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Charles Dieman was born in Wisconsin around 1872 to Charles Diemann, a Prussian-born carpenter. The family was in Milwaukee at the time of the 1880 U. S. Federal Census.  By the time of the 1900 U. S. Federal Census, Charles and his wife Mabel were residing in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where Charles had been advertising as an architect at least since 1898.[[#References|[6]]]  Mabel Dieman died in Cedar Rapids in 1914.[[#References|[8]]]   
 
Charles Dieman was born in Wisconsin around 1872 to Charles Diemann, a Prussian-born carpenter. The family was in Milwaukee at the time of the 1880 U. S. Federal Census.  By the time of the 1900 U. S. Federal Census, Charles and his wife Mabel were residing in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where Charles had been advertising as an architect at least since 1898.[[#References|[6]]]  Mabel Dieman died in Cedar Rapids in 1914.[[#References|[8]]]   
  
Fiske initially also practiced independently in Cedar Rapids.[[#References|[7]]]  The architects were practicing together as Dieman and Fiske in Cedar Rapids as early as 1900. The partnership continued when Fiske moved back to Lincoln around 1902, with the Iowa office referred to as Dieman & Fiske and Nebraska commissions carried out under the name Fiske & Dieman.  
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Fiske initially also practiced independently in Cedar Rapids.[[#References|[7]]]  The architects began practicing together as Dieman and Fiske in Cedar Rapids early in 1900.[[#References|[19]]][[#Notes|[g]]]  The partnership continued when Fiske moved back to Lincoln around 1902, with the Iowa office referred to as Dieman & Fiske and Nebraska commissions carried out under the name Fiske & Dieman.  
  
 
After the partnership dissolved, Charles A. Dieman operated as C. A. Dieman & Co. in Cedar Rapids until 1922, when he closed that firm and moved to Denver, forming the firm Gardner-Perry-Dieman.[[#References|[4]]][[#Notes|[b]]] His second wife, Clara Barth Leonard Sorensen Dieman (1877-1959) was a noted artist, sculptor, and educator.[[#References|[5]]][[#Notes|[c]]]
 
After the partnership dissolved, Charles A. Dieman operated as C. A. Dieman & Co. in Cedar Rapids until 1922, when he closed that firm and moved to Denver, forming the firm Gardner-Perry-Dieman.[[#References|[4]]][[#Notes|[b]]] His second wife, Clara Barth Leonard Sorensen Dieman (1877-1959) was a noted artist, sculptor, and educator.[[#References|[5]]][[#Notes|[c]]]
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===1898-1900 (independent projects by Dieman preceding partnership)===
 
===1898-1900 (independent projects by Dieman preceding partnership)===
  
Project for Auditorium (1899), Cedar Rapids, Iowa.[[#References|[9]]]
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Project for Auditorium (1899), Cedar Rapids, Iowa.[[#References|[9][18]]][[#Notes|f]]]
  
 
===1900-1910 (partnership projects)===
 
===1900-1910 (partnership projects)===
  
Hotel Columbia (1900), Grundy Center, Iowa.[[#References|[11]]]
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Hotel Columbia (1900), Grundy Center, Iowa.[[#References|[11]]] Dieman & Fiske
  
Jim Block (1900-1901), Cedar Rapids, Iowa.[[#References|[10]]]
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J. H. Schindel frame house (1900), Cedar Rapids, Iowa.[[#References|[20]]] Dieman & Fiske
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Jas. L. Brown brick house (1900), Cedar Rapids, Iowa.[[#References|[20]]] Dieman & Fiske
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Jim Block (1900-1901), Cedar Rapids, Iowa.[[#References|[10]]] Dieman & Fiske
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Joseph Simon frame house (1901), Cedar Rapids, Iowa.[[#References|[22]]] Dieman & Fiske
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York College Conservatory of Music (1902), York, Nebraska.[[#References|[2][21]]] Dieman & Fiske
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Two houses for W. O. Johnson (1902), Cedar Rapids, Iowa.[[#References|[23]]]
  
 
C. I. Jones house (ca. 1902), 17th & B, Lincoln, Nebraska.[[#References|[1]]]  (2s fr, $5,000)
 
C. I. Jones house (ca. 1902), 17th & B, Lincoln, Nebraska.[[#References|[1]]]  (2s fr, $5,000)
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W. R. Kimball house (ca. 1902), Lincoln, Nebraska.[[#References|[1]]] (2s fr., $4,600)
 
