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Ferdinand Fiske, Architect, Lincoln, Nebraska

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Fiske & Dieman was the Lincoln office of the Dieman & Fiske partnership that originated in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in 1900 and operated there until 1910. Its projects are listed under as Fiske & Dieman. The Lincoln office of the partnership, under F. C. Fiske, undertook numerous projects as Fiske & Dieman from 1902 until 1910, and the projects associated with that office of the partnerhship are listed below.

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, 1903-1910

Lineage of the Firm

1886: architect and partner, Goodwin & Fiske, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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

1900-1910: Dieman & Fiske, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

ca. 1903: Dieman & Meginnis, Architects, Lincoln, Nebraska.

1902-1910: Fiske & Dieman, Architects, Lincoln, Nebraska.

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

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

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

1925: Fiske, Meginnis & Schaumberg, Architects, Lincoln, Nebraska.

Other Associations

1914: employed Walter F. Wilson (1892-1970), Architect, as draftsman.

Buildings & Projects

Dated

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

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

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

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

McKibbon Block (1904), Adams, Nebraska.[14]

Edgar Burnett House (1904), 3256 Holdrege, Lincoln, Nebraska.[10] (LC13:E11-014) NRHP form and photos

Agricultural Hall of University of Nebraska (1904), Lincoln, Nebraska.[24][25][a] Fiske & Dieman

Nebraska Central Building & Loan Association Building (1905), 1409 O St, Lincoln, Nebraska.[8][9] (LC13:D08-043)

YWCA Building [now demolished] (ca. 1908), 1436 N St., Lincoln, Nebraska.[12]

Building for Minnesota Thrasher Machine Company [now demolished] (ca. 1908), 701-715 S St., Lincoln, Nebraska.[13]

F. M. Spalding house (ca. 1909), WS Sheridan Boulevard S of South St, Lincoln, Nebraska. [6]

Carnegie Science Building (1909-1911), Doane College, Crete, Nebraska.[11] (SA01-060)

Undated

F. A. Harris house (n.d.), York, Nebraska.[2]

George E. Sullivan house (n.d.), Milford, Nebraska.[3]

C. I. Jones house (n.d.), 18th & B Streets, Lincoln, Nebraska.[4]

YMCA Building (n.d.), York, Nebraska.[5]

Walter & Helen Nance Anderson house (n.d.), 2134 Euclid, Lincoln, Nebraska.[7]

Notes

a. Improvement Bulletin of April 23, 1904 mentioned the contractor for two buildings at the University of Nebraska, the physics building and "the agricultural building at the state farm," citing "Fiske, Dieman & McGinnis, architects." The same contractor built Brace Physics Laboratory on "City Campus" and Agriculture Hall on "East Campus" but the two buildings had different designer. Brace Hall was designed by Mendelssohn, Fisher & Lawrie of Omaha while Agriculture Hall is credited to Fiske & Dieman. The listing of the firm with "McGinnis" as a partner at that time also appears to be erroneous. Harry Meginnis was employed by Fiske & Dieman as a draftsman from about 1902-1909, but is not known to have been a partner until he and Fiske operated as a firm from 1915-1925.[15][16]

References

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

2. Lincoln Trade Review 1:15 (1902), 3. [2 story, $2,000]

3. Lincoln Trade Review 1:26 (1902), 3. [2 story, $3,800]

4. Lincoln Trade Review 1:35 (1903), 3. [$5,000, bids to be let]

5. Lincoln Trade Review 1:36 (1903), 3. [3 story, basement, brick bldg. w/stone trim, 45 x 120]

6. “Sheridan Place Home of F.M. Spalding,” Lincoln Sunday Morning (April 11, 1909), B8(illustration).

7. Nance-Anderson Collection, NSHS Museum 8767-3576. (blueprints & photographs, including construction views, [two story frame building, $2,500.00, not extant]).

8. Plans on file, Permits & Inspections, City of Lincoln, Nebraska.

9. M. W. Folsom Collection, Nebraska State Historical Society, ca.1920 interior photograph, front and rear views.

10. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

11. Janet Jeffries, Doane College Archives, email communication to D. Murphy and Ed Zimmer, December 22, 2010; and February 4, 2015, with attachments.

12. City of Lincoln, Building Permit No. 2415 (April 30, 1908).

13. City of Lincoln, Building Permit No. 2419 (May 1, 1908).

14. J. W. McKibbon Collection, Nebraska State Historical Society Archives, plans & specs.

15. Improvement Bulletin (April 23, 1904), 20.

16. Kay Logan Peters, University of Nebraska Libraries, "1904 Agricultural Hall," in "Tour East Campus," in "An Architectural Tour of Historic UNL," http://historicbuildings.unl.edu/building.php?b=42 Accessed January 20, 2017.

Page Citation

D. Murphy, “Fiske & Dieman, Architects,” 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, April 20, 2024.

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