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Everett S. Dodds, ca. 1924

Everett Sherwood Dodds was born March 7, 1889 in Northfield, Minnesota to veterinarian Robert M. and Sophie Simpson Dodds.[5][87] Professionally, Everett became known for being a "specialist in up-to-date residences and bungalows of the better class."[4][10] He moved to Nebraska in 1910 after a couple years of working for an architecture firm in Minnesota.[3] In Nebraska, Dodds was involved in many architectural projects which consisted mainly of houses and schools, first in a brief partnership with Fred Petersen, then for decades in independent practice. Petersen had published numerous house designs in Omaha newspapers before associating with Dodds and they continued frequent publication in their joint practice. After they separated in 1913, Dodds remained a regular contributor of house plans to Omaha papers well into the 1920s. In 1914 Dodds assembled a book of plans which he offered to mail out for 50 cents; a decade later he issued a full-color, 48-page booklet Build a Dodds Home which appears to have been used as a resource by builders well beyond Omaha.[10][18]f]

Dodds married Mabel Schoelkopf on July 28, 1913. Their union produced three sons (Everett Loren, Alan Stuart, Robert Marvin) and they adopted a daughter, Jean, in 1924. All three sons attended Carnegie Technology Institute in Pittsburgh and pursued careers related to architecture or engineering.[o] Dodds, a tenor, was the director of the Scottish Concert Trio of Omaha which performed widely around Omaha and on radio stations in Iowa and Nebraska. He was an active amateur athlete in volleyball and curling. Additionally, he belonged to the Nebraska Association of Architects, the Lodge of Perfection of Scottish Rite Masons, the Christian Science Church, the Omaha Athletic Club, the Omaha YMCA, the Royal Arcanum of Omaha, and the Commercial Club of Omaha.[5][6] Everett and Mabel relocated to California after WWII.[84] Dodds died in Castro Valley, California, March 26, 1958.[3][82][g]

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.

Cover, Build a Dodds Home (Bob Puschendorf)

Compiled Nebraska Directory Listings

Omaha, Nebraska, 1914-1935, 1939-1943

Educational & Professional Associations

1894-1901: grammar school, Northfield, Minnesota.[3]

1901-1908: public school, Mankato, Minnesota.[3][5]

1908-1910: draftsman, Shippel and Garlach Architects, Mankato, Minnesota.[3]

1910: draftsman, James C. Stitt (1866-1949), Architect, Norfolk, Nebraska.[3]

1910-1911: draftsman, Adams and Kelly Millwork, Omaha, Nebraska.[3]

1911-1913: partner, Petersen & Dodds, Architects, Omaha, Nebraska.[3][5][6][9]

1916: partner, E. S. Dodds & J. Van Teylingen, Omaha, Nebraska.[21][23][l]

1913-1935: Everett S. Dodds, Architect, Omaha, Nebraska.[3][6][16]

1935-1938: architect, Housing Division, Public Works Administration, Department of the Interior.[3][61][62][71]

1936: architect in private practice as "Everett S. Dodds & Sons," probably with son E. Loren Dodds.[o]

1938: Registered Professional Architect, Nebraska, January 4, 1938, A-28.[3]

1939-1946: Everett S. Dodds, Architect, Omaha, Nebraska.[c]

Other Associations

1917-1920: employed Harvey C. Peterson, plans and specifications.

1922-1926: employed Reinholdt Frederick Hennig, draftsman.

1925: directed Scottish music programs on radio stations in Iowa and Nebraska.

1939: employed son Alan S. Dodds (on leave from Carnegie Tech) as intern architect.[73][q]

1940: chairman of Omaha Housing Authority.[75]

1949: chairman of "architectural supervising committee," Sun Valley area, Walnut Creek, California.[84]

Buildings & Projects

Dated

1911-1913

Dodds had an early association with Fred Petersen that was brief but productive, including publication of numerous house plans in Omaha Daily News between 1911 and 1913. They also designed a city hall and fire station for the Village of Dundee and the Bosworth Apartments, still extant (2023) at 2217 Howard in Omaha. The projects and publication of their association are listed on the page Petersen & Dodds, Architects.

1913-1939

Building (1913), 816 N 16th, Omaha, Nebraska.[2] (DO09:0130-033)

Residence for Chas. W. Martin Co. (1913), Kountze Place, Omaha, Nebraska.[15]

Residence for Chas. W. Martin Co. (1913), Norwood Addition, Omaha, Nebraska.[15]

Residence for George Allmart (1913), Dundee (now Omaha), Nebraska.[15]

Residence for J. B. Hensman (1913), 5908 N. 24th Street, Omaha, Nebraska.[15]

Building (1914), 801 N 20th, Omaha, Nebraska.[2] (DO09:0130-022)

Charles W. Martin's Minne Lusa Residential Development [nearly 80 homes by Dodds], (ca. 1914- ca. 1919), Vane St to Redick Ave, N. 20th to N 24th, Omaha, Nebraska.[12][h] National Register narrative

Masonic Temple addition (1915), 420-422 E. Coolbaugh Street, Red Oak, Iowa.[6][25][m]

Standard Oil Company Gas Station (ca. 1915), Grand Island, Nebraska.[9:83]

Fourth place price ($50) in design competition for York's McCloud Hotel (1916).[14]

Prettiest Mile Club House (1916-1917) aka Birchwood, Omaha, Nebraska.[6][7][19][20][22][c]

Randall Pollock house (1917), 2886 Vane, Omaha, Nebraska.[d] (DO09:0245-002)

