Steele, Sandham & Weinstein Company, Architects

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Omaha, Nebraska, 1956-1963


Partners:

William LaBarthe Steele, Jr., Omaha, Nebraska

Josiah Dow Sandham, Omaha, Nebraska

Alex Weinstein, Omaha, Nebraska

This was the successor firm to Kimball, Steele & Sandham, Architects, which name change resulted several years after the 1934 death of Thomas Rogers Kimball.[4] The three partners incorporated the company with an authorized capital of $10,000.[8]

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.

Compiled Nebraska Directory Listings

Omaha, Nebraska, 1962-1963

Educational & Professional Associations

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.

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

1950-1951: employed Warren Watson Keeler.

1956-1959: employed Robert J. Cernelic, draftsman.

1957: employed John H. Pryor, draftsman.

1959-1963: employed Kenneth E. Nelson, associate.

1961-1964: employed Richard R. Schleiger, architect.

Buildings & Projects

DeForest School (1956), Ninth Avenue and 29th Street, Council Bluffs, Iowa.[9]

Omaha Archdiocese Chancery (b. 1962), Omaha, Nebraska.[3]

Sam Wolf residence (1962), 307 South 92nd Street, Omaha, Nebraska.[7][10]

Behlen Laboratory of Physics (1962-1965), northwest corner 10th & S, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska.[1][2][5][6][a] (LC13:C09-127)

Honors & Awards

1962: Honored by Nebraska Chapter, AIA, for the Omaha Archdiocese Chancery.[3]

Notes

a. Project completed by successor firm, Steele, Weinstein & Associates.

References

1. “Dedication Program,” December 2, 1965, in Behlen Manufacturing Company Collection, Nebraska State Historical Society, RG1595, Box 5.

2. Lincoln Evening Journal (June 10, 1961), 1 [Walt Behlen donates funds].

3. “Zierk (sic) Elected By Architects,” Lincoln Star (December 10, 1962), 11:5.

4. “Pioneer Omaha Architect Known Best by Buildings,” Omaha World-Herald (April 8, 1967), 19:3.

5. "Behlen Laboratory of Physics," in Kay Logan-Peters, An Architectural Tour of Historic UNL (Lincoln: University of Nebraska-Lincoln, UNL Libraries, 2005) Accessed March 23, 2017. http://historicbuildings.unl.edu/building.php?b=98

6. Jeff Barnes, 150@150: Nebraska's Landmark Buildings at the State's Sesquicentennial (Architectural Foundation of Nebraska, 2017).

7. Email correspondence, Katherine Erion to Preservation Office, History Nebraska (March 1, 2023).

8. "Architect Firm Files Incorporation Articles," Omaha (Nebraska) World-Herald (June 30, 1956), 2.

9. "Bluffs School Estimate Cut," Omaha (Nebraska) World-Herald (October 19, 1956), 23.

10. David A. Sadler, "House International--Decoration Collected from Afar," Omaha (Nebraska) World-Herald (December 1, 1963), F1 & F4 (full page with exterior and interior photos, continued on page F4).

Page Citation

D. Murphy & E. F. Zimmer, “Steele, Sandham & Weinstein Company, 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, March 29, 2024.


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