Woods & Cordner, Architects

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Lincoln, Nebraska, 1906-1912


Partners:

Alfred Wilderman Woods (1857-1942), Architect, Lincoln, Nebraska

John G. L. Cordner (1857-1939), Architect, Lincoln, 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.

Compiled Nebraska Directory Listings

Lincoln, Nebraska, 1907-1912

Buildings & Projects

Star Van & Storage Building (1906-1907), 818 Q Street, Lincoln, Nebraska.[2][25][a]

Gillen & Boney Candy Co. Building Addition (1906), 201 N 8th, Lincoln, Nebraska (LC13:C09-086)

Glenwood Carnegie Library (1906-07), 109 N Vine, Glenwood, Iowa.[7,29,37][i]

Methodist Church (1907), 320 Cedar St, Julesburg, Colorado.[3]

Alva Townsend House (1907-1908), 1737 B Street, Lincoln, Nebraska.[4][26][g]

Yule House (1908), 145 N. 33rd Street, Lincoln, Nebraska.[5][27][h]

Brick block for J. T. Hay (1908), 142 North 14th Street, Lincoln, Nebraska.[6]

Farm house (1908), near Sterling, Nebraska.[28]

Ganter Building (1909),1146 O Street, Lincoln, Nebraska.[8]

Watson House (1909), 1901 B Street, Lincoln, Nebraska.[9]

Brenke House (1909), 1250 S. 21st Street, Lincoln, Nebraska.[10]

Church (1909), Arapahoe, Nebraska.[11]

First Methodist Episcopal Church (1909-1912), University Place (now 2727 N. 50th Street, Lincoln), Nebraska.[22]

Remodel business building for H. J. Hall (1910), 1524-1528 O Street, Lincoln, Nebraska.[12]

Dailey Building (1910), 1433 M Street, Lincoln, Nebraska.[13]

Moore Building (1910), 1421 O Street, Lincoln, Nebraska.[14]

Methodist Church (1910), David City, Nebraska.[23][b]

Christian Church (1910), Auburn, Nebraska.[23][c]

First Christian Church (1910), 1322 Stone Street, Falls City, Nebraska.[23][d]

A. W. Richardson House (1910), 3045 Van Dorn, Lincoln, Nebraska.[23][24][e]

Chris. Plumer House (1910), Glenwood, Iowa.[23][f]

Finney Building (1911), 1329 N Street, Lincoln, Nebraska.[15,38][j]

Business Block for Byer and Sandlovich (1911), 1535-1537 O Street, Lincoln, Nebraska.[16]

Heaton House (1911), 926 S. 11th Street, Lincoln, Nebraska.[17]

Chapin Building (1911), 1401 O Street, Lincoln, Nebraska.[18]

Geistlinger Bakery (1911), 1644 O Street, Lincoln, Nebraska.[19]

Grimes House (1911), 1406 C Street, Lincoln, Nebraska.[20]

Tifereth Israel Synagogue (1912-1913), 344 S 18th St., Lincoln, Nebraska.[30][35][36] (LC13:D08-264)

Remodel brick barn for F. Rawlings (1912), 1639-1641 O Street, Lincoln, Nebraska.[21]

Emmanuel Methodist Church (1912), 645 N 15th Street, Lincoln, Nebraska.[30][31][32]

Tabernacle Christian Church (1912), 1701-1715 South Street, Lincoln, Nebraska.[30][33]

College View Union Church (1912), 223 W 11th Street, College View (after annexation, 4619 Prescott, Lincoln), Nebraska.[30][34]

Notes

a. The earliest known project of the Woods & Cordner partnership, this two-story moving and storage company warehouse is highlighted in the (Lincoln)Sunday State Journal as "...a reinforced concrete warehouse, the first large building of this kind in the city....Reinforced concrete was first used as a building material in Lincoln during the year [1906]..." and "promises to in a great measure solve the building material problem, especially in this section of the country which is remote from the steel mills and the timber forests."[25]

b. American Contractor described this project as: "Church: 56x82. $30,000. David City, Nebr. Architects Woods & Cordner, 109 S. 10th st., Lincoln. Owner Methodist church...Bids in; contracts soon to be let. Press brick, stone, composition roof, dome skylight, struct. iron, oak & pine finish, oak, pine, cement & tile floors, tiling, electric fixtures, lavatories, water closets."[23]

c. American Contractor described this project as: "Church: 1 sty. & bas. 62x86. $16,000. Auburn, Nebr. Architects Woods & Cordner, 109 S. 10th st., Lincoln. Owner Christian Church...Plans will be completed June 15. Press brick, stone, composition roof, galv. iron skylight, struct. iron, oak & pine finish, oak, pine, cement & tile floors, tiling, electric fixtures, lavatories, water closets."[23]

d. American Contractor described this project as: "Church: $15,000. Falls City, Nebr. Architects Woods & Cordner...Lincoln...Working on foundation. General contract let to F. M. Young, Bethany, Nebr."[23]

e. American Contractor described this project as: "Residence: 2 sty. & bas. 32x46. $8,000. 27th & Sheridan rds. Architects Woods & Cordner, 109 S. 10th st., Lincoln. Owner A. W. Richardson, 1515 S. 22nd st. Plans completed; architects are taking figures. Frame, stucco, concrete foundation, oak & pine finish, oak, pine, cement & tile floors, mantel, gas & electric fixtures, lavatories, water closet, bath tub."[23] Richardson paid $4,000 for five acres at the southwest corner of what became Van Dorn Street and Sheridan Boulevard in 1909. The City Directories listed his residence at "Sheridan Road & Van Dorn" by 1912, 3045 Sheridan Boulevard in 1917, and 3045 Van Dorn in 1920. The shifting addresses reflected the development of the area, not changes of location. In 1921 he sold the home, with the remaining portion of his 1909 land purchase, for $30,000.[24]