Hans Anderson bungalow (1918), 4720 N 26th Ave, Omaha, Nebraska.[2]

F. W. Rice house (1919), 1127 S 32nd St, Omaha, Nebraska.[1][2] (DO09:0204-042)

House (1919), 2102 Binney, Omaha, Nebraska.[2] (DO09:0140-087)

Mixed use project (theater, store and apartments) for Ames Realty Co. (1919-1921), south side of Ames, just west of 24th Street, Omaha, Nebraska.[30][31]

House (1921), 1521 S 7th, Omaha, Nebraska.[2] (DO09:0064-045)

House (1921), 3402 N 16th, Omaha, Nebraska.[2] (DO09:0142-015)

House (1921), 3410 N 16th, Omaha, Nebraska.[2] (DO09:0142-013)

House (1921), 3406 N 16th, Omaha, Nebraska.[2] (DO09:0142-014)

Building (1921), 1521 Park Wild Ave, Omaha, Nebraska.[2] (DO09:0064-045)

"The World-Herald Bungalow", (Omaha World-Herald, March 11, 1923)

"The World-Herald Bungalow" (1923) at 517 South 51st Avenue, Omaha, Nebraska.[32][n]

Public school building (1925), Douglas County District 54, Ralston, Nebraska.[38]

Building (1925), 2109 Cuming St, Omaha, Nebraska.[2] (DO09:0130-055)

House (the Ashford) (1925), 3054 Martin Ave, Omaha, Nebraska.[7][b]

Plans for conversion of 6-story Hannan-Van Brunt Motor Co. Building into apartments (1926), Farnam Street at Turner Boulevard, Omaha, Nebraska.[47]

Meister Apartments (1927), 128 N 33rd, Omaha, Nebraska.[2] (DO09:0212-008)

House (1927), 2535 N 55th, Omaha, Nebraska.[2] (DO09:0446-050)

Dr. J. V. Farrington house (1927), Happy Hollow Blvd & Lafayette Ave, Omaha, Nebraska.[13][49]

H. A. Evans house (1927), 5104 Western Avenue, Omaha, Nebraska.[48]

Joseph B. Pitzer house (1928), 2529 North Fifty-fifth Street, Omaha, Nebraska.[50]

Commercial building (1928), 1430 S 13th, Omaha, Nebraska.[2] (DO09:0115-097)

High School (1929), Petersburg, Nebraska. (BO07-009)

Two-story brick school building (1929-1930), Elkhorn, Nebraska.[51]

Two-classroom brick school house (1931), Elk City, Nebraska.[52][53]

Grade and high school (1932), Pilger, Nebraska.[54]

High School (1933), Murray, Nebraska.[55]

School (1934-1935), Elba, Nebraska.[56][57]

School (1935), Farwell, Nebraska.[57][59]

Inman School (1935), Inman, Nebraska.[57] (HT10-009)

Walthill School (1935), Walthill, Nebraska.[59]

Bennington School (1935), Bennington, Nebraska.[59]

Ashton School (1935), Ashton, Nebraska.[59]

School for Pleasant Hill School District No. 42 (1935-1938), 28th & Chandler Road, Sarpy County, Nebraska.[57][72]

School (1935-1936), Decatur, Nebraska.[58][63][o]

Design for Auditorium and gymnasium (1935), Thurston, Nebraska.[60]

Steinauer Public School (1936), Eastside Hickory at 5th, Steinauer, Nebraska.[a] (PW07-019)

North Side Housing ("Logan Fontenelle Homes") Project (1936), bounded by 20th, 24th, Paul & Seward Streets, Omaha, Nebraska.[64][p]

Residence (circa 1938), 6901 Fontenelle Boulevard, Omaha, Nebraska.[70]

North Side Bank (1939), 30th & Ames, Omaha, Nebraska.[11]

District 30 school house (1939), 3.5 miles NW of Irvington, Nebraska.[73][q]

Proposal for Stadium & Gymnasium at Fontenelle Park (1939), Omaha, Nebraska.[74]

Dr. Robert & Mrs. Hollingsworth house (1940), 5525 Florence Boulevard, Omaha, Nebraska.[76]

District 43 school house (1940), east of Elk City, Douglas County, Nebraska.[77]

Berkerd house (1940), 5151 North Twenty-third Street, Omaha, Nebraska.[78]

United Plumbing and Supply Co. warehouse (1941), 1802 Mason Street, Omaha, Nebraska.[79]

"Cape Cod bungalow" (1942), 6328 William Street, Omaha, Nebraska.[81]

Publications

Petersen & Dodds House Plans, 1912-1913

The partners Fred Petersen and Everett Dodds published house plans in Omaha Daily News frequently during their 1912-1913 association. Prior to that time, Petersen was a regular contributor; after their practices diverged in May 1913 it Dodds continued issuing plans through Omaha's Sunday newspapers, while Petersen seems to have discontinued the activity. SEE Petersen & Dodds for some of the published house plans of the 1912-1913 period.

Dodds Publications, 1913-1919

Dodds was a prolific author of house plans for three Omaha newspapers in this period, including Sunday editions of the Omaha Daily Bee, Omaha Daily News, and Omaha World-Herald. On more than one Sunday, he published different designs in more than one of the papers. A few designs were also repeated, sometimes in the same newspaper and sometimes in different newspapers. No further designs by Fred Petersen appeared in Omaha newspapers in this period, but Dodds' Omaha competitors C. N. Robinson and H. D. Frankfurt did publish designs, although less frequently than Dodds, as did Arthur C. Clausen, a Minneapolis architect.

