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<div style="white-space:nowrap;font-size:125%">'''Omaha, Nebraska, 1894-1915'''</div style="white-space:nowrap;font-size:125%">


'''Alexander Shields''' was born in June 1851. He worked as an architect and draftsman in Omaha, and he married in 1898.[[#References|[3][4]]]

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==
Omaha, Nebraska, 1894-1895, 1901-1903, 1905, 1911, 1915

==Educational & Professional Associations==
1870: farmer, Black Lick, Pennsylvania.[[#References|[4]]]

1888-1893: architect and partner, [[Findley & Shields, Architects]], Omaha, Nebraska.

1900: architect, Omaha, Nebraska.[[#References|[3]]]

1902-1903: architect, 1001 NY Life Bldg, Omaha, Nebraska.

1904-1915: draftsman, JH Harte, Architect, Omaha, Nebraska.

==Buildings & Projects==
Genoa Apartments (1910), 3830 Cass St., Omaha, Nebraska.[[#References|[2]]] (DO09:0323-023) 

Sagamore (Burbank) Apartments (1915), 3828 Cass St., Omaha, Nebraska.[[#References|[2]]] (DO09:0323-022) 

Longfellow Apartments (1922), 2215 Howard, Omaha, Nebraska.[[#References|[1][2]]] (DO09:0122-024)

E.E. Halsted House (under construction in 1911), Ponca, Nebraska[[#References|[5]]]

==Notes==
a. Not found in federal census in Nebraska in 1880, 1910 or 1920.  

==References==
1.  Listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

2.  City of Omaha Planning Department, Landmarks Heritage Preservation Commission, Database, Query on Architects, May 20, 2002; courtesy of Lynn Meyer, Preservation Planner. 

3.  1900 United States Census, s.v. “Alaxander Shields,” Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, accessed through "HeritageQuestOnline.com".

4.  1870 United States Census, s.v. “Alexander Shields,” Black Lick, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, accessed through ''AncestryLibrary.com''.

5. "Fine Residence in Ponca", ''Omaha Daily Bee'' (June 24, 1911), 3

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