Joseph W. Salmon (1879-1957), Architect
Joseph Salmon was born May 27, 1879 at Ellington, Illinois to Lewis (Louis?), a printer, and Ella Salmon.[14][15] The family lived in Quincy, Illinois in 1900, when Joseph's father was listed as a railway postal clerk. [16] Joseph married Georgia Dumont in Wichita, Kansas in 1902. They had sons Herbert W. (born ca. 1904) and Dumont (born ca. 1911).[17][18] In 1910, Salmon was an architect in Kansas City, Missouri, then moved to Lincoln where he was an architect for Crosby Co., in Lincoln.[5][18] From 1914-1922, Salmon practiced architecture in Lincoln, Nebraska. Joseph's first wife Georgia Salmon died July 13, 1924 and was interred in Omaha; Joseph was a resident of Kansas City when he married Eulalia (McKee) Hale of Lincoln in Council Bluffs, Iowa on July 17, 1924.[21][22] He appears to have resided briefly in several other Midwestern cities, but returned to reside in Kansas City repeatedly in the 1920s and 1930s. Salmon lived for nine years in Phoenix, Arizona prior to his death there on March 6, 1957.[6][13]
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.
Contents
Compiled Nebraska Directory Listings
Lincoln, Nebraska, 1913-1922
Educational & Professional Associations
1906-1908: draftsman for J. H. Felt & Co., Kansas City, Missouri.[[#References[23]]]
1910: architect with J. H. Felt & Co., Kansas City, Missouri.[[#References[23]]]
1912: architect, Kansas City, Missouri.[[#References[23]]]
1913: architect for Crosby Co., Lincoln.[5][23]
1914-1922: architect, Lincoln, Nebraska.[[#References[23]]]
1918: head of architectural and building department of Nebraska Building & Investment Company, Lincoln, Nebraska.[10][c]
1923-1927, 1935: architect/superintendent, Kansas City, Missouri.[[#References[23]]]
1930: architect, Dubuque, Iowa.[13]
1940: engineer, Jefferson City, Missouri.[[#References[23]]]
1941: architect, Springfield, Missouri.[[#References[23]]]
1948-1957: architect, Phoenix, Arizona.[14][23]
Buildings & Projects
Dated
Winnett & Foltz Business Building (1912), 1236-42 O St., Lincoln, Nebraska.[4][5][b]
Crete Carnegie Library (1913-1915), 305 E. 13th St., Crete, Nebraska.[2][5][24] (SA01-145)
Charles Sheckelburg house (1914), 1957 Harwood, Lincoln, Nebraska.[5]
Sam Wieting house (1914), 1320 C St., Lincoln, Nebraska.[5]
O’Neill Public Library (1912-1913), O’Neill, Nebraska.[26]
City Hall (1914), Geneva, Nebraska.[20]
Friend Public Library (1915), Friend, Nebraska.[2][25]
Hospital Building (1915), Milford Sailors Home, Milford, Nebraska.[1][5]
Standard Oil Company barn and garage (1915), 1219 N 14th St., Lincoln, Nebraska.[5]
C.H. Swingle & Co. bldg (1916), 321 S 9th St., Lincoln, Nebraska.[5][7]
Kimball Bros. Theater (1916), 1500 Q St., Lincoln, Nebraska.[5][8]
Garage for Mrs. Richard (1916), 834 N 27th St., Lincoln, Nebraska.[5][9]
College View High School (1917-1920), NW corner S. 46th & Stockwell, (now) Lincoln, Nebraska.[11][12]
Hotel Lincoln (1917-1918), Franklin, Nebraska.[5][10]
Cornhusker Hotel (1926), 309 S.13th St., Lincoln, Nebraska.[a] (LC13:C08-015)
Undated
Notes
a. There is a hand-written note in the site file stating Salmon was the architect; no source is given. The proper attribution should be to Alonzo H. Gentry, AIA, Kansas City; see the Gentry data. It is possible that Salmon returned to Kansas City from Lincoln, and might have been working for Gentry on this job.[3]
b. Architect given as Salmon Architectural Company.[4] Alternate (?) name for the building is Winnett & Fells.[5]
c. Two-page advertisement for Nebraska Building and Investment Company of Lincoln includes photo of "Mr. Jos. W. Salmon, architect," noting "The Architectural and Building Department of The Nebraska Building and Investment Company is in personal charge of one of the most alert and competent architects in the middle west in the person of Jos. W. Salmon. Mr. Salmon's experience in Architecture and Building construction covers a wide and extensive field, adding experience of a broad and most valuable order. Mr. Salmon is a member of the American Society of Heating and Ventilating Engineers, a distinction held by few architects in this section." Eight buildings of the company are also included in the advertisement.[10]
d. Joseph and Georgia Salmon presumably divorced before her death and his remarriage to Eulalia Hale. "Find A Grave" notes Georgia's burial was at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Omaha, adding as "Graveside Details" Georgia's "Date of Interment 7 16 1924." That was the same date as Joseph's marriage in Council Bluffs, Iowa.[21][22]
References
1. Nebraska State Journal (March 16, 1915): 8. (includes an elevation of the building)
2. Nebraska State Library Commission, Buildings and Architects card file.
3. City of Lincoln, Building Permits, building permit #14503 (September 26, 1925); title block on plans reads: Alonzo H. Gentry, AIA.” Edward F. Zimmer to D. Murphy, email correspondence, March 1, 2011.