"Home Builders' Model Home" by E. S. Dodds, 1913 (Omaha Daily Bee)

"Stucco and Shingle" house design by E. S. Dodds, 1913 (Omaha World-Herald)

"Brick Veneer and Stucco" house design by E. S. Dodds, 1914 (Omaha World-Herald)

"Modern Architecture" house design by E. S. Dodds, 1914 (Omaha Daily News)

"A Quietly Secluded Home" by E. S. Dodds, 1914 (Omaha World-Herald)

Everett S. Dodds, "Homes of Character...Description...a splendid example of the modern type of one story and a half bungalow," (Perspective sketch and two floor plans), Omaha (Nebraska) Daily News (May 4, 1913), 20.

E. S. Dodds, "Home Builders' Model Home," (Perspective sketch and two floor plans), Omaha (Nebraska) Daily Bee (June 22, 1913), 33.

E. S. Dodds, “Some New Home Suggestions,” (Elevation sketch and two floor plans), Omaha World-Herald (June 29, 1913), 6E.

E. S. Dodds, “An Artistic Bungalow,” ("Cartoonish" perspective & one floor plan), Omaha World-Herald (July 6, 1913), 8W.

E. S. Dodds, “Stucco and Frame,” (Perspective photo & two floor plans), Omaha World-Herald (July 13, 1913), 4E.

E. S. Dodds, “The Modern Bungalow,” (Perspective sketch & floor plan), Omaha World-Herald (July 20, 1913), 23.

E. S. Dodds, “A New Home of Artistic Beauty,” (Perspective photo & 2 floor plans), Omaha (Nebraska) Daily Bee (July 27, 1913), 28.

E. S. Dodds, “A True Bungalow,” (Perspective photo & floor plan), Omaha World-Herald (July 27, 1913), 22 (8W).

E. S. Dodds, “Stucco and Shingle,” (Elevation & 2 floor plans), Omaha World-Herald (August 3, 1913), 30.

E. S. Dodds, “A New Design in Stucco,” (Elevation & 2 floor plans), Omaha (Nebraska) Daily News (December 7, 1913), 33.

E. S. Dodds, “Eight-Room Square House,” (Perspective photo & 2 floor plans), Omaha (Nebraska) Daily Bee (March 15, 1914), 10.

E. S. Dodds, “Plan No. 477,” (Perspective photo & 2 floor plans), Omaha (Nebraska) Daily News (March 15, 1914), 14.

E. S. Dodds, “Convenient Bungalow,” (Perspective & 2 floor plans), Omaha (Nebraska) Daily News (March 22, 1914), 16.

E. S. Dodds, “A Classy Home,” (Perspective photo & 2 floor plans), Omaha (Nebraska) Daily News (March 29, 1914), 14.

E. S. Dodds, “An Attractive Bungalow," (Perspective photo & 2 floor plans), Omaha (Nebraska) Daily News (April 12, 1914), 13.

E. S. Dodds, “Homelike Bungalow," (Perspective & 2 floor plans), Omaha (Nebraska) Daily News (April 19, 1914), 14.

E. S. Dodds, “An Ames Home," (Perspective & 2 floor plans), Omaha (Nebraska) Daily News (April 26, 1914), 11.

E. S. Dodds, “A Modern Bungalow by Everett S. Dodds," (Perspective photo & floor plan), Omaha (Nebraska) Daily Bee (May 10, 1914), 34.

E. S. Dodds, “Stucco on Hollow Tile, by Everett S. Dodds," (Perspective photo & 2 floor plans), Omaha (Nebraska) World-Herald (May 10, 1914), 40.

E. S. Dodds, “An Economical Cottage by Everett S. Dodds," (Perspective photo & 2 floor plans), Omaha (Nebraska) Daily Bee (May 24, 1914), 38.

E. S. Dodds, “Shingle Bungalows," (Perspective & 2 floor plans), Omaha (Nebraska) World-Herald (May 31, 1914), 37.

E. S. Dodds, “An Attractive Bungalow," (Perspective photo & 2 floor plans), Omaha (Nebraska) Daily Bee (June 7, 1914), 36.

E. S. Dodds, “A Miller Park Home...built by Charles W. Martin & Co.," (Perspective photo & 2 floor plans), Omaha (Nebraska) Daily News (June 7, 1914), 11; reprinted in same newspaper, (October 18, 1914), 20.

E. S. Dodds, “A Modern Residence," (Perspective photo & 2 floor plans), Omaha (Nebraska) Daily News (June 7, 1914), 41.

E. S. Dodds, “Stucco and Shingle," (Elevation & 2 floor plans), Omaha (Nebraska) World-Herald (June 14, 1914), 39.

E. S. Dodds, “The Classy Bungalow," (Perspective & floor plan), Omaha (Nebraska) Daily Bee (June 21, 1914), 30.

E. S. Dodds, “An Attractive Residence," (Perspective photo & 2 floor plans), Omaha (Nebraska) Daily News (June 21, 1914), 8.

E. S. Dodds, “Brick Veneer and Stucco," (Perspective photo & 2 floor plans), Omaha (Nebraska) World-Herald (June 21, 1914), 11.

E. S. Dodds, “A Model Bungalow," (Perspective photo & 2 floor plans, with mention "Write for further information or my new plan book."), Omaha (Nebraska) Daily Bee (June 28, 1914), 30.

E. S. Dodds, “Brick Veneer and Succo [sic] Residence," (Perspective photo & 2 floor plans, noting "My plan book will soon be ready."), Omaha (Nebraska) World-Herald (July 5, 1914), 21.

