John Latenser & Sons, Architects
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John Latenser & Sons was a prominent architectural firm that practiced in Omaha with John Latenser and his sons John, Jr. and Frank as the partners. The firm became incorporated in 1934.
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
Omaha, Nebraska, 1915-1918, 1920-1921, 1923, 1925-1926, 1928-1929, 1931, 1932-1940, 1941-1942, 1945-1947, 1953-1956, 1962-1975
Educational & Professional Associations
Genealogy of John Latenser's Sons
1. John L. Latenser (1858-1936), Architect (Latenser, and Latenser & Sons)
- 2. John Latenser, Jr. (1888-1978), Architect and Engineer (Latenser & Sons)
- 3. John F. Latenser, MD
- 3. William Banks Latenser (1926-____), Architect (Latenser & Sons, and Latenser & Assoc)
- 4. William B. Latenser, Jr., Architect
- 4. Robert L. Latenser
- 4. Paul M. Latenser, Architect
- 2. Frank J. Latenser (1890-1973), Architect (Latenser & Sons)
- 3. James Seymour Latenser, Engineer (Latenser & Sons, and later of Spokane)
- 3. Frank Nestor “Nes” Latenser, Engineer (Latenser & Sons)
- 2. George Latenser, Architect
Other Associations
1924-1925: employed Knox F. Burnett.
1937-1966: employed Herbert C. Fraenkel, draftsman (1937-1945) and architect (1946-1966).
1941-1946: employed Richard (Sam) Freeman, draftsman.
1945: employed Jack Comp Jackson, architect and engineer.
1946-1947: employed George Clyde Money.
1946-1947: employed Alex Weinstein.
1950-1969: employed John Joseph Tewhill, Jr., draftsman (1950-1954) and architect (1955-1969).
1951-1954: employed Donald Henry Korff, architect.
1953-1959: employed Mozeal A. Dillon, draftsman (1953-1957) and architect (1958-1959).
1954-1956: employed Ira Carrithers, Jr., draftsman.
1956-1962: employed John Henry Rump, engineer.
1969-1973: employed Gale Q. Whitney.
1974-1977: employed Frederick Henry Kalvelage, Jr., draftsman.
Buildings & Projects
Dated
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. Building (1915), 2566 Farnam Sat., Omaha, Nebraska.[8] (DO09:0209-016)
Rialto Theatre (1917), 121 S 15th St, Omaha, Nebraska.[6:48][8] (DO09:0123-004)
Omaha Athletic Club (1917), 1714 Douglas, Omaha, Nebraska.[5][6:117][8] (DO09:0124-004)
Mercantile Storage & Warehouse Company (ca. 1917-1920), 701-11 s. 11th/1013-1023 Jones St, Omaha, Nebraska.[7][8] (DO09:0121-033)
Additions to Douglas County Courthouse (1920), 1701 Farnam, Omaha, Nebraska.[7] (DO09:0124-015) NRHP form and photos
Add'n to Paxton & Gallagher Whse (1920), 1007-11 Jones, Omaha, Nebraska, DO09:1-49
Omaha Crockery Company Bldg./Baker-Corey- (1920), 1122 harney St., Omaha, Nebraska.[8] (DO09:0123-094)
West Point Public High School (1922), west side Colfax between Park &, West Point, Nebraska. (CM05-010)
Minnie Lusa Elementary School (1922), 2630 Ida St., Omaha, Nebraska.[8][10] (DO09:0245-003)
Building (1922), 5227 S. 20th St., Omaha, Nebraska.[8]
North High School (1922-1924), 4410 N. 36th St./4323 N. 37th St, Omaha, Nebraska.[8][10] (DO09:0341-002)
Kimball Laundry (1923), 1502 Jones St., Omaha, Nebraska.[8] (DO09:0121-067)
St Peters Church of Omaha (1924), 2706 Leavenworth, Omaha, Nebraska.[6:141][8] (DO09:0207-024)
South High School (1925), 4519 S. 24th St., Omaha, Nebraska.[8] (DO09:0100-027)
Union State Bank-Service Life Insurance Bldg (1926), 1904 Farnam, Omaha, Nebraska.[6:121][8] (DO09:0124-033)
Omaha Bee-News Building (1927), 1703 Jackson St., Omaha, Nebraska.[8] (DO09:0122-006)
Sam El Gilinsky Bldg (1928), 1009 Howard, Omaha, Nebraska.[6:134]
Arrow Hotel, Broken Bow, Custer Company (CU - ) (1928, 1931) sote & tax file
