Everett Sherwood Dodds (1889-1958), Architect
Everett Sherwood Dodds was born March 7, 1889 in Northfield, Minnesota to Dr. Robert M. and Sophie Simpson Dodds.[5] Professionally, he became known for being a "specialist in up-to-date residences and bungalows of the better class."[4][10] He moved to Nebraska in 1910 after a couple years of working for an architecture firm in Minnesota.[3] In Nebraska, Dodds was involved in many architectural projects which consisted mainly of houses and schools, first in a brief partnership with Fred Petersen, then for decades in independent practice. Petersen had published numerous house designs in Omaha newspapers before associating with Dodds and they continued frequent publication in their joint practice. After they separated in 1913, Dodds remained a regular contributor of designs to Omaha papers. In 1914 Dodds published a pamphlet Build a Dodds Home, which appears to have remained a design resource in Nebraska at least into the mid-1920s.[10][18]
Dodds married Mabel Schoelkopf on July 28, 1913. The union produced four children: Loren, Allan S., Robert M., and Jean. Dodds, a tenor, was the director of the Scottish Concert Trio of Omaha. Additionally, he belonged to the Nebraska Association of Architects, the Lodge of Perfection of Scottish Rite Masons, the Christian Science Church, the Omaha Athletic Club, the Omaha YMCA, the Royal Arcanum of Omaha, and the Commercial Club of Omaha.[5][6] Dodds died March 26, 1958.[3][g]
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
Omaha, Nebraska, 1914-1935, 1939-1943
Educational & Professional Associations
1894-1901: grammar school, Northfield, Minnesota.[3]
1901-1908: public school, Mankato, Minnesota.[3][5]
1908-1910: draftsman, Shippel and Garlach Architects, Mankato, Minnesota.[3]
1910: draftsman, James C. Stitt (1866-1949), Architect, Norfolk, Nebraska.[3]
1910-1911: draftsman, Adams and Kelly Millwork, Omaha, Nebraska.[3]
1911-1913: partner, Petersen & Dodds, Architects, Omaha, Nebraska.[3][5][6][9]
1913-1935: Everett S. Dodds, Architect, Omaha, Nebraska.[3][6][16]
1935-1937: architect, Housing Division, Public Works Administration, Department of the Interior.[3]
1938: Registered Professional Architect, Nebraska, January 4, 1938, A-28.[3]
1939-1958: Everett S. Dodds, Architect, Omaha, Nebraska.[c]
Other Associations
1917-1920: employed Harvey C. Peterson, plans and specifications.
1922-1926: employed Reinholdt Frederick Hennig, draftsman.
Buildings & Projects
Dated
1911-1913
Dodds had an early association with Fred Petersen that was brief but productive, including publication of numerous house plans in Omaha Daily News between 1911 and 1913. They also designed a city hall and fire station for the Village of Dundee and the Bosworth Apartments, still extant (2023) at 2217 Howard in Omaha. The projects and publication of their association are listed on the page Petersen & Dodds, Architects.
1913-1939
Building (1913), 816 N 16th, Omaha, Nebraska.[2] (DO09:0130-033)
Residence for Chas. W. Martin Co. (1913), Kountze Place, Omaha, Nebraska.[15]
Residence for Chas. W. Martin Co. (1913), Norwood Addition, Omaha, Nebraska.[15]
Residence for George Allmart (1913), Dundee (now Omaha), Nebraska.[15]
Residence for J. B. Hensman (1913), 5908 N. 24th Street, Omaha, Nebraska.[15]
Building (1914), 801 N 20th, Omaha, Nebraska.[2] (DO09:0130-022)
Standard Oil Company Gas Station (ca. 1915), Grand Island, Nebraska.[9:83]
Charles W. Martin's Minne Lusa Residential Development [nearly 80 homes by Dodds], (ca. 1914- ca. 1919), Vane St to Redick Ave, N. 20th to N 24th, Omaha, Nebraska.[12][h] National Register narrative
Fourth place price ($50) in design competition for York's McCloud Hotel (1916).[14]
Prettiest Mile Club House (1916-1917) aka Birchwood, Omaha, Nebraska.[6][7][19][20][c]
Randall Pollock house (1917), 2886 Vane, Omaha, Nebraska.[d] (DO09:0245-002)