E. S. Dodds, “Comfortable Closet Designed by Everett S. Dodds," (Perspective & 2 floor plans, with mention "Send 50 cents for my new plan book."), Omaha (Nebraska) Daily Bee (July 12, 1914), 8.

E. S. Dodds, “An Economical Cottage," (Perspective photo & 2 floor plans.), Omaha (Nebraska) World-Herald (July 19, 1914), 22.

E. S. Dodds, “An Attractive Dwelling," (Perspective & 2 floor plans.), Omaha (Nebraska) World-Herald (July 26, 1914), 44.

E. S. Dodds, “A New Dundee Home," (Perspective photo & 2 floor plans), Omaha (Nebraska) Daily News (July 26, 1914), 11.

E. S. Dodds, “Modern Architecture," (Perspective & 2 floor plans for Tudor revival style, 2.5 story residence), Omaha (Nebraska) Daily News (August 9, 1914), 12; reprinted as "Modern Architecture" in Omaha (Nebraska) World-Herald (October 11, 1914), 29.

E. S. Dodds, “Particularly Attractive House Designed by Everett S. Dodds," (Perspective & 2 floor plans), Omaha (Nebraska) Daily Bee (August 16, 1914), 6.

E. S. Dodds, “A New Design in Stucco," (Perspective & 2 floor plans), Omaha (Nebraska) World-Herald (August, 1914), 22.

E. S. Dodds, “Very Convenient Bungalow by Everett S. Dodds," (Perspective & 2 floor plans), Omaha (Nebraska) Daily Bee (August 30, 1914), 21.

E. S. Dodds, “A Quietly Secluded Home," (Perspective & floor plan), Omaha (Nebraska) World-Herald (August 30, 1914), 18.

E. S. Dodds, “Comfort and Convenience," (Perspective & 2 floor plans), Omaha (Nebraska) World-Herald (September 6, 1914), 28.

E. S. Dodds, “A Modern Bungalow," (Perspective photo & 2 floor plans), Omaha (Nebraska) World-Herald (September 20, 1914), 18.

E. S. Dodds, “An Attractive Home," (Perspective photo & 2 floor plans), Omaha (Nebraska) Daily News (September 20, 1914), 14.

E. S. Dodds, “Attractive Home on 'Prettiest Mile' Road," (Perspective photo & 2 floor plans), Omaha (Nebraska) Daily Bee (September 20, 1914), 9.

E. S. Dodds, “A Modern Residence," (Perspective & 2 floor plans), Omaha (Nebraska) Daily News (September 27, 1914), 15.

E. S. Dodds, “A Modern Residence," (Perspective photo & floor plan), Omaha (Nebraska) Daily News (October 4, 1914), 21.

E. S. Dodds, “A Modern Eight-Room House," (Perspective photo & 2 floor plans), Omaha (Nebraska) Daily Bee (October 18, 1914), 10.

E. S. Dodds, “A Modern Five-Room Cottage," (Perspective photo & floor plan), Omaha (Nebraska) Daily Bee (March 21, 1915), 45.

E. S. Dodds, “A Typical Bungalow," (Two floor plans and perspective photo showing atypical drive-through "carriage porch"), Omaha (Nebraska) World-Herald (April 11, 1915), 31.

E. S. Dodds, Untitled perspective photo and 2 floor plans for 2.5 story American four-square house, Omaha (Nebraska) World-Herald (May 30, 1915), 31.

E. S. Dodds, “The Classy Bungalow," (Perspective photo & floor plan), Omaha (Nebraska) Daily Bee (June 20, 1915), 30.

E. S. Dodds, “A Modern Home," (Perspective photo & 2 floor plans), Omaha (Nebraska) Daily Bee (September 15, 1915), 10.

E. S. Dodds, “Dignified and Pleasing," (Perspective photo & 2 floor plans), Omaha (Nebraska) Daily Bee (July 9, 1916), 6.

E. S. Dodds, “A Modern Colonial Home," (Perspective photo & 2 floor plans), Omaha (Nebraska) Daily Bee (March 18, 1917), 13.

E. S. Dodds, “Cozy California Bungalow Built Right Here in Omaha" built by C. W. Martin for Lt. Howell of Fort Omaha, (Perspective photo & floor plan), Omaha (Nebraska) Daily Bee March 16, 1919), 36.

E. S. Dodds, "Distinctive Bungalow is Designed for Narrow Lot," (perspective photo and 2 floor plans), Omaha (Nebraska) Daily Bee (March 23, 1919), 38.

E. S. Dodds, "Two Story Bungalow," (perspective photo and floor plan), Omaha (Nebraska) Daily Bee (March 30, 1919), 36.

E. S. Dodds, "Bungalow in Stucco and Shingles," (perspective photo and floor plan), Omaha (Nebraska) Daily Bee (April 6, 1919), 26.

