Meginnis & Schaumberg, Architects
Partners:
Meginnis & Schaumberg was a Lincoln architectural partnership that was in business for 25 years. It was a prolific partnership that designed many schools and houses.
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, 1926-1930, 1930-1939, 1940-1942, 1950-1951
Educational & Professional Associations
____: Fiske, Dieman & Meginnis, Architects, Lincoln, Nebraska, and Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
1915-1924: Fiske & Meginnis, Architects, Lincoln, Nebraska.
1925: Fiske, Meginnis & Schaumberg, Architects, Lincoln, Nebraska.
Other Associations
1929-1938: employed Claude K. Camblin, designer.[10]
1946-1950: employed Richard (Sam) Freeman, architect.
Buildings & Projects
Dated
Beta Theta Pi house (1926), 1515 R Street, Lincoln, Nebraska.[2][7] (LC13:D09-514)
Irving Middle School (1926), 2745 S. 22nd St., Lincoln, Nebraska.[11] (LC13:D05-004)
Activities Building on UNL East Campus (1926), Lincoln, Nebraska.[11]
Blessed Sacrament Elementary School (1926), 2500 S 27th, Lincoln, Nebraska. (LC13:D05-428)
H. C. Claude house (1926-1927), 2731 Van Dorn, Lincoln, Nebraska.[5]
Federal Trust Company Building (ca. 1927), North east corner 13th & N, Lincoln, Nebraska.[1][7][11] (LC13:C08-007)
Alpha Phi house (1927), 1531 S, Lincoln, Nebraska. (LC13:D09-521)
Edna Barkley House (1927), 2829 S. 24th St., Lincoln, Nebraska.[11]
Fullerton High School (1928), north south 4th between Division & Irving, Fullerton, Nebraska. (NC02-091)
Phi Kappa Tau Fraternity House (1928), 5305 Huntington, Lincoln, Nebraska.[7][11] (LC13:F12-296)
Kathleen Hearn Building (1929), 10th & O, Aurora, Nebraska. (HM01-005)
Stromsburg High School (1929), Stromsburg, Nebraska.[8]
Addition (1929), Bryan Memorial Hospital, 4848 Sumner, Lincoln, Nebraska.[8]
Cody School (1929-1930), 2nd & Custer Ave, North Platte, Nebraska.[8][9]
J. Leslie Grainger House (1929), 2310 Woodsdale Blvd., Lincoln, Nebraska.[11]
North Platte High School (1929-1931), West 2nd Street at North Washington Avenue, North Platte, Nebraska.[8][9][b] Demolished, 2003. (LN06-027)
House (ca. 1930), 2829 S. 24th St., Lincoln, Nebraska. (LC13….
House (ca. 1930), 2310 Woodsdale Blvd, Lincoln, Nebraska. (LC13….
Taft School (ca. 1930-1931), five miles W of North Platte on Lincoln Highway, North Platte, Nebraska.[9]
Delta Upsilon house (1931), 1701 E, Lincoln, Nebraska.[7] (LC13:D07-034)
Addition and Alterations (1931), Saratoga School, 13th & Hudson Avenue, Lincoln, Nebraska.[8]
Lincoln YWCA Building (1932), 1432 N St, Lincoln, Nebraska.[7] (LC13:D08-018)
Lincoln Municipal Airport (ca. 1932), Lincoln, Nebraska.[12]
Smith-Dorsey Building (1933, 1939), 233 S 10th, Lincoln, Nebraska. (LC13:C08-171)
Masonic Temple (1934-1935), 1635 L St., Lincoln, Nebraska.[7] (LC13:D08-020) NRHP form and photos
Campbell house (1935), 2465 Woodscrest Ave, Lincoln, Nebraska. (LC13:D05-493)
Lincoln Liberty Life Insurance Building (1936), 113 N 11th, Lincoln, Nebraska. (LC13:C09-048) [7]
Little Building remodel (1936), 113 N 11th St., Lincoln, Nebraska.[11]
Andrews house (1937), 2626 S 24th, Lincoln, Nebraska. (LC13:D05-482)
C. E. Swanson house (1937), 2633 S 24th, Lincoln, Nebraska. (LC13:D05-535)
McKelvie Building (1938), Lincoln, Nebraska.[8]
Walt & Son Music Company Building (1939), 1140 O, Lincoln, Nebraska. (LC13:C09-124)
York Municipal Auditorium Building (1940), North east corner 7th & Nebraska Ave, York, Nebraska.[8] (YK11-003/YK10-004)
Gordon Auditorium Building (1940-1943), 311 N. Oak St., Gordon, Nebraska.[8] (SH05-034)
Delta Tau Delta house (1949), 715 N 16th, Lincoln, Nebraska. (LC13:D09-___)
House (1951), 2530 S 24th, Lincoln, Nebraska. (LC13:D05-479)
Undated
Clinton Elementary School, 1520 N 29th, Lincoln, Nebraska.
Northeast High School, Lincoln, Nebraska.[6][a]
House, 4929 Huntington, Lincoln, Nebraska. (LC13:F12-287)
Notes
a. In association with Davis & Wilson, Architects.
b. Ernest R. Rokahr & Sons, Lincoln, Nebraska, Contractors.[9]
References
1. Nebraska State Journal (January 16, 1927), 4G.
2. Nebraska State Journal (January 16, 1927), 11G.
3. Nebraska State Journal (January 16, 1922): 10, illus.
4. "Harry Meginnis Dies while attending SAR Meeting," Lincoln Star (February 23, 1943), 1.
5. Dee Gunnerson, Lincoln, to D. Murphy, 1984. (see file)
6. Tom Kaspar. Personal communication with D. Murphy, 3.14.2003.
7. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
8. Tom Kaspar, comp. Inventory of architectural records in the archives of Davis Fenton Stange Darling, Architects, Lincoln, Nebraska. 1996. Nebraska State Historical Society, RG3748, Box 16.
9. North Platte Public Schools, North Platte, Nebraska: A Dedication Program, March Thirteenth Nineteen Hundred Thirty-One (North Platte: Kelly & Son, [1931]); in Rokahr Family Collection, MS3584, S.6, f.6. Nebraska State Historical Society archives.
10. Application for Registration to Practice Professional Engineering and Architecture, Nebraska State Board of Examiners for Professional Engineers and Architects, June 14, 1938. Nebraska State Historical Society RG081 SG2
11. Zimmer, Ed., Harry Meginnis Biography (Lincoln: City of Lincoln, 2006).
12. Neues Derwaltungsgebäude auf d em ftadtifchen flugfelf in Lincoln [New Administration Building on the...Airfield...], The World Newspaper (December 22, 1932), 5.
Page Citation
D. Murphy, “Meginnis & Schaumberg, Architects,” in David Murphy, Edward F. Zimmer, and Lynn Meyer, comps. Place Makers of Nebraska: The Architects. Lincoln: Nebraska State Historical Society, February 17, 2015. http://www.e-nebraskahistory.org/index.php?title=Place_Makers_of_Nebraska:_The_Architects Accessed, November 26, 2024.
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