W. R. Kimball house (ca. 1902), Lincoln, Nebraska.[[#References|[1]]] (2s fr., $4,600)
 
York College Conservatory of Music (ca. 1902), York, Nebraska.[[#References|[2]]]
 
  
 
Marion Carnegie Library (1904-1905), Marion, Iowa.[[#References|[3]]][[#Notes|[a]]]
 
Marion Carnegie Library (1904-1905), Marion, Iowa.[[#References|[3]]][[#Notes|[a]]]
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e. Six years after "Maple Lodge," the Ziemer House, was built, ''Sunday State Journal'' published a photo and two floor plans of the house, with a credit line "Fiske & Meginnis, Architects, Lincoln, Neb."  It was one of a series of designs published in that newspaper in 1915, all credited to the then-current Fiske partnership, although some of the designs were constructed as early as 1902.[[#References|[16]]]
 
e. Six years after "Maple Lodge," the Ziemer House, was built, ''Sunday State Journal'' published a photo and two floor plans of the house, with a credit line "Fiske & Meginnis, Architects, Lincoln, Neb."  It was one of a series of designs published in that newspaper in 1915, all credited to the then-current Fiske partnership, although some of the designs were constructed as early as 1902.[[#References|[16]]]
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f. ''Improvement Bulletin'' credited the Cedar Rapids Auditorium to Dieman and described it on June 24, 1899 as "It will be 96x136, stone and brick front, plaster disdes, gravel roof, hard plaster, steam heat, yellow pine flooring and finish, electric light, iron stairs, metal or wire lath, plumbing, etc. Cost  $20,000.  Contract to be let in September."  On August 12, 1899, that magazine published a perspective of "PROPOSED AUDITORIUM AT CEDAR RAPIDS, IA."[[#REFERENCES|[18]]] The ''Cedar Rapids Republican'' published the same perspective in March of that year, with a long "booster" article urging residents to purchase shares in the endeavor, noting the foundation and cornerstone had already been laid.[[#References|[9]]] Historic postcards of the Cedar Rapids Auditorium show the date of 1899 on the cornice and three arched central entries of Dieman's design, but a single central tower rather than twin corner towers of the published perspective.
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g. ''Improvement Bulletin'' announced on February 17, 1900 "Fine new quarters have been fitted up in the Granby block, Cedar Rapids, Ia., for the new architectural firm formed by C. A. Dieman and F. C. Fiske."[[#References|[19]]]
  
 
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17. City of Lincoln Building Permit #986, issued May 23, 1906, estimated cost $35,000, with associated drawings inscribed "Apartment Building for A. J. Sawyer, Esq." and "Fiske & Dieman, Architects, Lincoln, Neb."
 
17. City of Lincoln Building Permit #986, issued May 23, 1906, estimated cost $35,000, with associated drawings inscribed "Apartment Building for A. J. Sawyer, Esq." and "Fiske & Dieman, Architects, Lincoln, Neb."
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18. ''Improvement Bulletin'' (June 24, 1899), 14; (August 12, 1899), 21.
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19. ''Improvement Bulletin'' (February 17, 1900), 14.
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20. ''Improvement Bulletin'' (March 10, 1900), 18.
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21. ''Improvement Bulletin'' (September 6, 1902), 21.
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22. ''Improvement Bulletin'' (February 2, 1901), 30.
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23. ''Improvement Bulletin'' (November 1, 1901), 22.
  
 
==Page Citation==  
 
==Page Citation==  

Revision as of 18:37, 20 January 2017

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 1898-1910; Lincoln, Nebraska, 1902-1910

Partners:

Charles A. Dieman, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Ferdinand Comstock Fiske, Cedar Rapids, Iowa (1898-1902); Lincoln, Nebraska (1902-1910)

Dieman & Fiske was one in a series of partnership involving Lincoln architect Ferdinand Comstock Fiske. This partnership began in Cedar Rapids, Iowa in 1900 but expanded around 1902 to also operate a Lincoln office as Fiske & Dieman.

Charles Dieman was born in Wisconsin around 1872 to Charles Diemann, a Prussian-born carpenter. The family was in Milwaukee at the time of the 1880 U. S. Federal Census. By the time of the 1900 U. S. Federal Census, Charles and his wife Mabel were residing in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where Charles had been advertising as an architect at least since 1898.[6] Mabel Dieman died in Cedar Rapids in 1914.[8]

Fiske initially also practiced independently in Cedar Rapids.[7] The architects began practicing together as Dieman and Fiske in Cedar Rapids early in 1900.[19][g] The partnership continued when Fiske moved back to Lincoln around 1902, with the Iowa office referred to as Dieman & Fiske and Nebraska commissions carried out under the name Fiske & Dieman.

