Hugh Montgomery McClure (1855-1964), Architect

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Kearney, Nebraska, 1909-1945


Hugh Montgomery McClure was born on August 27, 1889 in Bladen, Nebraska. He worked as a architect in and around Kearney, Nebraska for much of his life.[2] He produced many public buildings for Kearney and nearby cities, including school buildings, courthouses, and swimming pools. He died in March 1964 in Illinois.[4]

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

Kearney, Nebraska, 1938-1941, 1943, 1945

Educational & Professional Associations

1909: listed, no occupation, Kearney, Nebraska.[a]

1913-1914: architect & partner, Larimer & McClure, Architects, Kearney, Nebraska.

1915-1921: no directories.

1922-1931: manager, McClure & Company, Architects, Kearney, Nebraska.

1937-1938: architect & partner, McClure & Walker, Architects, Kearney, Nebraska.[b]

1938: Registered Professional Architect, Nebraska, A-37; January 25, 1938.[1]

Buildings & Projects

Halsey Public School (1937), Halsey, Nebraska.[3] (TM01-018)

Notes

a. First Kearney directory listing, 1909. No Kearney directories, 1892-1908.

b. Last Kearney directory listing, 1938. No Kearney directories, 1939-1946.

References

1. “Professional license results for Hugh M. McClure,” State of Nebraska Board of Engineers and Architects website, accessed December 17, 2013, http://www.ea.ne.gov/search/search.php?page=details&lic=A37

2. Ancestry.com http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nebuffal/whoswho/whoswhok.htm Accessed November 9, 2016.

3. “Halsey Dedicates New Modern School Building,” Blaine County Booster (October 7, 1937), 1:3. [from NeHBS files, Jill Dolberg email to D. Murphy, November 24, 2008] (article uses name A.C. McClure: thought to be a mistake)

4. "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V94G-J35 : 20 May 2014), Hugh Mcclure, Mar 1964; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

Page Citation

D. Murphy, “Hugh Montgomery McClure (1855-1964), Architect,” in David Murphy, Edward F. Zimmer, and Lynn Meyer, comps. Place Makers of Nebraska: The Architects. Lincoln: Nebraska State Historical Society, February 24, 2015. http://www.e-nebraskahistory.org/index.php?title=Place_Makers_of_Nebraska:_The_Architects Accessed, March 29, 2024.


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