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==Buildings & Projects==
 
==Buildings & Projects==
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Sacred Heart Church (1891-1893), Boone, Iowa.[[#References|[8:168-69]]]
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First Congregational Church (1903), NW corner Martha & Hwy 12, Newcastle, Nebraska. (DX07-028)
 
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Pawnee City Carnegie Library (1904-1907), Pawnee City, Nebraska.[[#References|[1][5]]]
 
Pawnee City Carnegie Library (1904-1907), Pawnee City, Nebraska.[[#References|[1][5]]]
  
Tecumseh Carnegie Library (1904-1907), Eastside 5th n of Broadway, Tecumseh, Nebraska.
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Tecumseh Carnegie Library (1904-1907), Eastside 5th n of Broadway, Tecumseh, Nebraska. [[#References|[1][3][5]]] (JO07-030)
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First United Presbyterian Church (1906-1907), Auburn, Nebraska.[[#Notes|[b]]] (NH01-086)
 
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Morrill County Courthouse (1909-1910), Northeast corner 6th & M, Bridgeport, Nebraska.[[#References|[2][3][5]]] (MO04-002)
 
Morrill County Courthouse (1909-1910), Northeast corner 6th & M, Bridgeport, Nebraska.[[#References|[2][3][5]]] (MO04-002)
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[http://www.nebraskahistory.org/histpres/nebraska/morrill/MO04-002_Morrill_CntyCthse.pdf National Register narrative]
  
Alliance Carnegie Library (1909-1912), 204 W. 4th St., Alliance, Nebraska.[[#References|[1]
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==References==
 
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2. Oliver B. Pollak, ''Nebraska Courthouses: Contention, Compromise, and Community'' [Images of America Series] (Chicago: Arcadia Publishing, 2002), 76. [725.1.P771n]
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6.  “John P. Eisentraut,” ''CinemaTreasures.org'', accessed April 10, 2012, http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/2614   
 
6.  “John P. Eisentraut,” ''CinemaTreasures.org'', accessed April 10, 2012, http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/2614   
  
7. 1920 United States Census, s.v. “John Eisentrout,” Custer, Custer County, South Dakota, accessed through ''HeritageQuestOnline.com''.
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7. 1920 United States Census, s.v. “John Eisentrout,” Custer, Custer County, South Dakota, accessed through ''HeritageQuestOnline.com''.
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8.  David Gebhard and Gerald Mansheim. ''Buildings of Iowa''. (Society of Architectural Historians, Buildings of the United States) New York: Oxford University Press, 1993.
  
 
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Sioux City, and Des Moines, Iowa; Kansas City, Missouri; Rapid City, and Custer, South Dakota


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Eisentraut Pottenger & Colby, Architects, Sioux City, Iowa, and Kansas City, Missouri, 1904-1909.

The Black Hills Company, Deadwood, South Dakota, 1909-1912.

Eisentraut & Bartholz, Architects, Rapid City, South Dakota, 1914-1915.

John Philip Eisentraut was born in Makoqueta, Iowa in 1870.[4] He attended Woodbury County public schools and then graduated from Morningside College in 1889.[4] He was an apprentice under Charles Brown and later went to Northwestern University, from which he received his architectural degree.[4] In the same year that Eisentraut graduated from Northwestern, he married Susie Kniffen.[4] For the rest of his career, Eisentraut practiced throughout the Midwest.[4] Eisentraut died May 8, 1958.[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.

Educational & Professional Associations

1889: graduated Morningside College.[4]

1889-1892: apprentice to Charles Brown, Architect, Sioux City, Iowa.[4]

1892: with James Walker as Walker & Eisentraut, Architects, Carroll, Iowa.[4]

1892-1894: architecture degree, Northwestern University.[4]

1894-1902: with the Iowa Architectural Company, Des Moines, Iowa.[4]

1902-1904: John Eisentraut, Architect, Sioux City, Iowa.[4]

1904-1909: principal with Eisentraut Pottenger & Colby, Architects, Sioux City, Iowa.[4]

1907-1909: opened Kansas City, Missouri office of Eisentraut Pottenger & Colby, Architects.[4]

1909: John P. Eisentraut, Architect, Sioux City, Iowa and Kansas city, Missouri.[4]

1909-1912: principal, The Black Hills Company, Deadwood, South Dakota.[4]

1913: John P. Eisentraut, Architect, Hill City, South Dakota.[4]

1913-1914: John P. Eisentraut, Architect, Rapid City, South Dakota.[4]

