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<div style="white-space:nowrap;font-size:125%">'''Lincoln, Nebraska, 1925-1985'''</div style="white-space:nowrap;font-size:125%">


DBA: N Bruce Hazen

'''Nathan Bruce Hazen''' was born in Peoria, Illinois on March 13, 1897.[[#References|[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.[[#References|[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.[[#References|[2][3][4]]] Hazen married Sidna in 1938, and would eventually have four children.[[#References|[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, Architects|Aitken, Graf, Hazen, Hoffman & Hull]], in 1970.[[#References|[2][3][4]]]

'''Hazen''' died November 10, 1985.[[#References|[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.[[#References|[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.[[#References|[6]]]

This page is a contribution to the publication, '''[[Place Makers of Nebraska: The Architects]]'''. See the [[Format and contents of Nebraska architect entries|format and contents]] page for more information on the compilation and page organization.

==Compiled Nebraska Directory Listings==
Lincoln, Nebraska, 1934-1976

==Educational & Professional Associations==
1915-1917: Bradley Polytechnic Institute, Peoria, Illinois.[[#References|[2][3][4]]]

1917-1918: University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.[[#References|[2][3][4]]]

1922: Bachelor of Science, Architecture, University of Illinois, Champagne, Illinois.[[#References|[2][3][4][6]]]

ca. 1922-ca. 1925: with the Supervising Architect's Office of the University of Illinois, and Hewitt & Emerson, Paris, Illinois.[[#References|[2][3]]]

1925: draftsman, [[Fiske, Meginnis & Schaumberg, Architects]], Lincoln, Nebraska.

1926-1933: draftsman, [[Davis & Wilson, Architects]], Lincoln, Nebraska.[[#References|[2][3][6]]] 

1934-1945: N. Bruce Hazen Architect, Lincoln, Nebraska.

1945-1969: architect and partner, [[Hazen & Robinson, Architects]], Lincoln, Nebraska.[[#References|[2][3][4]]]

1970-1971: architect and partner, [[Aitken, Graf, Hazen, Hoffman & Hull, Architects]], Lincoln, Nebraska.[[#References|[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: partner, [[Aitken, Hazen, Hoffman & Miller, Architects|Aitken, Hazen, Hoffman & Miller]], Lincoln, Nebraska.

==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.[[#References|[5]]][[#Notes|[a]]] 

<blockquote>
''From 1949-1969 Hazen was associated with [[Marvin Lee Robinson (1909-1969), Architect|Marvin L. Robinson]] in the partnership, [[Hazen & Robinson, Architects]]. The following are recorded by Hazen as Principal Works of that partnership. See [[Hazen & Robinson, Architects#Buildings & Projects|'''Hazen & Robinson's buildings and projects''']] for the work of that firm.

Kitchen Facilities Building (1952), Nebraska State Hospital, Lincoln, Nebraska.[[#References|[2][3]]] 

First Federal Building & Loan (1953), Lincoln, Nebraska.[[#References|[2][3]]]

Whitehall School (1953), Lincoln, Nebraska.[[#References|[2][3]]] 

Educational Unit & Chapel (1953), Westminster Presbyterian Church, Lincoln, Nebraska.[[#References|[2][3]]] 

Millard Lefler Junior High School (1956), Lincoln, Nebraska.[[#References|[2][3]]]

Bennet Martin Public Library (1962), Lincoln, Nebraska.[[#References|[4]]]

First Federal Savings and Loan Association, Homestead Office (1964), Omaha, Nebraska.[[#References|[4]]] 

Westbrook Music Building (1967), University of Nebraska. Lincoln, Nebraska.[[#References|[4]]]  

University of Nebraska Medical Research Facility Building (1968), Beatrice State Hospital, Beatrice, Nebraska.[[#References|[4]]]

Kimball Recital Hall (1969), University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska.[[#References|[4]]]
</blockquote>

===Undated===
Nellie Cochran Woods Art Building (n.d.).[[#References|[6]]]

Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery (n.d.).[[#References|[6]]][[#Notes|[b]]]

==Honors & Awards==
Honor Award, Institution Magazine, 1953, Kitchen Building, State Hospital.[[#References|[2][3]]]

==Notes==
a. In association with [[Fritz Craig (1887-1960), Architect|Fritz Craig]], as Hazen & Craig.[[#References|[5]]]

b. Supervised construction.[[#References|[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|Tom Kaspar]], 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.

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