Stanley W. Thornton (1903-1967), Architect
Stanley W. Thornton was born January 30, 1903. He grew up in Neligh, Nebraska, and he got his architectural training from the American School of Correspondence. Thornton changed jobs often. At various points in his life, he was a high school teacher, the manager of a lumber yard, and the superintendent for the Architectural Department of the Chicago Lumber Company. Thornton died October 2, 1967.[1]
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
Grand Island, Nebraska, 1929-1932, 1938-1951
Omaha, Nebraska, 1952-1964
Norfolk, Nebraska, 1965-1966
Educational & Professional Associations
1908-1921: Elementary and High School, Neligh Public Schools, Neligh, Nebraska.[1]
1917-1921: summers as laborer, carpenter, painter with contractor father and brother, Neligh, Nebraska.[1]
1918-1919: American School of Correspondence, Preparatory Drafting and Design, Chicago, Illinois.[1]
1920-1922: assistant instructor (manual training, carpentry, and mechanical drawing), Neligh High School, Neligh, Nebraska.[1]
1922-1923: carpenter and finisher (public school buildings), Beckenhauer Construction Company, Norfolk, Nebraska.[1]
1923: training, (machine and bench work), Curtis, Towle & Paine Company, Lincoln, Nebraska.[1]
1923-1925: yard man, relief manager, residential architectural plan service, (Leigh, Nebraska branch), Walrath & Sherwood Lumber Company, Omaha, Nebraska.[1]
1925-1927: manager, retail lumber yard, Manager of Julesburg, Colorado branch and residential architectural plan work, Walrath & Sherwood Lumber Company, Omaha, Nebraska.[1]
1927-1929: general office work and conducting architectural service department for 13 retail lumber yards, Walrath & Sherwood Lumber Company, Omaha, Nebraska.[1]
1929-1932: in charge of Architectural Department for 18 retail lumber yards, Headquarters, Grand Island, Nebraska, Chicago Lumber Company, Omaha, Nebraska.[1]
1929-1952: Unlisted, Omaha, Nebraska.
1932-19__: general yard superintendent and adviser, Architectural Department in charge of design, specifications, purchasing, construction and superintending of all new and remodeled construction, Chicago Lumber Company, Omaha, Nebraska.[1]
1938: Registered Professional Architect, Nebraska, November 15, 1938, A-87.[1]
1953-1955: superintendent, Chicago Lumber, Omaha, Nebraska.
1956-1964: vice-president, The Chicago Lumber Co of Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska.
Buildings & Projects
Community Building (1929), Fairfield, Nebraska.[2]
Plans, specifications, details, estimates, materials lists for not less than 100 frame dwellings, small store buildings, duplexes, filling stations, ranging in value from $1000.00 to $7500.00 (1929-1938).[2]
Store Building (1929-1938), Blue Hill, Nebraska.[2]
Mill and warehouse (1929-1938), Grand Island, Nebraska.[2]
Store Building (1929-1938), Meadow Grove, Nebraska.[2]
Implement Store (1929-1938), Norfolk, Nebraska.[2]
Coal Handling Plant (1929-1938), Norfolk, Nebraska.[2]
Store Building (1929-1938), Silver Creek, Nebraska.[2]
Coal Handling Plant (1929-1938), Silver Creek, Nebraska.[2]
Lumber Yard and Hardware Store (1929-1938), Wolbach, Nebraska.[2]
Rural School Building (1931), Chapman, Nebraska.[2]
Shady Bend Tourist Haven (1931), Grand Island, Nebraska.[2]
Notes
Last registered 1967.[1]
References
1. Application for Registration to Practice Professional Engineering and Architecture, Nebraska State Board of Examiners for Professional Engineers and Architects, January 13, 1938. Nebraska State Historical Society RG081 SG2.
2. Architectural Activity; from 1929-1938, attached to reference 1.
Page Citation
D. Murphy, “Stanley W. Thornton (1903-1967), Architect,” in David Murphy, Edward F. Zimmer, and Lynn Meyer, comps. Place Makers of Nebraska: The Architects. Lincoln: Nebraska State Historical Society, March 31, 2015. http://www.e-nebraskahistory.org/index.php?title=Place_Makers_of_Nebraska:_The_Architects Accessed, April 23, 2024.
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