Henry K. Holsman (1866-1961), Architect
dba: Henry J. Holsman
Henry J. Holsman was born on July 3, 1866, in Jackson, Guthrie County, Iowa, to Louise and Henry Holsman, a tailor. By age 14 Henry was living with a farmer's family in Guthrie County and was listed in the 1880 U. S. Census as a "servant" and "farm laborer." He graduated from Grinnell College in the Class of 1891 and his obituary mentions that he also graduated from the University of Nebraska and Chicago Art Institute.[1][2][3][4] Grinnell may have been Holsman's connection to his Nebraska project, the design for Professor Willard Kimball's music conservatory in Lincoln of 1894-1895. Kimball was "one of the most popular and successful conservatory directors in the west" having served nineteen years as director of the Iowa conservatory of music in Grinnell before coming to Lincoln in 1894.[[#References|[[5][6]]]
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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
Educational & Professional Associations
1891: Graduated from Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa.[1][4]
Also "graduated from...the Chicago Art Institute and the University of Nebraska."[1]
Buildings & Projects
Notes
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References
1. "Henry Holsman Dies; Pioneer Maker of Cars," Janesville (Wisconsin) Daily Gazette (May 17, 1961), 2.
2. Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census, s.v. "Harry Holsman Jr.," [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009.
3. Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census," s.v. "Henry Holseman," [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010.
4. "Grinnell and Vivinity [sic]," Times-Republican (Marshalltown, Iowa) (February 13, 1917), 2 (mentions meeting with building committee of Grinnell Congregational Church regarding plans for new Sunday school and general purpose building).
5. "Kimball Hall," (Lincoln) Nebraska State Journal (May 20, 1984), 4.
6. "Growing out in the State...Mourning an Iowan," (Lincoln) Nebraska State Journal (April 22, 1894), 8.
Page Citation
E. F. Zimmer & D. Murphy, “Henry K. Holsman (1866-1961), Architect,” in David Murphy, Edward F. Zimmer, and Lynn Meyer, comps. Place Makers of Nebraska: The Architects. Lincoln: Nebraska State Historical Society, April 7, 2023. http://www.e-nebraskahistory.org/index.php?title=Place_Makers_of_Nebraska:_The_Architects Accessed, November 22, 2024.
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