29, 1937. Nebraska State Historical Society RG081 SG2. “J. A. Yost, 1900 South 25th Street” listed as “Client.”
52. “New Scottish Rite Masonic Temple,” Sunday State Journal (February 25, 1917): 14A.
53. Davis and Wilson, Architects’ Roster Questionaire, 1946, The American Institute of Architects Archives, The AIA Historical Directory of American Architects, s.v. “Davis and Wilson,” (ahd4001335), http://www.aia.org/about/history/aiab082017 (http://communities.aia.org/sites/hdoaa/wiki/AIA%20scans/Rosters/DavisWilson_roster.pdf) Accessed January 20, 2013.
54. Kay Logan Peters, "Bancroft Hall," in An Architectural Tour of Historic UNL, University of Nebraska-Lincoln website: http://historicbuildings.unl.edu/building.php?b=23 Accessed January 30, 2013.
55. “Davis-Fenton-Stange-Darling Architects and Engineers: Architectural and Construction Documents,” Instrument of Donation, Davis Fenton Stange Darling Collection, Nebraska State Historical Society, RG3748, July 18, 1977.
56. City of Lincoln Building permit (and application) #7249, 1917, Building & Safety Department, listing $400,000 estimated cost, Architect “Berlinghof & Ellsworth.”
Page Citation
E. F. Zimmer and D. Murphy, “Berlinghof & Davis, Architects,” in David Murphy, Edward F. Zimmer, and Lynn Meyer, comps. Place Makers of Nebraska: The Architects. Lincoln: Nebraska State Historical Society, April 15, 2013. http://www.e-nebraskahistory.org/index.php?title=Place_Makers_of_Nebraska:_The_Architects Accessed, April 28, 2024.
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