Arthur Gustaf Peterson (1884-1954), Contractor & Architect
d.b.a. A. G. Peterson
Arthur G. Peterson was born in Nebraska on November 28, 1884 to Andrew P and Carolina C. Peterson, both of whom were born in Sweden. Arthur worked as a carpenter in Lincoln as early as 1909, and married Lillie there in 1910.[1][2] In 1915 he began to be listed on building permits for projects of W. Bruce Shurtleff as both "Architect" and "Contractor or BUilder," and in the Lincoln city directory of 1917 he was identified an an architect working for W. B. Shurtleff. Peterson worked on residential buildings, from single-family houses to the 9-story Metropolitan Apartments. He switched from Shurtleff's projects to Nebraska Building & Investment Co. (NBIC) from 1918 through 1920, first as an architect and later as an "estimator."[3][4] NBIC folded in the early 1920s; by 1924 Peterson was in Kansas City, working first as a carpenter and later as a building superintendent. He died in 1954 in Fairway, Kansas at age 69, receiving fatal injuries in a staircase fall at the apartment building for which he was building supervisor.[5][6]
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, 1909-1922
Educational & Professional Associations
1906-1916: carpenter/contractor, Lincoln, Nebraska
1917: architect for W. B. Shurtleff, Lincoln, Nebraska.
1918: architect for NBIC, Lincoln, Nebraska.[3]
1920: estimator for NBIC.[4]
1921: draftsman, Lincoln, Nebraska.
1922: engineer for Western Paint & Glass Company, Lincoln, Nebraska.
1924: carpenter, Kansas City, Missouri
1925-1953: superintendent &/or building supervisor, Kansas City, Missouri & Fairway, Kansas.[6]
Buildings & Projects
Four-story apartment house for W. B. Shurtleff (1915-1916), 508-514 South 14th Street, Lincoln, Nebraska.[7]
Metropolitan Apartments (1916-1917), southeast corner of 12th & K Streets, Lincoln, Nebraska.[11]
Notes
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d. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
References
1. Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census, s.v. "Gustaf A. Peterson," [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
2. Ancestry.com. U.S., Evangelical Covenant Church, Swedish American Church Records, 1868-1970, s.v. "Arthur G. Peterson," [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2017.
3. Ancestry.com. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, s.v. "Arthur G. Peterson," [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.
4. Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census, s.v. "Arthur B. Peterson," [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
5. Ancestry.com. U.S., Find a Grave™ Index, 1600s-Current, s.v. "Arthur B. Peterson," [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
6. "Arthur G. Peterson Rites," Kansas City (Missouri) Star (August 4, 1954), 39.
7. City of Lincoln Building Permit #6292, issued October 19, 1915, estimated cost $12,000; A. G. Peterson, architect.
11. "Another Change in the Sky-Line--The Beautiful New Metropolitan Apts.," Lincoln (Nebraska) Daily Star (May 6, 1917), 4-5 (double page spread); "Metropolitan," Sunday State Journal (Lincoln, Nebraska) (June 10, 1917), 8-C (illustrated).
12. City of Lincoln Building Permit #5591, issued 1914, estimated cost $6,500.
13. Ed Zimmer, Walking the Near South Neighborhood: Volume 2 (Lincoln, Nebraska: Near South Neighborhood Association, 2020), 83.
18. Ed Zimmer, Historic Haymarket, Lincoln, Nebraska, (Lincoln, Nebraska: Lincoln Haymarket Development Corporation, 2014), 25.
25. Ed Zimmer, Walking the Near South Neighborhood: Volume 3 (Lincoln, Nebraska: Near South Neighborhood Association, 2021), 129.
29. Ed Zimmer, Walking the Near South Neighborhood: Volume 3 (Lincoln, Nebraska: Near South Neighborhood Association, 2021), 86.
Page Citation
E. F. Zimmer, “Arthur Gustaf Peterson (1884-1954), Contractor & Architect,” in David Murphy, Edward F. Zimmer, and Lynn Meyer, comps. Place Makers of Nebraska: The Architects. Lincoln: Nebraska State Historical Society, February 20, 1923. http://www.e-nebraskahistory.org/index.php?title=Place_Makers_of_Nebraska:_The_Architects Accessed, November 25, 2024.
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