Harrison Elementary School (1930), 5304 Hamilton St., Omaha, Nebraska.[8] (DO09:0440-003)
Commercial Building (1930), 617 S. 20th St., Omaha, Nebraska.[8] (DO09:0122-045)
House (1933), 5311 Nicholas St., Omaha, Nebraska.[8] (DO09:0438-190)
House (1934), 669 N. 57th St., Omaha, Nebraska.[8] (DO09:0436-026)
Holt County Courthouse (1935), O’Neill, Nebraska.[11:100]
Dawes County Courthouse (1935-1937), Northeast corner 4th & Main, Chadron, Nebraska.[7] (DW03-081)
Holt County Courthouse (1936-1937), east side 4th between Benton & C, Oneill, Nebraska.[7] (HT13-053) NRHP form and photos
State of Nebraska Tuberculosis Hospital, Men’s Bldg. (1938), U.S. Hwy 30, Kearney, Nebraska. [9]
State of Nebraska tuberculosis Hospital, Admin. Bldg. (1938), U.S. Hwy 30, Kearney, Nebraska.[9]
UNO Administration Building (1940), 6115 Dodge St., Omaha, Nebraska. (DO09:0543-004)
Douglas County Hospital (1941), 4102 Woolworth Ave, Omaha, Nebraska.[6:184]
McFayden Ford Bldg (1944), 502 S 20th, Omaha, Nebraska.[6:51][8] (DO09:0122-033)
Morton Motor Company Building (1945), 3301 or? 3141-55 Farnam St., Omaha, Nebraska.[8] (DO09:0210-028)
Miller Knuth Garage (1946), 1724 Howard St., Omaha, Nebraska.[8] (DO09:0122-020)
Dr. A.B. Pittman Animal Hospital (1948), 4629 Dodge, Omaha, Nebraska.[6:115][8] (DO09:0320-001)
Furnas County Courthouse (1949), block between R & S, 9th & 10th, Beaver City, Nebraska. (FN02-038)
Addn. (1950), St Elizabeth Hospital, 1145 South, Lincoln, Nebraska.[9]
Northern Natural Gas Company Bldg/Internorth Bldg (1950), 2223 Dodge, Omaha, Nebraska.[6:114][8] (DO09:0124-027)
Cherry County Courthouse Annex (1954), Valentine, Nebraska.[11:105]
School of Nursing Addn. (1960), St Elizabeth Hospital, South St., Lincoln, Nebraska.[9]
Undated
Frank Latenser house, rural Douglas Co., Nebraska. DO00-1
Law & Dental Bldgs., Creighton Univ., (purportedly).
State Medical School Hospital, Omaha, Nebraska.[3]
Clearview, home for indigent, Douglas Co., Nebraska.[2]
Notes
References
1. Listed as architects for Clearview, New Douglas County home for the indigent, in Omaha World Herald (May 31, 1931), 8-D.
2. "Hotel Sanford, 20th & Farnam, Opened Yesterday by Conant Hotel Co.," in Omaha [Morning Edition] World Herald (January 21, 1917), 8N:1 (illus).
3. Omaha World Herald (December 10, 1916), 4:3 (photo of State Medical School Hospital).
4. Omaha City Building Permit #600, May 14, 1909, $1,000,000.
5. Omaha World Herald (January 21, 1917).
6. Landmarks, Inc., An Inventory of Historic Omaha Buildings (Omaha: Landmarks Heritage Presrvation Commission, 1980).
7. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
8. City of Omaha Planning Department, Landmarks Heritage Preservation Commission, Database, Query on Architects, May 20, 2002; courtesy of Lynn Meyer, Preservation Planner.
9. Thomas Lee Kaspar (1951-____), Architect, comp. Inventory of architectural records in the archives of Davis Fenton Stange Darling, Architects, Lincoln, Nebraska. 1996. Nebraska State Historical Society, RG3748, Box 16.
10. The American Contractor XLIII:3 (January 21, 1922), 86. Architect selected.
11. Oliver B. Pollak, Nebraska Courthouses: Contention, Compromise, and Community [Images of America Series] (Chicago: Arcadia Publishing, 2002). [725.1.P771n]
Page Citation
D. Murphy, “John Latenser & Sons, Architects,” in David Murphy, Edward F. Zimmer, and Lynn Meyer, comps. Place Makers of Nebraska: The Architects. Lincoln: Nebraska State Historical Society, February 5, 2015. http://www.e-nebraskahistory.org/index.php?title=Place_Makers_of_Nebraska:_The_Architects Accessed, May 3, 2024.
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