Supervising Architect of the Treasury
The Office of the Supervising Architect of the Treasury was a unit of the U. S. Treasury Department that for nine decades was responsible for the design, construction, and alteration of most of the structures housing federal agencies nationwide. A succession of fifteen Supervising Architects headed the agency between its creation in 1852 and its dissolution in 1939.[1] The Treasury's Supervising Architects designed post offices, federal courthouses, and other significant buildings in Nebraska cities and towns from the 1870s through 1930s. This page provides links to dozen Supervising Architects who built in Nebraska while their individual pages detail their projects.
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
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Supervising Architects
1852-1862: Ammi B. Young (-)
1863-1865: Isaiah Rogers ( - )
1866-1874: A. B. Mullett
1875-1876: William Appleton Potter
1876-1883: James G. Hill
1883-1886: Mifflin E. Bell
1887-1888: William Alfred Freret
1889-1891: James H. Windrim
1891-1893: Willoughby J. Edbrooke
1893-1894: Jeremiah O'Rourke
1894, 1897: Charles E. Kemper, two brief stints as "Acting Supervising Architect"[a]
1895-1897: William Martin Aitken
1897-1912: James Knox Taylor
1912-1915: Oscar E. Wenderoth
1915-1933: James A. Wetmore[b]
1933-1939: Louis A. Simon
Other Associations
Educational & Professional Associations
Buildings & Projects
Notes
References
1. Antoinette J. Lee, Architects to the Nation. The Rise and Decline of the Supervising Architects Office. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000.
Page Citation
E. F. Zimmer, “Supervising Architect of the Treasury,” in David Murphy, Edward F. Zimmer, and Lynn Meyer, comps. Place Makers of Nebraska: The Architects. Lincoln: Nebraska State Historical Society, July 5, 2024. http://www.e-nebraskahistory.org/index.php?title=Place_Makers_of_Nebraska:_The_Architects Accessed, October 30, 2024.
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