James H. Windrim (1840-1919), Architect
James H. Windrim was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on January 4, 1840 to James and Catherine Windrim. His father, a grocer, was born in Scotland and his mother in Ireland.[2][3] By age 19, the younger James was living with his mother, listed in the 1860 Census as "apt archt" [apprentice architect].[4]
This page is a contribution to the publication, Place Makers of Nebraska: The Architects. See the Format and contents of Nebraska architect entries page for more information on the compilation and page organization.
Contents
Education & Professional Associations
1860, apprenticed to architect [4]
Nebraska Buildings & Projects
Site work at USPO, Lincoln, Nebraska. Annual Report...for the Year Ending September 30, 1889.
Completion of USPO, Nebr City (Yr ending 1890, p. 70)
USPO, Fremont, Nebraska. (Yr ending 1890, p. 45; ending 1891, p. 73-4
Site acquisition, Federal Building Omaha.
Notes
a. A small-town Nebraska newspaper reported tersely in April, 1889: "Secretary [of the Treasury] Windom has appointed James H. Windrim, of Philadelphia, Supervising Architect of the Treasury, vice Will A. Freret, resigned by request."[5]
References
1. Antoinette J. Lee, Architects to the Nation: The Rise and Decline of the Supervising Architect's Office (New York: Oxford University Press, 2000), 147.
2. Ancestry.com. U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current, s.v. "James H. Windrim," [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
3. Ancestry.com. "U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current," s.v. "James Windrum," [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
4. Ancestry.com. "1860 United States Federal Census," s.v. "James Windram [sic]", [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009.
5. "Windrim Honored," Nebraska Journal-Leader (Ponca, Nebraska) (April 4, 1889), 3.
14. , Annual Report of the Supervising Architect to the Secretary of the Treasury for the year ending September 30, 1887 (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1887), 40.
Other Sources
Page Citation
E. F. Zimmer, “James H. Windrim (1840-1919), Architect,” in David Murphy, Edward F. Zimmer, and Lynn Meyer, comps. Place Makers of Nebraska: The Architects. Lincoln: Nebraska State Historical Society, July 11, 2024. http://www.e-nebraskahistory.org/index.php?title=Place_Makers_of_Nebraska:_The_Architects Accessed, October 30, 2024.
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