Henry Loughry (1852- ), Architect
Henry Loughry was born on January 2, 1852 in Strabana, County Tyron, Ireland, where he was well educated. He immigrated to the United States in December of 1867. He settled in Maryland for about four years, practicing his trade, and then moved to Chicago for one building season, after which he moved to Grinnell, Iowa, where he took a scientific course for five terms at Iowa College. He then took one term of a scientific course at Adrian College in Michigan, moving to Findlay Ohio upon completion of the course. In the fall of 1876, Loughry came to Lincoln, and taught school for about three months, then began business as an architect and contractor, studying geometry and perspective drawing at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln during the winters.[1] He was listed as a carpenter in Lincoln in the U.S. Census of 1880.[7]
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
Educational & Professional Associations
Buildings & Projects
Bid to build Saline County Courthouse (1878), Crete, Nebraska.[2]
Two-story workshop (1881-1882), 15th & O Streets, Lincoln, Nebraska.[4][5]
"The Full two story house...just furnished [finished?] by Henry Loughry, was sold...to Sam McClay for $1,700..." (1882), "on P street, between Fourteen and Fifteenth," Lincoln, Nebraska.[6]
Notes
a. "Henry Loughry, Lincoln" bid $17,000. Matter was laid over.[2]
References
1. A. T. Andreas, History of the State of Nebraska (1882), 1071.
2. "County Commissioners" (bids for erection of Saline County courthouse), Wilber (Nebraska) Record (December 14, 1878), 4.
3. "Henry Loughry, Architect and Builder. Designs for Public and Private Buildings a Specialty," (advertisement), (Lincoln) Nebraska State Journal (March 2, 1879), 1.
4. "Henry Loughry, the contractor, is putting up a two story work shop on the corner of O and Fifteen streets, one one of the Richards lots." (Lincoln) Nebraska State Journal (September 20, 1881), 4.
5. "The Year 1881. Buildings and Improvements Continued from Yesterday...Henry Loughry, cor O and 15th, 2-story dwelling and shop (unfinished), $650." The Daily News (Lincoln, Nebraska) (January 3, 1882), 4.
6. "Notice....The full two story house...," (Lincoln) Nebraska State Journal (June 18, 1882), 4.
7. Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census, s.v. "Henry Loughry," [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010.
Page Citation
D. Murphy & E. F. Zimmer, “Henry Loughry (1852- ), Architect,” in David Murphy, Edward F. Zimmer, and Lynn Meyer, comps. Place Makers of Nebraska: The Architects. Lincoln: Nebraska State Historical Society, April 16, 2024. http://www.e-nebraskahistory.org/index.php?title=Place_Makers_of_Nebraska:_The_Architects Accessed, May 23, 2024.
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