Nathan Bruce Hazen (1897-1991), Architect
Nathan Bruce Hazen was born in Peoria, Illinois on March 13, 1897.[2][3][4] He attended the Bradley Polytechnic Institute in Peoria from 1915-1917, when he then switched to the University of Pennsylvania from 1917-1918.[2][3][4] After serving for the United States Navy in World War I from 1918-1919, Hazen eventually earned his Bachelor of Science in Architecture from the University of Illinois, in 1922, at the age of 25.[2][3][4] Hazen married Sidna in 1938, and would eventually have four children.[2][3][4][6] Hazen was a Member of the Public Service Lincoln Zoning Board from 1945-1950, and started his own architectural engineering firm, Aitken, Graf, Hazen, Hoffman & Hull, in 1970.[2][3][4]
Hazen died November 10, 1985.[6] He designed or remodeled as many as 500 Lincoln homes, many while employed at Davis & Wilson, Architects|Davis & Wilson]], including the first homes in the Piedmont subdivision.[6] Hazen was a member of the American Institute of Architects, a past board member of First Federal Lincoln, and an elder and church school teacher at the Westminster Presbyterian Church for more than 50 years.[6]
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, 1934-1976
Educational & Professional Associations
1915-1917: Bradley Polytechnic Institute, Peoria, Illinois.[2][3][4]
1917-1918: University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.[2][3][4]
1922: Bachelor of Science, Architecture, University of Illinois, Champagne, Illinois.[2][3][4][6]
ca. 1922-ca. 1925: with the Supervising Architect's Office of the University of Illinois, and Hewitt & Emerson, Paris, Illinois.[2][3]
1925: draftsman, Fiske, Meginnis & Schaumberg, Architects, Lincoln, Nebraska.
1926-1933: draftsman, Davis & Wilson, Architects, Lincoln, Nebraska.[2][3][6]
1934-1945: N. Bruce Hazen Architect, Lincoln, Nebraska.
1945-1969: architect and partner, Hazen & Robinson, Architects, Lincoln, Nebraska.[2][3][4]
1970-1971: architect and partner, Aitken, Graf, Hazen, Hoffman & Hull, Architects, Lincoln, Nebraska.[4]
1971: architect and partner, Aitken, Graf & Hazen, Architects, Lincoln, Nebraska.
1972-1973: partner, Aitken, Hazen, Hoffman & Hull, Architects, Lincoln, Nebraska.
1974: partner, Aitken, Hazen, Hoffman & Miller, Architects, Lincoln, Nebraska.
1975-1978: architect and partner, Hazen, Hoffman & Miller, Architects, Lincoln, Nebraska
1979-1991: partner, Aitken, Hazen, Hoffman & Miller, Lincoln, Nebraska.
Gargoyle, w Hewitt & Emerson, Paris, Illinois [2][3]
Buildings & Projects
Dated
Ernst Herminghaus House (1927-1928), 1946 Kings Highway, Lincoln, Nebraska. (LC13:D04-004)
Thompson House (1936), 2601 Woodscrest Ave, Lincoln, Nebraska. (LC13:D05-496)
Bonacum Building. remodel for Lincoln Public Schools (1941-1942), Lincoln, Nebraska.[5][a]
Kitchen Facilities Building (1952), Nebraska State Hospital, Lincoln, Nebraska.[2][3]
First Federal Building & Loan (1953), Lincoln, Nebraska.[2][3]
Whitehall School (1953), Lincoln, Nebraska.[2][3]
Educational Unit & Chapel (1953), Westminster Presbyterian Church, Lincoln, Nebraska.[2][3]
Millard Lefler Junior High School (1956), Lincoln, Nebraska.[2][3]
Bennet Martin Public Library (1962), Lincoln, Nebraska.[4]
First Federal Savings and Loan Association, Homestead Office (1964), Omaha, Nebraska.[4]
Westbrook Music Building (1967), University of Nebraska. Lincoln, Nebraska.[4]
University of Nebraska Medical Research Facility Building (1968), Beatrice State Hospital, Beatrice, Nebraska.[4]
Kimball Recital Hall (1969), University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska.[4]
Undated
Nellie Cochran Woods Art Building (n.d.).[6]
Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery (n.d.).[6][b]
Honors & Awards
Honor Award, Institution Magazine, 1953, Kitchen Building, State Hospital.[2][3]
Notes
a. In association with Fritz Craig, as Hazen & Craig.[5]
b. Supervised construction.[6]
References
1. AIA Historical Directory of American Architects: A Resource Guide to Finding Information About Past Architects, accessed May 11, 2010, http://communities.aia.org/sites/hdoaa/wiki/Wiki%20Pages/ahd1018993.aspx
2. American Institute of Architects, comp., American Architects Directory First Ed. (New York: R. R. Bowker Co., 1956), 237, accessed March 3, 2010, http://communities.aia.org/sites/hdoaa/wiki/Wiki%20Pages/1956%20American%20Architects%20Directory.aspx
3. American Institute of Architects, comp., American Architects Directory Second Ed. (New York: R. R. Bowker Co., 1962), 299, accessed April 4, 2010, http://communities.aia.org/sites/hdoaa/wiki/Wiki%20Pages/1962%20American%20Architects%20Directory.aspx
4. American Institute of Architects, comp., American Architects Directory Third Ed. (New York: R. R. Bowker Co., 1970), 390, accessed April 4, 2010, http://communities.aia.org/sites/hdoaa/wiki/Wiki%20Pages/1970%20American%20Architects%20Directory.aspx
5. 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.
6. “Architect Hazen, designer of many UNL buildings, dies,” Lincoln Star (November 11, 1985), 7.
Page Citation
D. Murphy, “Nathan Bruce Hazen (1897-1991), Architect,” in David Murphy, Edward F. Zimmer, and Lynn Meyer, comps. Place Makers of Nebraska: The Architects. Lincoln: Nebraska State Historical Society, December 18, 2014. http://www.e-nebraskahistory.org/index.php?title=Place_Makers_of_Nebraska:_The_Architects Accessed, April 28, 2024.
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