Sample pages 8-9 (Bob Puschendorf)

Sample pages 22-23 (Bob Puschendorf)

Sample pages 42-43 (Bob Puschendorf)

Everett S. Dodds, Build a Dodds Home: Beauty, Comfort, and Durability (Red Oak, Iowa: The Thos. D. Murphy Co., n.d. [circa 1924]).[f]

E. S. Dodds, "English Tudor cottage," (elevation sketch and first floor plan), Omaha (Nebraska) Daily News" (February 15, 1925), 24.[37]

E. S. Dodds, "A true English type," (elevation sketch in landscape and two floor plans), Omaha (Nebraska) Daily Bee (November 29, 1925), 38.[39]

E. S. Dodds, "of Colonial design," (elevation sketch and two floor plans), Omaha (Nebraska) Daily Bee (December 6, 1925), 44.[40]

E. S. Dodds, "shingled cottage," (elevation sketch signed by Dodds' draftsman Reinholdt Frederick Hennig and two floor plans), Omaha (Nebraska) Daily Bee (December 13, 1925), 44.[41]

E. S. Dodds, "small house" of French provincial design, (elevation sketch signed "RFH" by Reinholdt Frederick Hennig and two floor plans), Omaha (Nebraska) Daily Bee (December 20, 1925), 40.[42]

E. S. Dodds, small 3-room cottage (unfinished upper story), (elevation sketch and one floor plan), Omaha (Nebraska) Daily Bee (December 27, 1925), 36.[43]

E. S. Dodds, English/ Tudor cottage design, (elevation sketch and two floor plans), Omaha (Nebraska) Daily Bee (January 3, 1926), 36.[44]

E. S. Dodds, French Eclectic design, (elevation and two floor plans), Omaha (Nebraska) Daily Bee (January 17, 1926), 36.[45]

E. S. Dodds, Spanish revival design (elevation sketch signed "RFH" by Reinholdt Frederick Hennig and one floor plan) Omaha (Nebraska) Daily Bee (January 31, 1926), 34.[46]

Notes

a. Site file PW07-019 lists the architect as Everett S. and E. Loren Dodds.

b. Built by C. W. Martin.[7]

c. Note that Dodds does not appear in Omaha City Directories from 1948-1959. Reference [65] indicates that Everett and Mabel Dodds had relocated to California.

d. Charles W. Martin, builder.

e. Reference [9:85] states that this was a weekly feature of the Omaha World-Herald; Dodds also published plans in the Omaha Daily News and Omaha Daily Bee.

f. Dodds announced the pending publication of a plan book in the Omaha World-Herald in early June, 1914, and by mid-month was advertising in Omaha Daily Bee "Send 50 cents for my new plan book."[8][17] It has been suggested that "plan book" was his Build A Dodds Home which bears the undated imprint of "The Thos. D. Murphy Co.," a well-known advertising art calendar printer of Red Oak, Iowa.[83] However, Build A Dodds Home can be dated about a decade later than his 1914 "plan book" by close examination of advertisements on the end-pages from eleven Omaha business associated with house construction. Comparison of the addresses in the advertisements to those businesses' listings in Omaha city directories supports publication around 1924, aligning Dodds' design in 1923 of the "World-Herald Bungalow" with the matching design entitled "Ashford" in Build a Dodds Home."[32-36]

Page 41 (Bob Puschendorf)

"The Ashford"('Nebraska State Journal, August 28, 1927)

Sweeney & Co. "Ashford" Cottage, 1927 (Based on Dodds design, 1914)

As late as 1927, Sweeney & Company, house builders in Lincoln, Nebraska, used Dodds' "Ashford" to illustrate an advertisement for their services and even plagarized some of Dodds' text in the lead paragraph of the advertisement. An "Ashford" cottage that Sweeney stated "we are now building" still (2023) stands at 1818 South 24th Street in Lincoln.[26] It varies from the published design in several details; a more faithful rendering of Dodds' Ashford was built by Sweeney at 2757 S. 11th Street in Lincoln (illustrated above).[27] Several other Lincoln builders constructed similar Ashford-based cottages in the 1920s, at 2255 Sewell Street (1924, by United Lumber & Millwork Co.); 624 South 33rd Street (1925, by C. C. Dunbaugh); 3426 Laura Avenue (1926) and 1010 South 34th Street (1926), both by John B. Cloer; and others.

g. See also references [10][12:16-17] for additional biographical information.

h. Minne Lusa dwellings attributed to Dodds in reference [12] are listed by address and Dodds' designations on pages 17-18; dates of construction can be derived from Table 1, pages 31-50; and original owners/occupants can be derived from Table 2, pages 52-75.

i. In a competition held in York, Nebraska, fifteen architects submitted designs for the community's planned, $100,000 hotel. Fred W. and Edwin B. Clarke won the commission, over Fiske & Meginnis of Lincoln; Lloyd D. Willis of Omaha, and Everett Dodds.[14]

j. The American Contactor on May 24, 1913 noted the dissolution of the Petersen & Dodds association with two brief notices: "Architect E. S. Dodds, formerly of Petersen & Dodds, Omaha, Neb. has opened an office on the ground floor of the Brandeis Theater building, that city" and "Architects M. R. Nippell and Fred Petersen (formerly of Petersen & Dodds) have former [sic] a partnership and have removed to the State Bank building, Omaha, Nebraska."[16]

k. The $15,000 club house was designed by Dodds and built in 1916-1917 at the corner of Redick Avenue and Florence Boulevard, at the beginning of what promoters referred to as the "prettiest mile" of Omaha's boulevard system. The "Prettiest Mile" Club was renamed Birchwood Club in 1930. It was described by Omaha World-Herald as "a suburban winter club" with a "very active program" including cabaret dinner-dances and "Junior club dances" for high school students."[19][20][22]

l. Van Tylingen does not appear in the Omaha city directories for 1916 or 1917. A brief obituary in 1956 called Johannes Van Teylingen "a leading Montana architect and internationally known chess player." He also served as the V.P. of the AIA in 1951-1956.[23] Born in 1891 in the Netherlands, he arrived in the U.S. in 1913 and married in Montana in 1914, where he resided the rest of his life.[24]

m. The "Masonic Lodge Building" in Red Oak, Iowa is a 4-story structure. The design is credited to George West in 1882, with two additional stories designed by Dodds and added in 1915.[25]

