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Revision as of 11:29, 23 January 2018

St. Joseph, Missouri, 1870-1934

Edmond Jacques Eckel (1845-1934), F.A.I.A.[a]

Edmond Jacques Eckel was born in France in 1845.[1][2] While in France, Eckel was apprenticed to several French architects, studying for four years at the Ecole des Beaux Arts.[1] Around 1870, Eckel traveled to America, settling in St. Joseph, Missouri and commencing a very productive career in architecture.[1][2] In 1873, Eckel spent a season in Lincoln, Nebraska superintending construction of an opera house and operating an architectural partnership as Eckel & Meier. From about 1880 to 1892, Eckel was in partnership with George R. Mann as Eckel & Mann. In 1910 he established a long-standing architectural firm in Saint Joseph, Missouri with his George R. Eckel and William S. Aldrich as Eckel & Aldrich, Architects [6]. Edmond Eckel died in 1934.[1][2]

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

Educational & Professional Associations

1873: Hallo & Meier, architects, Lincoln, Nebraska.

ca. 1880-1892: Eckel & Mann, Architects, Saint Joseph, Missouri.

1910-1934: Eckel & Aldrich, Saint Joseph, Missouri.[c]

Buildings & Projects

Dated

Hallo's Opera House (1873), SW corner of 12th & O, Lincoln, Nebraska.[5][b]

Eckel & Meier, Architects, 1873, Lincoln

While Eckel was in Lincoln superintending the constructin of Hallo's Opera House, he advertised repeatedly as "Eckel & Meier, Architects and Superintendents." Meier was listed as Alfred Meier. No additional projects by this partnership have been identified.[7]

Eckel & Mann, Architects, 1880-1892, Saint Joseph, Missouri

The Omaha-area work of the partnership Eckel & Mann is detailed on their separate page.

Undated

Notes

a. Eckel's name is spelled in various sources as Edmond or Edmund and Jacques or Jaques. The spelling selected for this page is from his death certificate and from his gravestone in Mount Mora Cemetery in St. Joseph, Missouri.[3][4]

b. A note in Nebraska State Journal in March of 1873 reported: "Edmund Eckel, Architect. The gentleman who is the architect and superintendent of the Opera House building being constructed by H. Hallo, will remain in Lincoln during the summer, and can be seen at the store of H. Hallo, corner of O and 11 streets."[5]

c. The architectural firm of Eckel & Aldrich continues today (2018) in Saint Joseph, Missouri as Brunner and Brunner, Architects and Engineers.

References

1. Henry Futhey & Elise Rathburn Witney, Biographical Dictionary of American Architects (Los Angeles: Hennessey & Ingalls, Inc., 1970).

2. St. Joseph, Missouri city directories; and Wikipedia contributors, "Edmond Jacques Eckel," Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Accessed online on January 23, 2018 at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmond_Jacques_Eckel

3. "Edmond Jacques Eckel," Certificate of Death on December 12, 1934, Missouri State Board of Health Accessed online on January 23, 2018, at https://www.sos.mo.gov/images/archives/deathcerts/1934/1934_00043294.PDF

4. "Edmond Jacques Eckel," Find A Grave. Accessed online on January 23, 2018, at https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/64571459/edmond-jacques-eckel

5. "Edmund Eckel, Architect," (Lincoln) Nebraska State Journal (March 16, 1873), 4.

6. "Preliminary Inventory K0258 (KA0355) Edmond Jacques Eckel (1845-1934) Papers," State Historical Society of Missouri Research Center-Kansas City. Accessed online on January 23, 2018 at https://shsmo.org/manuscripts/kansascity/k0258.pdf

7. Advertisements for "Eckel & Meier" in (Lincoln) Nebraska State Journal from March 16, 1873 to July 29, 1873.

Page Citation

E. F. Zimmer, “Edmond Jacques Eckel (1845-1934), Architect,” in David Murphy, Edward F. Zimmer, and Lynn Meyer, comps. Place Makers of Nebraska: The Architects. Lincoln: Nebraska State Historical Society, January 23, 2018. http://www.e-nebraskahistory.org/index.php?title=Place_Makers_of_Nebraska:_The_Architects Accessed, March 28, 2024.


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