After the partnership dissolved, Charles A. Dieman operated as C. A. Dieman & Co. in Cedar Rapids until 1922, when he closed that firm and moved to Denver, forming the firm Gardner-Perry-Dieman.[4][b] His second wife, Clara Barth Leonard Sorensen Dieman (1877-1959) was a noted artist, sculptor, and educator.[5][c]

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.

Compiled Nebraska Directory Listings

Lincoln, Nebraska, 1902-1910

Lineage of the Firm

Dieman & Fiske, Architects, Lincoln, Nebraska

Fiske & Dieman, Architects, Lincoln, Nebraska

Fiske, Dieman & Meginnis, Architects, Lincoln, Nebraska

Buildings & Projects

1898-1900 (independent projects by Dieman preceding partnership)

Project for Auditorium (1899), Cedar Rapids, Iowa.[9][18]f]

1900-1910 (partnership projects)

Hotel Columbia (1900), Grundy Center, Iowa.[11] Dieman & Fiske

J. H. Schindel frame house (1900), Cedar Rapids, Iowa.[20] Dieman & Fiske

Jas. L. Brown brick house (1900), Cedar Rapids, Iowa.[20] Dieman & Fiske

Jim Block (1900-1901), Cedar Rapids, Iowa.[10] Dieman & Fiske

Joseph Simon frame house (1901), Cedar Rapids, Iowa.[22] Dieman & Fiske

York College Conservatory of Music (1902), York, Nebraska.[2][21] Dieman & Fiske

Two houses for W. O. Johnson (1902), Cedar Rapids, Iowa.[23]

C. I. Jones house (ca. 1902), 17th & B, Lincoln, Nebraska.[1] (2s fr, $5,000)

F. B. Bobinson house (ca. 1902), Lincoln, Nebraska.[1] (2s fr., $2,000)

Prof. Brace house (ca. 1902), Lincoln, Nebraska.[1] (2s fr., $4,000)

Kirke house (ca. 1902), Mason City, Iowa.[1] (4s br. flat, $55,000)

W. R. Kimball house (ca. 1902), Lincoln, Nebraska.[1] (2s fr., $4,600)

Marion Carnegie Library (1904-1905), Marion, Iowa.[3][a]

Orlo Flats (1906), 505-511 S 14th, Lincoln, Nebraska.[12][17][d] (LC13:C08-023)

F.A. Saffold/C.D. Traphagan House (1908), 1908 C, Lincoln, Nebraska.[13] (LC13:D07-0511)

Frank M. Spalding House (1909), 2221 Sheridan Blvd, Lincoln, Nebraska.(LC13:D05-463) See National Register narrative.

Ferdinand C. Fiske House (1909), 1600 S. 21st, Lincoln, Nebraska.[14] (LC13:D06-0667)

Arthur C. Ziemer House (1909-1910), 2030 Euclid, Lincoln, Nebraska.[15][16][d] (LC13:D06-0002) See National Register narrative.

Undated

Notes

a. Marion is near the Cedar Rapids, one of the offices of the firm.

b. American Architect [and] Architectural Review (1922) reported "Charles A. Dieman, one of the pioneer architects in Iowa, has closed the business of C. A. Dieman and Company, in Cedar Rapids, and has gone to Denver, Col., where he has become affiliated with the firm of Gardner-Perry-Dieman. Mr. Gardner was at one time associated with Mr. Dieman in Cedar Rapids."[4]

c. Dieman's wife Clara "specialized in coordinating sculpture with building design...In Colorado she designed the exterior sculpture at the Colorado Business Bank that included the lobby coin ceiling and the terracotta tiles flanking the bronze entry doors. She also created the eagle forming the keystone above the entrance, as well as the decorative heads with images of people, birds and flowers for the two-story scagliola-finished metal quatrefoil columns circling the bank lobby."[5

d. In 1906, Lincoln Evening News reported a number of projects by "Fiske [sic] and Dieman" including the Orlo Apartments, listing the estimated cost at $45,000 and stating: "The walls are now being laid for the A. J. Sawyer apartment house at Fourteenth and K street."[12] Six drawings are filed with the building permit for this structure--four elevations and two plans.[17] Located at the southwest corner of 14th and K Streets opposite the State Capitol Grounds, the Orlo was demolished in 1981.