n. Dodds designed a small bungalow of his "Ashford" type for the Omaha World-Herald newspaper to give away as a promotion for a 1923 building show, advertised in full-page spread. The cost of the house was estimated at $7,500 and was intended to demonstrate the favorable pricing for new construction at that time.[32-35] The house was built the contest required writing a slogan or caption to accompany the design drawing. The winner, Mrs. Paul Gillespie, entitled the picture "Homemaking Hearts Are Happiest" and was awarded the deed in October 1923. The house is extant (2023) at 517 South 51st Avenue in Omaha but is modified with a second-story facade gable.[EFZ]

o. A 1936 newspaper article on Decatur's planned, $76,000 public school building mentioned "Everett S. Dodds & Sons, Omaha, are the architects." Dodds was criticized for holding the school contracts while serving as superintendent of the North Omaha housing project; he averred that the school projects preceded and did not overlap with the federal housing job. The appellation "Dodds & Sons" may have been an effort to create or to underscore that separation.[69] Everett's older sons Alan S. and E. Loren were both listed as students, living with Everett, in the 1937 Omaha city directory. Youngest son Robert Marvin Dodds (1920-1976), only about 16 years of age in 1936, was not mentioned in the directory but all three sons were architecture students that year at Pittsburgh's Carnegie Technology Institute. Everett Loren Dodds was born in Omaha in 1914 and died in Redding, California in 1996. Alan Stuart Dodds (1918-2006) was his younger brother, also born in Omaha. He died in Dallas.[63][65][66] Youngest brother Robert Marvin Dodds (1920-1976) went on to a distinguished career in teaching, engineering and architecture.[67][68] In 1941, Loren was an architect and engineer at the Fort Crook bomber plant and Alan was an architect for a Midwest supermarket chain. [80] Daughter Jean, born in 1923 and adopted by the Dodds in 1924, also showed interest and aptitude in drafting and engineering. She worked a few years as a draftsman in California before marrying Robert Thomas Cherry in Washington, D.C. in 1945.[85][86]

p. Omaha World-Herald published an elevation and floor plans for the North Side Housing Project in March 1936, noting "They were developed by the following Omaha architects: William B. Steele, George B. Prinz, J. M. Nachtigall, Noel S. Wallace, F. A. Herminghaus, and Everett S. Dodds..." and "...Ernst Herminghaus, landscape architect of Lincoln."[64] No Omaha architect named "F. A. Herminghaus" has been identified; probably that was a misstating of the name F. A. Henninger, Jr. who had an active architectural practice in Omaha in 1936, or perhaps his father Frederick A. Henninger, who practiced with his son before retiring to California in 1937.

q. Omaha World-Herald provided an elevation and plan for a small school built with WPA labor near Irvington, northwest of Omaha, noting that it had a "'three level' design giving it more the appearance of an art museum than a country school....The school was designed by 21-year-old Alan Dodds, student of architecture at Carnegie Tech, now on leave and working here with his father Everett L. [sic] Dodds."[73]

References

1. Landmarks, Inc., An Inventory of Historic Omaha Buildings, (Omaha: City of Omaha and Landmarks Heritage Preservation Commission, 1980), 85.

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

3. Application for Registration to Practice Professional Engineering and Architecture, Nebraska State Board of Examiners for Professional Engineers and Architects, October 26, 1937. Nebraska State Historical Society RG081 SG2

4. Everett S. Dodds, Build a Dodds Home: Beauty, Comfort, and Durability (Omaha: n.d. [ca. 1914]).[f]

5. Addison Erwin Sheldon, Nebraska: The Land and the People, Vol. III (Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company, 1931), 170-172; portrait facing 171.

6. Omaha: The Gate City and Douglas County Nebraska Vol. II, Arthur C. Wakeley, ed. (Chicago: S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1917), 580-583.

7. Edward F. Zimmer to Melissa Dirr, Nebraska State Historic Preservation Office, email communication, June 18, 1999.

8. Omaha World-Herald (July 5, 1914), 7-W.

9. L. Robert Puschendorf, “Standard Oil’s ‘Bungalow’ Filling Stations,” Nebraska History 87:2 (Summer 2006), 82-85.

10. Everett S. Dodds, Build a Dodds Home: Comfort, Beauty, Durability, Red Oak, Iowa: The Thos. D. Murphy Co., n.d. [circa 1924]; “Everett S. Dodds,” Nebraska History Vol. 87 (Summer 2006), 85.

11. "New Bank," Sunday World-Herald (October 1, 1939): F-10, illustrated with elevation.

12. Jennifer Honebrink, "Minne Lusa Residential Historic District," National Register of Historic Places Registration Form. Omaha: Alley Poyner Macchietto Architecture, P.C., November, 2013.

13. "Artistic Residence for Newcomer" (elevation of design for Dr. J. V. Farrington), Omaha (Nebraska) World-Herald (May 8, 1927), 34.

14. "Omaha Architects Win Prizes in Unusual York Competition," Omaha (Nebraska) Evening World-Herald (October 6, 1916), 14.

15. "Contracts Awarded....[4 listings for Residences by Everett S. Dodds]," The American Contractor (May 24, 1913), 96D.

16. "Personal....Architect E. S. Dodds" and "Architects M. R. Nippell and Fred Petersen..." The American Contractor (May 24, 1913), 96J.

17. "Comfortable Closet Designed by Everett S. Dodds," Omaha (Nebraska) Daily Bee (July 12, 1914), 8.

