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Partners:

Jesse Miller, Lincoln, Nebraska

Fritz Craig, Lincoln, Nebraska

Miller & Craig was a Lincoln architectural partnership that was in business from 1921-1934. Together they are noted for the design of a number of Greek houses on the University of Nebraska campus as well as many houses in the Boulevards Historic District (Sheridan Blvd. and environs).[5][7]

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.

William Penn Apartments, 1929 (Nebraska State Historical Society)

Compiled Nebraska Directory Listings

Lincoln, Nebraska, 1924-1934

Buildings & Projects

Don A. Chapin house (1924-1925), 2829 Van Dorn Street, Lincoln, Nebraska.[7][9]

Nebraska State Journal Ideal Firesafe Home, a.k.a. Ira Crook House (1925), 2431 Sheridan Boulevard, Lincoln, Nebraska.[25][b]

Oril & Iva Barber House (1925), 2430 Lafayette, Lincoln, Nebraska.[7][14]

Charles & Nell Strader House (1925), 2825 Manse Avenue, Lincoln, Nebraska.[7][21]

St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church (1925), 2325 S. 24th St, Lincoln, Nebraska.[30] (LC13:D05-247)

Raymond-Furr House (1925), 2720 S. 24th St, Lincoln, Nebraska..[7][11] (LC13:D05-485)

The "Tile House"/Theo Goldammer House (1925), 3433 J Street, Lincoln, Nebraska.[23]

Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority house (1925), 616 N. 16th St, Lincoln, Nebraska.[1][5] (LC13:D09-529)

Theno House (1925), 1845 Van Dorn Street, Lincoln, Nebraska.[22]

Project for an apartment house for Dr. W. Clyde Davis (ca. 1925), 20th & E Streets, Lincoln, Nebraska.[10][a]

Pauley Lumber Company office & lumber & coal sheds (1925-1926), northwest corner 27th & Normal Blvd (965 South 27th Street), Lincoln, Nebraska.[4]

First Presbyterian Church (1925-1926), Cozad, Nebraska.[34]

Leonard & Frances Flansburg House (1926), 2929 S. 27th, Lincoln, Nebraska.[7][15]

T. Earl Williams House (1926), 1333 S. 18th St, Lincoln, Nebraska. (LC13:D07-0802)

Kappa Delta Sorority house (1926), 405 University Terrace, Lincoln, Nebraska.[2][5] (LC13:D09-533)

Delta Delta Delta Sorority house (1926), 1601 R, Lincoln, Nebraska.[1][2][5] (LC13:D09-516)

Alpha Delta Theta house (1926), 425 University Terrace, Lincoln, Nebraska.[2][5]

T. Earl Williams house (1926), 1333 S. 18th, Lincoln, Nebraska.[5] (LC13:D07-802)

Rubin Walt house (1927), 3009 Sheridan Boulevard, Lincoln, Nebraska.[7][16]

O. J. & Edith Shaw House (1927), 2800 Manse Avenue, Lincoln, Nebraska.[7][12]

George C. Joy House (1927), 2900 Stratford Avenue, Lincoln, Nebraska.[7][17]

Pringle House (1927), 2610 S. 24th, Lincoln, Nebraska.[7][12]. (LC13:D05-481)

Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity house (1927), 635 N. 16th, Lincoln, Nebraska.[1][5] (LC13:D09-525)

Delta Zeta/Theta Chi Sorority (1927), 626 N. 16th, Lincoln, Nebraska.[1][5][31] (LC13:D09-528)

Rochambeau Apartments for Phoebe B. Lamb (1927-1928), 1234 K Street, Lincoln, Nebraska.[32]

John Monnich house (1928), Fremont, Nebraska.[6] (DD05:A-039)

Henry & Nell Kohn House (1928), 3020 Sheridan Boulevard, Lincoln, Nebraska.[7][18]

Mrs. Alwene Boehmer House (1928), 3124 S. 31st Street, Lincoln, Nebraska.[7][19]

Fred Groth house (1928-1929), 3335 South 31st Street, Lincoln, Nebraska.[33]

Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity (1929), 601 N. 16th, Lincoln, Nebraska.[5] (LC13:D09-523)

William Penn Apartments (1929), 1403 E St, Lincoln, Nebraska.[8] (LC13:D07-030)

Chi Omega Sorority house (1929), 480 N. 16th, Lincoln, Nebraska.[5] (LC13:D09-531)

Alpha Xi Delta Sorority house (1929), 1619 R St, Lincoln, Nebraska.[5] (LC13:D09-517)

Auditorium Ballroom (1929-1930), 310 S. 10th St, Lincoln, Nebraska.[24] (LC13:C08-260)

Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity (1930), 1425 R St, Lincoln, Nebraska.[5] (LC13:D09-512)

First Congregational Church (1932), McCook, Nebraska.[26][27]

Koehler House (1933), 3065 Sheridan Boulevard, Lincoln, Nebraska.[7][13].