1914-1915: Eisentraut & Bartholz, Architects, Rapid City, South Dakota.[4]

1915-1919: John P. Eisentraut, Architect, Rapid City, South Dakota.[4]

1919-1928: John P. Eisentraut, Architect, Custer, South Dakota.[4][a]

1928-1936: Postmaster and proprietor at Blue Bell, South Dakota.[4]

1936-1940: John P. Eisentraut, Architect, Custer, South Dakota.[4]

Buildings & Projects

Sacred Heart Church (1891-1893), Boone, Iowa.[8:168-69]

First Congregational Church (1903), NW corner Martha & Hwy 12, Newcastle, Nebraska. (DX07-028)

Farmers State Bank (before 1904), Osmond, Nebraska.[5]

Tilden Public School (before 1904), Tilden, Nebraska.[5]

Pawnee City Carnegie Library (1904-1907), Pawnee City, Nebraska.[1][5]

Tecumseh Carnegie Library (1904-1907), Eastside 5th n of Broadway, Tecumseh, Nebraska. [1][3][5] (JO07-030)

First United Presbyterian Church (1906-1907), Auburn, Nebraska.[b] (NH01-086)

Methodist Episcopal Church (before 1907), South Auburn, Nebraska.[5]

Methodist Episcopal Church (before 1907) Albion, Nebraska.[5]

Laurel School (1907), Laurel, Nebraska.[5]

Albion Carnegie Library (1907-1909), NE corner 3rd St. & Prairie, Albion, Nebraska.[1][5] (BO02-006)

Maywood School (1908), Maywood, Nebraska.[5]

Plainview Carnegie Library (1908), Plainview, Nebraska.[5]

Loomis School (1909), Loomis, Nebraska.[5]

House (1909), Falls City, Nebraska.[5]

Hotel (1909), Gordon, Nebraska.[5]

Albion City Hall (1909), Albion, Nebraska.[5]

Table Rock Town Hall (1909), Table Rock, Nebraska.[5]

Roman Catholic Church (1909), Falls City, Nebraska.[5]

Plainview School (ca. 1909-1910), Plainview, Nebraska.[5]

Morrill County Courthouse (1909-1910), Northeast corner 6th & M, Bridgeport, Nebraska.[2][3][5] (MO04-002) National Register narrative

Alliance Carnegie Library (1909-1912), 204 W. 4th St., Alliance, Nebraska.[1][5] (BX01-042)

Bank (1910), Bridgeport, Nebraska.[5]

Gothenburg High School (1910), Gothenburg, Nebraska.[5]

Parsonage for Rev. J. B. Glynn (1910), Hartington, Nebraska.[5]

School District 45 (1910), Randolph, Nebraska.[5]

Shelton School (1910), Shelton, Nebraska.[5]

Building (1910), Holdrege, Nebraska.[5]

Elks Theatre (1912), 512 Sixth St, Rapid City, South Dakota.[6]

Notes

a. Note that the United States Federal Census, 1920, Custer, South Dakota, lists Eisentrout [sic] as a contractor.[7]

b. Architect of record, Eisenbrant Pottenger & Colby, Architects, Sioux City, Iowa, and Kansas City, Missouri.

References

1. State Library Commission files.

2. Oliver B. Pollak, Nebraska Courthouses: Contention, Compromise, and Community [Images of America Series] (Chicago: Arcadia Publishing, 2002), 76. [725.1.P771n]

3. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

4. Jim Wilson, Vermillion, South Dakota, to D. Murphy, email, March 20, 2012; information supplied from research in preparation for an article on Eisentraut and his career.

5. Jim Wilson, Vermillion, South Dakota, to D. Murphy, email, March 13, 2012; information supplied from research in preparation for an article on Eisentraut and his career.

6. “John P. Eisentraut,” CinemaTreasures.org, accessed April 10, 2012, http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/2614

7. 1920 United States Census, s.v. “John Eisentrout,” Custer, Custer County, South Dakota, accessed through HeritageQuestOnline.com.

8. David Gebhard and Gerald Mansheim. Buildings of Iowa. (Society of Architectural Historians, Buildings of the United States) New York: Oxford University Press, 1993.

Page Citation

D. Murphy, “John Philip Eisentraut (1870-1958), Architect,” in David Murphy, Edward F. Zimmer, and Lynn Meyer, comps. Place Makers of Nebraska: The Architects. Lincoln: Nebraska State Historical Society, December 4, 2014. http://www.e-nebraskahistory.org/index.php?title=Place_Makers_of_Nebraska:_The_Architects Accessed, March 29, 2024.


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