18. "The Ashford...[by]...Sweeney & Company," (Lincoln) Nebraska State Journal (August 28, 1927), 14.

19. "New Club Gets Prettiest Mile," Omaha (Nebraska) Evening Bee-News (September 11, 1930), 1; "Plans Busy Season for This Winter," Omaha (Nebraska) World-Herald (September 14, 1930), 4-E.

20. "North Side Women Will Build New Club House," Omaha (Nebraska) Evening Bee (October 27, 1916), 14

21. "Personal...Architect Everett S. Dodds...is succeeded by the architectural firm of E. S. Dodds and J. Van Teylingen," The American Contractor (March 11, 1916), 76d.

22. "Club House: $16,000...Owner Prettiest Mile Club," The American Contractor (November 11, 1916), 83.

23. "J. Van Teylingen, 64 [obituary]," Evening Star (Washington, D.C.) (November 14, 1956), 28; "Johannes VanTeylingen, Prominent Architect, Dies," Great Falls (Montana) Tribune (November 14, 1956), 1 (portrait).

24. Ancestry.com. U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current, s.v. "Johannes Van Teylingen," [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.

25. "Masonic Lodge Building," Red Oak [Iowa], on-line database accessed June 21, 2023 at https://www.redoakiowa.com/historic-tour/buildings/masonic-lodge-building/

26. City of Lincoln Building Permit #16704, issued July 27, 1927 to Sweeney & Co.

27. City of Lincoln Building Permit #16776, issued August 19, 1927 to Sweeney & Co.

28. "Real Estate Man and Architect Collide--Selby Wants Plans Returned and Damages for Alleged Delays and Mistakes," (Omaha, Nebraska) Evening World-Herald (March 18, 1914), 1.

29. "Everett S. Dodds," The Western Laborer (Omaha, Nebraska) (February 19, 1916), 3 (with portrait).

30. "Ames Realty Co. Plans Many New Buildings..Big Structure Just West of Twenty-Fourth--Propose Starting This Fall," Omaha (Nebraska) World-Herald (July 27, 1919), 24.

31. "Realty Co. Will Erect Half Million Building--Ames Avenue Structure to House Bank, Theater and Thirty-five Apartments," Omaha (Nebraska) World-Herald (June 19, 1921), 17.

32. "This $7,500 Bungalow to Be Given Away April 2nd to 7th at the World-Herald Building Show Omaha Auditorium," Omaha (Nebraska) World-Herald (March 11, 1923), 23.

33. "How World-Herald Bungalow Is Progressing," Sunday World-Herald (Omaha, Nebraska) (April 1, 1923), 14.

34. "Everett S. Dodds Show Booster," Omaha (Nebraska) World-Herald (April 8, 1923), 20.

35. "Open House at World-Herald Bungalow," Omaha (Nebraska) World-Herald (October 7, 1923), 12.

36. "Bungalow Winner Will Get Deed at Food Show," Omaha (Nebraska) World-Herald (October 15, 1923), 1.

37. "New Individual Types of Home Featured by Payne" (based on designs by Dodds), Omaha (Nebraska) Daily News (February 15, 1925), 8C (24).

38. "Notice to Bidders," Omaha (Nebraska) World-Herald (May 4, 1925), 16.

39. "The Small House Beautiful" (weekly series), Omaha (Nebraska) Daily Bee (November 29, 1925), 38.

40. "The Small House Beautiful" (weekly series), Omaha (Nebraska) Daily Bee (December 6, 1925), 44.

41. "The Small House Beautiful" (weekly series), Omaha (Nebraska) Daily Bee (December 13, 1925), 44.

42. "The Small House Beautiful" (weekly series), Omaha (Nebraska) Daily Bee (December 20, 1925), 40.

43. "The Small House Beautiful" (weekly series), Omaha (Nebraska) Daily Bee (December 27, 1925), 36.

44. "The Small House Beautiful" (weekly series), Omaha (Nebraska) Daily Bee (January 3, 1926), 36.

45. "The Small House Beautiful" (weekly series), Omaha (Nebraska) Daily Bee (January 17, 1926), 36.

46. "The Small House Beautiful" (weekly series), Omaha (Nebraska) Daily Bee (January 31, 1926), 34.

47. "Will Make Apartments of Auto Firm's Home--Improvements on Hannan-Van Brunt Building to Cost $200,000," Omaha (Nebraska) World-Herald (April 8, 1926), 1.

48. "English Design Favored," Omaha (Nebraska) World-Herald (June 19, 1927), 15 (illustrated with photo).

49. "Dundee Home Completed" (Dr. & Mrs. Farrington), Omaha (Nebraska) World-Herald (November 20, 1927), 32 (illustrated with photo).

50. "Pitzer Home Completed," Omaha (Nebraska) World-Herald (July 22, 1928), 35.

51. "Elkhorn Votes Bonds," Omaha (Nebraska) World-Herald (December 24, 1929), 4.

52. "Everett S. Dodds Architect...Schools and Public Buildings a Specialty," Omaha (Nebraska) World-Herald (March 2, 1930), 40.

53. "New Elk City School--Corner Stone of $10,000 Structure Will Be Laid This Afternoon," Omaha (Nebraska) World-Herald (August 16, 1931), 18 (illustrated with elevation and floor plan).

54. "Pilger's New School," Omaha (Nebraska) Bee-News (February 7, 1932), 13 (illustrated with "South Front Elevation").

55. "Cornerstone of New Murray School Laid," Omaha (Nebraska) World-Herald (July 6, 1933), 2.

56. "Work for Architects," Omaha (Nebraska) World-Herald (September 23, 1934), 31.