United Presbyterian Church (1933), Superior, Nebraska.[29]

St. Alban's Episcopal Church (1934), McCook, Nebraska.[27][28]

Notes

a. Blueprints for a three story apartment house for Davis at 20th & E Streets depict two large units per floor with a living room, dining room, kitchen and breakfast nook, and a single bedroom at the rear. These plans are the only known project associating F. C. Fiske with the partnership of Jesse B. Miller and Fritz Craig. Fiske & Miller were briefly partners in 1913-1914. This unrealized project can be dated to 1925-1926 as W. Clyde Davis purchased land at the southeast corner of 20th & E Streets in 1925, then sold it in 1926 to First-Plymouth Congregational Church, which built on the block a few years later.[10]

b. Nebraska State Journal sponsored construction of an "Ideal Firesafe Home" in 1925. The article announcing the project noted that "To insure the success of this project the services of Allan H. Stobbs of Kansas City, Mo., have been secured....He has enlisted the services of John M. Alexander as contractor and Miller & Craig as architects."[25]

References

1. Who's Who in Lincoln (1928), 157.

2. Nebraska State Journal (January 16, 1927), 11G.

3. Obituary of Jesse Boaz Miller, Lincoln Star (November 1, 1968), 23.

4. Nebraska State Journal (January 16, 1927), 4G; City of Lincoln Building Permit 14502, issued September 26, 1925; architects: Miller & Craig; estimated cost: $8,000. Illustrated in Lincoln's Early Architecture (M. Hansen, J. McKee, E. Zimmer), Arcadia Publishing: Charleston, South Carolina, 2014 (p. 76).

5. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places within the Greek Row Historic District. SEE Justen J. Van Mullem, ed. Edward F. Zimmer and Gregory R. Mathis, "Greek Row Historic District, Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska," National Register of Historic Places: Registration Form. (Lincoln: Lincoln/Lancaster County Planning Department, April 18, 1997).

6. Blueprints (copy negs). Nebraska State Historical Society, Historic Preservation, H67.5: 81-95.

7. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places within the Boulevards Historic District. SEE National Register narrative

8. City of Lincoln Building Permit, April 9, 1929, $44,000, Architects: Miller & Craig; Kingery Construction Company, Contractors.

9. City of Lincoln Building Permit 13252, issued 1924. Architects: Miller & Craig.

10. Blueprints at Lincoln Planning Dept. inscribed "Apartment House for Dr. W. Clyde Davis, 20th & E Streets, Lincoln, Nebraska" and "F. C. Fiske,--Miller & Craig Associated Architects Lincoln Nebraska."

11. City of Lincoln Building Permit 14785, issued 1925. Architects: Miller & Craig, estimated cost: $35,000.

12. City of Lincoln Building Permit 16319, issued 1927. Architects: Miller & Craig.

13. City of Lincoln Building Permit 21209, issued 1933. Architects: Miller & Craig.

14. City of Lincoln Building Permit 13396, issued 1925. Architects: Miller & Craig; estimated cost: $12,000.

15. City of Lincoln Building Permit 15599, issued 1926. Architects: Miller & Craig.

16. City of Lincoln Building Permit 16298, issued 1927. Architects: Miller & Craig, estimated cost: $14,000.

17. City of Lincoln Building Permit 17023, issued October 29, 1927. Architects: Miller & Craig; estimated cost $7,500.

18. City of Lincoln Building Permit 17481, issued 1928. Architects: Miller & Craig.

19. City of Lincoln Building Permit 17745, issued 1928. Architects: Miller & Craig.

20. City of Lincoln Building Permit 16647, issued July 14, 1927. Architects: Miller & Craig; estimated cost $22,000.

21. City of Lincoln Building Permit 14663, issued 1925. Architects: Miller & Craig, estimated cost: $10,000.

22. City of Lincoln Building Permit 14136, issued 1925. Architects: Miller & Craig, estimated cost: $7,000.

23. City of Lincoln Building Permit 14004, issued 1925. Architects: J. B. Miller, estimated cost: $7,000.

24. City of Lincoln Building Permit 19233, issued November 25, 1929; estimated cost: $25,000. Associated drawings are inscribed "Miller & Craig Archts."

25. "Journal to Build Ideal Residence--Demonstration Dwelling to Be Located at Sheridan and Lake Streets," (Lincoln) Nebraska State Journal (March 8, 1925), 1.

26. "Personals...Fritz Craig, architect of Lincoln was in McCook Saturday," McCook (Nebraska) Daily Gazette (May 16, 1932), 2.

27. "Plan New Episcopal Structure," McCook (Nebraska) Daily Gazette (September 21, 1934), 1.

28. "Christmas Eve Midnight Mass Held at New St. Alban's Church" with accompanying sketch elevation of "The New St. Alban's," McCook (Nebraska) Republican (December 28, 1934), 1.

29. "Architect for New Church Here to Make Early Plans," Superior (Nebraska) Express (September 14, 1933), 1.

30. City of Lincoln Building Permit 14504, issued September 26, 1925.

31. City of Lincoln Building Permit 16470, issued May 21, 1927; Miller & Craig, architects; estimated cost $35,000.

32. City of Lincoln Building Permit 17124, issued November 29, 1927; Miller & Craig, architects; estimated cost $32,000.

33. City of Lincoln Building Permit 18167, issued November 7, 1928; Miller & Craig, architects; estimated cost $15,000.

34. "The New Presbyterian Church Under Construction Here," Cozad (Nebraska) Local (January 22, 1926), 1 (with perspective inscribed "Miller & Craig Arch'ts Lincoln 12-27-25").

Page Citation

E. F. Zimmer, “Miller & Craig, Architects,” in David Murphy, Edward F. Zimmer, and Lynn Meyer, comps. Place Makers of Nebraska: The Architects. Lincoln: Nebraska State Historical Society, July 29, 2024. http://www.e-nebraskahistory.org/index.php?title=Place_Makers_of_Nebraska:_The_Architects Accessed, November 22, 2024.

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