e. Six years after "Maple Lodge," the Ziemer House, was built, Sunday State Journal published a photo and two floor plans of the house, with a credit line "Fiske & Meginnis, Architects, Lincoln, Neb." It was one of a series of designs published in that newspaper in 1915, all credited to the then-current Fiske partnership, although some of the designs were constructed as early as 1902.[16]

f. Improvement Bulletin credited the Cedar Rapids Auditorium to Dieman and described it on June 24, 1899 as "It will be 96x136, stone and brick front, plaster disdes, gravel roof, hard plaster, steam heat, yellow pine flooring and finish, electric light, iron stairs, metal or wire lath, plumbing, etc. Cost $20,000. Contract to be let in September." On August 12, 1899, that magazine published a perspective of "PROPOSED AUDITORIUM AT CEDAR RAPIDS, IA."[18] The Cedar Rapids Republican published the same perspective in March of that year, with a long "booster" article urging residents to purchase shares in the endeavor, noting the foundation and cornerstone had already been laid.[9] Historic postcards of the Cedar Rapids Auditorium show the date of 1899 on the cornice and three arched central entries of Dieman's design, but a single central tower rather than twin corner towers of the published perspective.

g. Improvement Bulletin announced on February 17, 1900 "Fine new quarters have been fitted up in the Granby block, Cedar Rapids, Ia., for the new architectural firm formed by C. A. Dieman and F. C. Fiske."[19]

References

1. Lincoln Trade Review 1:11 (1902), 4.

2. Lincoln Trade Review 1:13 (1902), 8. (2 story w/basement, 36x80, brick and stone).

3. An Architectural and Historical Survey of Public Libraries in Iowa, 1870-1940 MS (Iowa State Historic Preservation Office, 1980).

4. American Architect--Architectural Review (September 27,1922) v.122:1, 12.

5. Stan Cuba, The Denver Artists Guild, University Press of Colorado, 2015.

6. "Chas. A. Dieman, Architect," Cedar Rapids Republican (July 10, 1898), 7.

7. Improvement Bulletin (May 28, 1898), XVII:25, 16, listing Fiske's commission for three houses in Iowa.

8. "Mrs. Dieman Dies After Long Illness: Wife of Well Known Architect Passes Early Saturday Morning," Cedar Rapids Republican (November 22, 1914), 3.

9. "Design for Auditorium, Cedar Rapids, Ia. Chas. A. Dieman, Architect," Cedar Rapids Republican (March 26, 1899), 9.

10. "Prospectus of the Jim Block," Cedar Rapids Republican (December 1, 1900), 13.

11. Improvement Bulletin (June 2, 1900), 22:1, 24.

12. "Some Fine Buildings Going Up or Planned," Lincoln Evening News (July 24, 1906), 3.

13. City of Lincoln Building Permit #2687, issued September 28, 1908, estimated cost $5,000.

14. City of Lincoln Building Permit #2840, issued January 12, 1909, estimated cost $3,000.

15. City of Lincoln Building Permit #3486, issued November 15, 1909, estimated cost $20,000.

16. "Twentieth and Euclid avenue--Residence of Mrs. Julia Ziemer," (Lincoln, Nebraska) Sunday State Journal (May 28, 1915).

17. City of Lincoln Building Permit #986, issued May 23, 1906, estimated cost $35,000, with associated drawings inscribed "Apartment Building for A. J. Sawyer, Esq." and "Fiske & Dieman, Architects, Lincoln, Neb."

18. Improvement Bulletin (June 24, 1899), 14; (August 12, 1899), 21.

19. Improvement Bulletin (February 17, 1900), 14.

20. Improvement Bulletin (March 10, 1900), 18.

21. Improvement Bulletin (September 6, 1902), 21.

22. Improvement Bulletin (February 2, 1901), 30.

23. Improvement Bulletin (November 1, 1901), 22.

Page Citation

E. F. Zimmer and D. Murphy, “Dieman & Fiske, Architects,” in David Murphy, Edward F. Zimmer, and Lynn Meyer, comps. Place Makers of Nebraska: The Architects. Lincoln: Nebraska State Historical Society, January 16, 2017. http://www.e-nebraskahistory.org/index.php?title=Place_Makers_of_Nebraska:_The_Architects Accessed, March 28, 2024.


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