f. American Contractor described this project as: "Residence: 2 sty. & bas. 36x34. $7,000. Architects Woods & Cordner, 109 S. 10th st., Lincoln. Owner Chris. Plumer, Glenwood. Architects are taking figures. Frame, concrete foundation, oak & pine finish, oak, pine, cement & tile floors, tiling, mantel, electric fixtures, lavatories, water closet, bath tub."[23]

g. American Carpenter and Builder of May 1907 contains a perspective, two floor plans and a description of "A Well Arranged House...by Woods & Cordner, of Lincoln, Nebraska...being erected at that place."[26]

h. The Yule House is illustrated with a photograph in Sunday State Journal on January 3, 1909.[27]

i. American Carpenter and Builder of April 1908 contains a perspective view, two floor plans, and a description of "an artistic and yet inexpensive library building, which was recently erected at Glenwood, Ia., after plans were prepared by Woods & Cordner, of Lincoln, Neb." The appropriation is listed as $7,000, "including the bookcases."[37]

j. In American Carpenter and Builder of January, 1912, a brief article on the Finney Building under constuction. Illustrated with a construction photograph, the piece describes a hoist devised by the contractor William L. Campbell, powered by an old automobile.[38]

References

1. City of Lincoln Directory (1907-1912)

2. City of Lincoln Building Permit #1187, with application and drawings, September 10, 1906. Architect: "Woods & Cordner."

3. "A Modern Church Design: Perspective and floor plan of a medium priced, artistic church--Arrangement of the interior shown," American Builder & Carpenter (April 1906), 32-33.

4. City of Lincoln Building Permit # 2289, with application, March 17, 1908. Architect: "Woods & Cordner."

5. City of Lincoln Building Permit # 2512, with application, June 11, 1908. Architect: "Woods & Cordner."

6. City of Lincoln Building Permit # 2683, with application and drawing, September 26, 1908. Architect: "Woods & Cordner."

7. American Builder & Carpenter (April 1908), 72-73 with perspective and two plans.

8. City of Lincoln Building Permit # 2977.

9. City of Lincoln Building Permit # 3389.

10. City of Lincoln Building Permit # 3452.

11. “Small Brick Veneered Church,” American Builder & Carpenter (May 1909).

12. City of Lincoln Building Permit # 3537, with application, January 28, 1910. Architect: "Woods & Cordner."

13. City of Lincoln Building Permit # 3698.

14. City of Lincoln Building Permit # 3730.

15. City of Lincoln Building Permit # 4155.

16. City of Lincoln Building Permit # 4113.

17. City of Lincoln Building Permit # 4211.

18. City of Lincoln Building Permit # 4213.

19. City of Lincoln Building Permit # 4094.

20. City of Lincoln Building Permit # 4239.

21. City of Lincoln Building Permit # 4374.

22. “Alfred Woods, Designer of Churches. World’s Authority on Steel Square,” Lincoln Star (January 14, 1923): 26.

23. American Contractor (June 11, 1910), 63.

24. Lancaster County Register of Deeds, Deeds 154:448 (1909), 154:590 (1909), 228:334 (1921).

25. Lincoln Sunday State Journal (December 30, 1906), II-5.

26. American Carpenter and Builder (May 1907), 243-244.

27. Lincoln Sunday State Journal (January 3, 1909), B-5.

28. American Carpenter and Builder (March 1908), 716-717, with perspective, two floor plans, and description.

29. "An Architectural & Historical Survey of Public Libraries of Iowa, 1870-1940." MS. (Iowa State Historical Department, Division of Historic Preservation, 1980).

30. “A. W. Woods, Architect Who Planned 100 Churches, Dies,” Lincoln Star (December 29, 1942), 1, 10.

31. City of Lincoln Building Permit #4438 with application, April 10, 1912. "Brick veneered church" for estimated $10,000.

32. Lincoln Sunday State Journal (January 5, 1912), B-8 with elevation drawing; (July 7, 1912), B-4 with perspective drawing.

33. City of Lincoln Building Permit #4598 with application, June 21, 1912. "Frame Church" for estimated $1500.

34. "The Churches...Built in Lincoln during the year 1912," Nebraska State Journal (January 5, 1913), 6.

35. "Proposed Jewish Temple, Eighteenth and L Streets," Lincoln Sunday State Journal (May 26, 1912), B-3, with perspective drawing inscribed "Woods & Cordner."

36. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places, see National Register narrative.

37. "An Inexpensive Library," American Carpenter and Builder (April 1908), 72-73,

38. "How is this for a lift?" American Carpenter and Builder (January 1912), 67.

Page Citation

E. F. Zimmer and D. Murphy, “Woods & Cordner, Architects,” in David Murphy, Edward F. Zimmer, and Lynn Meyer, comps. Place Makers of Nebraska: The Architects. Lincoln: Nebraska State Historical Society, October 3, 2014. http://www.e-nebraskahistory.org/index.php?title=Place_Makers_of_Nebraska:_The_Architects Accessed, March 29, 2024.

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