Marcus Leach (1838-1920), Architect
Marcus Leach was born in March 1838 in New York. He was recorded as the fifth of ten children of Hiram and Mariah Leach in the 1850 census. Hiram was a laborer.[10] Marcus was listed as a farm laborer in Bradford, Illinois in the 1860 census and as a carpenter in Etna, Iowa in 1870.[8][9] He worked as an architect in Wymore and Lincoln, Nebraska. Near the turn of the century, he was involved in the partnership Leach & Plym. Leach was married to Alice and they had three children by 1870--John, Clara, and Homer.[1][2][3][9] Leach was residing with his daughter-in-law, widow Sarah J. Leach, in Iowa Falls, Iowa when he died in 1920 and was interred at Hazel Green Cemetery in Ackley, Iowa.[6][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
Lincoln, Nebraska, 1893-1895, 1899-1900, 1904-1911
Wymore, Nebraska, 1882-1891
Educational & Professional Associations
1870: carpenter, Etna, Iowa.[7]
1880: architect and builder, Beaver City, Nebraska.[1]
1900: architect, Lincoln, Nebraska.[2]
1901-1903: architect and partner, Leach & Plym, Lincoln, Nebraska, and Kansas City, Missouri.
1910: architect, Lincoln, Nebraska.[3]
1920: architect, Iowa Falls, Iowa.[6]
Buildings & Projects
Phoenix Block [later, Union Block] (ca. 1889-1892), McCook, Nebraska.[from W. H. Cole Collection, CG89, file . . .]
New ward school (1899), Lincoln, Nebraska.[4][a]
Opera house (1899), York, Nebraska.[5][b]
Notes
a. School Board Journal of September 1899 lists "Lincoln, Neb. A new $8,000 ward school. Plans drawn by Architect M. Leach."[4]
b. Improvement Bulletin of February 1899 notes: "York, Neb.--Campbell & Bros., of Lincoln, have the contract to erect the opera house for Huffman & Son, of New York, from plans by M. Leach, architect, of Lincoln. It will be of stone and brick, and will cost $12,000."[5]
References
1. 1880 United States Census, s.v. “Marcus Leach,” Beaver City, Furnas County, Nebraska, accessed through HeritageQuestOnline.com.
2. 1900 United States Census, s.v. “Marcus Leach,” Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska, accessed through HeritageQuestOnline.com.
3. 1910 United States Census, s.v. “Marcus Leach,” Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska, accessed through HeritageQuestOnline.com.
4. School Board Journal (September 1899), 25.
5. Improvement Bulletin (February 18, 1899), 11.
6. Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
7. Ancestry.com. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
8. Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
9. Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
10. Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
Page Citation
D. Murphy, “Marcus Leach (1838-1920), Architect,” in David Murphy, Edward F. Zimmer, and Lynn Meyer, comps. Place Makers of Nebraska: The Architects. Lincoln: Nebraska State Historical Society, February 12, 2015. http://www.e-nebraskahistory.org/index.php?title=Place_Makers_of_Nebraska:_The_Architects Accessed, April 28, 2024.
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