57. "Dodds Designs 3 New Schools," Omaha (Nebraska) Morning Bee-News (January 26, 1935), 4; and elevation drawing for "Elba Consolidated School."

58. "Pending Projects," Omaha (Nebraska) World-Herald (March 17, 1935), 51.

59. "School Projects Pending in Many Nebraska Towns," Omaha (Nebraska) World-Herald (June 30, 1935), 6.

60. "Many Projects Seek U. S. Funds for Construction," Omaha (Nebraska) World-Herald (August 11, 1935), 34.

61. "Takes Brother's Job--Everett Dodds Housing Project Boss," Omaha (Nebraska) Evening Bee-News (November 13, 1935), 3.

62. "Succeeds Brother in Housing Set-Up," captioned photo including Everett and Lewis T. Dodds, Omaha (Nebraska) World-Herald (November 13, 1935), 17.

63. "Receive Bids on Decatur School," Omaha (Nebraska) Morning Bee-News (March 11, 1936), 9.

64. "Plans for North Side Housing Project Revealed," Omaha (Nebraska) World-Herald (March 22, 1936), 17 (with elevation and plans).

65. Ancestry.com. U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current, s.v. "Everett Loren Dodds," [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012; Ancestry.com. U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current, s.v. "Alan Stuart Dodds" [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.

66. "Everett [Loren] Dodds" (obituary), Record Searchlight (Redding, California) (October 11, 1996), 10.

67. Family biography of "Robert Marvin 'Bob' Dodds," Find a Grave®, on-line database accessed June 29, 2023 at https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/168845944/robert-marvin-dodds

68. "Five Omahans Are Students at Carnegie Technology Instituted," Omaha (Nebraska) World-Herald (October 10, 1937), 45.

69. "Starr Backs Up Chase's Charges," Omaha (Nebraska) Evening Bee-News (October 8, 1936), 11.

70. "Orchard & Wilhelm" furniture advertisement mentioning "We have just furnished in early American maple the grey stone house at 6701 Florence Boulevard. Architect Everett Dodds," Omaha (Nebraska) World-Herald (November 14, 1937), 4.

71. "Howell May Manage First Housing Units," Omaha (Nebraska) Wold-Herald (February 1, 1938), 3; "Howell Gets 2,281 Keys to Logan Fontenelle Homes," Omaha (Nebraska) World-Herald (February 21, 1938), 2.

72. "Notice to Bidders" (District No. 42 school building), Omaha (Nebraska) World-Herald (December 9, 1938), 38; "Start New School at Pleasant Hill," Omaha (Nebraska) World-Herald (December 21, 1938), 11.

73. " '39 Little Red School House Built by WPA--3-level Design Used in New Building Near Irvington," Omaha (Nebraska) World-Herald (May 21, 1939), 40.

74. "Urge Athletic Civic Center--Seek Construction at Fontenelle Park," Omaha (Nebraska) World-Herald (May 26, 1939), 12 (illustrated with "Sketch" elevation "from the Office of Everett S. Dodds & Son Architects."

75. "Group Seeks Housing Jobs--South Omahans Ask Patronage," Omaha (Nebraska) World-Herald (January 16, 1940), 6.

76. "House to House," Omaha (Nebraska) World-Herald (April 14, 1940), 34 (illustrated with photo and floor plan).

77. "WPA Builds New School for 20 Pupils; Cost, $10,600, Declared 'Not Out of Line'," Omaha (Nebraska) World-Herald (April 30, 1940), 6 (illustrated with photo).

78. "New House Features Knotty Pine Kitchen-Dining Room," Omaha (Nebraska) World-Herald (July 21, 1940), 34 (illustrated with exterior photo and floor plan).

79. "Use Old Base for Building--Warehouse on Site of Former W.-H. Unit," Omaha (Nebraska) World-Herald (February 23, 1941), 24 (illustrated with photo).

80. "5 Dodds Are Draftees, but They're Not in the Army," Omaha (Nebraska) World-Herald (September 2, 1941), 5.

81. "House That Girls Built Has 10 Closets, No Men," Omaha (Nebraska) World-Herald (January 25, 1942), 51 (illustrated with photo).

82. "Everett S. Dodds, Architect, Is Dead," Omaha (Nebraska) World-Herald (April 17, 1958), 40.

83. "Thos. D. Murphy Co. Factory and Power Plant," Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, database accessed on-line July 1, 2023 at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thos._D._Murphy_Co._Factory_and_Power_Plant

84. "Atom Bomb Subject of Talk Tonight," (dateline Walnut Creek, California), Contra Costa Gazette (Martinez, California) (February 3, 1949), 12.

85. "Lone Girl, Fond of Architecture, in Drawing Class," Omaha (Nebraska) World-Herald (March 16, 1941), 48; SEE also column 2, page 14, Omaha (Nebraska) World-Herald (October 25, 1943), 14.

86. Ancestry.com. Washington, D.C., U.S., Marriage Records, 1810-1953, s.v. "Jean Dodds," [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.

87. Ancestry.com. U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current, s.v. "Robert Moffat Dodds," [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.

Page Citation

E. F. Zimmer & D. Murphy, “Everett Sherwood Dodds (1889-1958), Architect,” in David Murphy, Edward F. Zimmer, and Lynn Meyer, comps. Place Makers of Nebraska: The Architects. Lincoln: Nebraska State Historical Society, September 4, 2023. http://www.e-nebraskahistory.org/index.php?title=Place_Makers_of_Nebraska:_The_Architects Accessed, November 24, 2024.

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