Benjamin Detwiler Price (1845-1922), Architect
B. D. Price as born in 1870 in North Coventry, Pennsylvania in 1845. He established an architectural practice in Philadelphia where in the 1870s he began marketing plans by mail, principally for churches but also for parsonages and other buildings. He established a close relationship with the Methodist Episcopal Board of Church Extension in 1876, sharing an office with that organization, and publishing Church Plans annually. By the mid-1880s he claimed to have sold nearly 2,000 copies of his plans and by 1907 reportedly sold over 6,000 plan sets. He co-authored later editions of Church Plans with his son Max Charles Price and together they also marketed lithographed, colored paper in stained-glass patterns for application to clear glass an inexpensive substitute for stained-glass windows.
By 1900 Price lived in New Jersey and by 1920 in Punta Gorda, Florida, where he died in 1922.[1][2]
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
[hide]Compiled Nebraska Directory Listings
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Educational & Professional Associations
Buildings & Projects
Nebraska
First Congregational Church (1882), Clay Center, Nebraska.[3]
Methodist Church (1885), Ponca, Nebraska.[]
Grace Methodist Episcopal Church (1886), 27th & R Streets, Lincoln, Nebraska.[]
Notes
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References
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Page Citation
E. F. Zimmer, “Benjamin Detwiler Price (1845-1922), Architect,” in David Murphy, Edward F. Zimmer, and Lynn Meyer, comps. Place Makers of Nebraska: The Architects. Lincoln: Nebraska State Historical Society, November 30, 2022. http://www.e-nebraskahistory.org/index.php?title=Place_Makers_of_Nebraska:_The_Architects Accessed, April 10, 2025.
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