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Lincoln, Nebraska, 1873-1880


John Bostater was born in Pennsylvania on June 24, 1815 to Agnes Gantz and John Bostater.[4][5] He married Maria Custer in 1836, who died in 1839. He later married Mary Cameron in 1841, with whom he had six children. They lived in Ohio for awhile, until the late 1850s, when Bostater moved to Dubuque, Iowa. [1] In 1857, he and architect Jacob Fonts were contracted to build a new customs house, post office, and courthouse in Dubuque. [3] He was an architect in Dubuque for many years, as well as a partner in the firm Bostater & Gorball, in Lincoln, Nebraska in the 1870s. In 1880, he moved to Chicago to live with family.[1] He continued working in Chicago, and in 1881 he submitted plans for the new capitol in Washington, D.C.. [2] Bostater died in Chicago on January 16, 1906. [4]

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, 1873-1874, 1879-1880

Educational & Professional Associations

1858: Architect, Dubuque, Iowa

1876: partner, Bostater & Gorball, Lincoln, Nebraska

1880: Architect, Chicago, Illinois

Buildings & Projects

Customs House (ca. 1858), Dubuque, Iowa. [3][a]

Post Office (ca. 1858), Dubuque, Iowa. [3][a]

Courthouse (ca. 1858), Dubuque, Iowa. [3][a]

Plans for new Capitol Building (ca. 1882), Washington, D.C. [2]

Notes

a. These buildings were done in partnership with Jacob Fonts, Architect.

References

1. “Message Boards>Surnames>Bostetter-Postetter>Bostater” Ancestry.com Accessed March 20, 2018 via https://www.ancestry.ie/boards/surnames.bostetter-postetter/1.5/mb.ashx

2. Nebraska Legislature House of Representatives, House Journal Vol. 16 (1881).

3. “Treasury Department” The Washington Union (Washington, District of Columbia: March 19, 1857), 3.

4. “John Bostater” FindAGrave.com Accessed March 20, 2018 via https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/73658195/john-bostater

5. “Message Boards>Surnames>Bostetter-Postetter>Bostater>Re:Bostater” Ancestry.com Accessed March 20, 2018 via https://www.ancestry.ie/boards/surnames.bostetter-postetter/1.5.1/mb.ashx

Page Citation

D. Murphy & Catherine Cramer, “John Bostater (1815-1906), Architect,” in David Murphy, Edward F. Zimmer, and Lynn Meyer, comps. Place Makers of Nebraska: The Architects. Lincoln: Nebraska State Historical Society, March 22, 2018. http://www.e-nebraskahistory.org/index.php?title=Place_Makers_of_Nebraska:_The_Architects Accessed, March 28, 2024.


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