4. Thomas Lee Kaspar (1951-2017), Architect, comp. Inventory of architectural records in the archives of Davis Fenton Stange Darling, Architects, Lincoln, Nebraska. 1996. Nebraska State Historical Society, RG3748, Box 16.
5. [ncs, and Edward F. Zimmer], “Joseph W. Salmon, Architect, ca. 1880-?: Active Lincoln, 1913-1922,” illustrated MS., n.d. [created and published as pdf, 2.28.2011]
6. 1920 U.S. Census, s.v. “Joseph Salmon” [see file]
7. Building Permit #7164, Lincoln, Nebraska (1916).
8. Building Permit #7128, Lincoln, Nebraska (1916).
9. Building Permit #7049, Lincoln, Nebraska (1916).
10. "Nebraska Building and Investment Company" advertisement, Sunday State Journal (Lincoln, Nebraska) (March 3, 1918), A6-7 (illustrated, two-page spread).
11. "Proposed High School for College View," (Lincoln) Nebraska State Journal (January 28, 1917), 12-B (illustrated with perspective rendering).
12. Sanborn Map Company atlas of Lincoln, Nebraska, 1928, plate 385, "College View...High School Built 1920."
13. Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census, s.v. "Joseph W. Salmon," [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002.
14. "Certificate of Death," Arizona State Department of Health, March 6, 1957, on-line by Ancestry.com. Arizona, Death Records, 1887-1960 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.
15. Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census, s.v. "Lewis Salmon" and child "Joseph Salmon," [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc.
16. Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census, s.v. "Joseph W. Salmon," [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
17. Ancestry.com. Kansas, County Marriage Records, 1811-1911, s.v. "Joseph W. Salmon," [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.
18. Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census, s.v. "Joseph Salmon" and spouse "Georgia" [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
19. Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census, s.v. "Joshua W. Salman" and spouse "Georgia" [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
20. "Construction Contract" (call for bids), Sunday (Omaha, Nebraska) World-Herald (November 22, 1914), 13.
21. Find A Grave website, s.v. "Georgia Salmon," accessed April 9, 2018 at https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/73072276 See also "Forest Lawn Cemetery, Omaha, Nebraska...Burial Search," s.v. "Georgia Salmon," accessed on-line April 11, 2018, at http://www.forestlawnomaha.com/cemetery-map/
22. "Licensed to Wed in Council Bluffs...Joseph W. Salmon, Kansas City, Mo....45...Eulalia Hale, Lincoln...40," Morning (Omaha, Nebraska) World-Herald (July 17, 1924), 4; also Ancestry.com. Iowa, Marriage Records, 1880-1940, s.v. "Joseph W. Salmon," [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
23. City Directories, Kansas City, Missouri (1905-1912); Lincoln, Nebraska (1914-1922); Kansas City, Missouri (1924, 1927, 1935); Jefferson City, Missouri (1940); Springfield, Missouri (1941); Phoenix, Arizona (1951, 1952).
24. "Crete Public Library in Nebraska," in Nebraska Memories Nebraska (Nebraska Library Commission), accessed April 11, 2018 on-line at http://memories.nebraska.gov/cdm/singleitem/collection/nlc/id/33/rec/1
25. "Gilbert Public Library (Friend, Nebraska)...About Us," accessed April 11, 2018, on-line at http://libraries.ne.gov/gilbert/about-2/
26. "O'Neill (Nebraska) Public Library...History," accessed April 11, 2018 on-line at http://libraries.ne.gov/oneill/history/ (illustrated); see also "Library Founding Dates" (Nebraska Library Commission), accessed April 11, 2018, on-line at http://libraries.ne.gov/oneill/history/
Page Citation
D. Murphy & E. F. Zimmer “Joseph W. Salmon (1879-1957), Architect,” in David Murphy, Edward F. Zimmer, and Lynn Meyer, comps. Place Makers of Nebraska: The Architects. Lincoln: Nebraska State Historical Society, April 13, 2018. http://www.e-nebraskahistory.org/index.php?title=Place_Makers_of_Nebraska:_The_Architects Accessed, November 23, 2024.
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