Steele, Sandham & Steele, Architects
Partners:
William LaBarthe Steele, Omaha, Nebraska
Josiah Dow Sandham, Omaha, Nebraska
William LaBarthe Steele, Jr., Omaha, Nebraska
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, 1946-1947, 1953-1956
Lineage of the Firm
1891-1893: Walker, Kimball & Best, Architects, Omaha, Nebraska, and Boston, Massachusetts.
1892-1899: Walker & Kimball, Architects, Omaha, Nebraska, and Boston, Massachusetts.
1900-1928: Thomas Rogers Kimball, Architect, Omaha, Nebraska.
1928-1945: Kimball, Steele & Sandham, Architects, Omaha, Nebraska.
1946-1956: Steele, Sandham & Steele, Architects, Omaha, Nebraska. [b]
1957-1963: Steele, Sandham & Weinstein Company, Architects, Omaha, Nebraska.
1963-1969: Steele, Weinstein & Associates, Architects, Omaha, Nebraska.
1970-1971: Steele & Associates, Architects, Omaha, Nebraska.
Other Associations
1949-1955: employed Alex Weinstein.
1951-1954: employed Kenneth E. Nelson, engineer.
1953: employed James W. Nicas, draftsman.
Buildings & Projects
Omaha Fire Department Station No. 5 (ca. 1947-1948), 4702 S 25th St, Omaha, Nebraska.[1:69][3][5] (DO09:0183-006)
Dodson Engineering Company Office and Warehouse (1948-1949), Douglas west of Saddle Creek Road, Omaha, Nebraska.[4][a]
Agronomy Building - Keim Hall (1949-1952), University of Nebraska, East Campus, Lincoln, Nebraska.[6][c] (LC13:E11-175)
Lester Simon residence (1955), 1439 South 87th Street, Omaha, Nebraska.[7]
Student Health Center (n.d.), University of Nebraska, Lincoln.[2]
Notes
a. The World-Herald notice describes the construction as a "one story building, 50 by 120 feet, ... made of concrete tilt-up walls which are laid horizontally in panels before being raised." Bids close the following Tuesday.[4]
b. There is a floating reference to the firm, Steele, Sandham & Daxon, Architects, 1947-1952, but this is not supported by Omaha directories.
c. Preliminary planning by Linus Burr Smith (1899-1982), Architect.[6]
References
1. Landmarks, Inc., An Inventory of Historic Omaha Buildings (Omaha: Landmarks Heritage Presrvation Commission, 1980).
2. Kay Logan-Peters to D. Murphy, email, January 21, 2008.
3. City of Omaha Planning Department, Landmarks Heritage Preservation Commission, Database, Query on Architects, May 20, 2002; courtesy of Lynn Meyer, Preservation Planner.
4. "Engineering Firm Plans New Office, Warehouse," Sunday World-Herald (September 12, 1948): 4-F.
5. “Vital Statistics and Professional Record of William L. Steele, Architect, Omaha, Nebraska, Sept. 1941.” TS with annotations including buildings designed through the 1940s. Cf. reference [6]. Copy in Nebraska State Historical Society, Historic Preservation Division, architect files. The buildings listed are under a sub-heading, “Typical Buildings Designed and Supervised by W. L. Steele.”
6. Kay Logan-Peters, "Agronomy Building (Keim)," in An Architectural Tour of Historic UNL (Lincoln: University of Nebraska-Lincoln, UNL Libraries, 2005). Accessed May 8, 2017. http://historicbuildings.unl.edu/building.php?b=80
7. "Home Designed for Present and Future," Omaha (Nebraska) World-Herald (July 17, 1955), 78 (illustrated with photos, one exterior and one interior).
Page Citation
D. Murphy & E. F. Zimmer, “Steele, Sandham & Steele, Architects,” in David Murphy, Edward F. Zimmer, and Lynn Meyer, comps. Place Makers of Nebraska: The Architects. Lincoln: Nebraska State Historical Society, November 10, 2023. http://www.e-nebraskahistory.org/index.php?title=Place_Makers_of_Nebraska:_The_Architects Accessed, April 20, 2024.
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