Hans Anderson bungalow (1918), 4720 N 26th Ave, Omaha, Nebraska.[2]
F. W. Rice house (1919), 1127 S 32nd St, Omaha, Nebraska.[1][2] (DO09:0204-042)
House (1919), 2102 Binney, Omaha, Nebraska.[2] (DO09:0140-087)
House (1921), 1521 S 7th, Omaha, Nebraska.[2] (DO09:0064-045)
House (1921), 3402 N 16th, Omaha, Nebraska.[2] (DO09:0142-015)
House (1921), 3410 N 16th, Omaha, Nebraska.[2] (DO09:0142-013)
House (1921), 3406 N 16th, Omaha, Nebraska.[2] (DO09:0142-014)
Building (1921), 1521 Park Wild Ave, Omaha, Nebraska.[2] (DO09:0064-045)
Building (1925), 2109 Cuming St, Omaha, Nebraska.[2] (DO09:0130-055)
House (the Ashford) (1925), 3054 Martin Ave, Omaha, Nebraska.[7][b]
Meister Apartments (1927), 128 N 33rd, Omaha, Nebraska.[2] (DO09:0212-008)
House (1927), 2535 N 55th, Omaha, Nebraska.[2] (DO09:0446-050)
Dr. J. V. Farrington house (1927), Happy Hollow Blvd & Lafayette Ave, Omaha, Nebraska.[13]
Commercial building (1928), 1430 S 13th, Omaha, Nebraska.[2] (DO09:0115-097)
High School (1929), Petersburg, Nebraska. (BO07-009)
Inman School (1935), Inman, Nebraska. (HT10-009)
Steinauer Public School (1936), Eastside Hickory at 5th, Steinauer, Nebraska.[a] (PW07-019)
North Side Bank (1939), 13th & Ames, Omaha, Nebraska.[11]
Undated
Masonic Temple (n. d.), Red Oak, Iowa.[6]
Publications
Everett S. Dodds, Build a Dodds Home: Beauty, Comfort, and Durability (Omaha: n.d. [ca. 1914]).[f]
Everett S. Dodds, “Some New Home Suggestions,” Omaha World-Herald (July 5, 1914), 7W.[e]
Notes
a. Site file PW07-019 lists the architect as Everett S. and E. Loren Dodds.
b. Built by C. W. Martin.[7]
c. Note that Dodds does not appear in Omaha City Directories from 1948-1959.
d. Charles W. Martin, builder.
e. Reference [9:85] states that this was a weekly feature of the Omaha World-Herald.
f. Dodds announced the pending publication of the book in the Omaha World-Herald in early June, 1914, and by mid-month was advertising in Omaha Daily Bee "Send 50 cents for my new plan book."[8][17]
g. See also references [10][12:16-17] for additional biographical information.
h. Minne Lusa dwellings attributed to Dodds in reference [12] are listed by address and Dodds' designations on pages 17-18; dates of construction can be derived from Table 1, pages 31-50; and original owners/occupants can be derived from Table 2, pages 52-75.
i. In a competition held in York, Nebraska, fifteen architects submitted designs for the community's planned, $100,000 hotel. Fred W. and Edwin B. Clarke won the commission, over Fiske & Meginnis of Lincoln; Lloyd D. Willis of Omaha, and Everett Dodds.[14]
j. The American Contactor on May 24, 1913 noted the dissolution of the Petersen & Dodds association with two brief notices: "Architect E. S. Dodds, formerly of Petersen & Dodds, Omaha, Neb. has opened an office on the ground floor of the Brandeis Theater building, that city" and "Architects M. R. Nippell and Fred Petersen (formerly of Petersen & Dodds) have former [sic] a partnership and have removed to the State Bank building, Omaha, Nebraska."[16]
k. The $15,000 club house was designed by Dodds and built in 1916-1917 at the corner of Redick Avenue and Florence Boulevard, at the beginning of what promoters referred to as the "prettiest mile" of Omaha's boulevard system. The "Prettiest Mile" Club was renamed Birchwood Club in 1930. It was described by Omaha World-Herald" as "a suburban winter club" with a "very active program" including cabaret dinner-dances and "Junior club dances" for high school students."[19][20]
References
1. Landmarks, Inc., An Inventory of Historic Omaha Buildings, (Omaha: City of Omaha and Landmarks Heritage Preservation Commission, 1980), 85.
2. City of Omaha Planning Department, Landmarks Heritage Preservation Commission, Database, Query on Architects, May 20, 2002; courtesy of Lynn Meyer, Preservation Planner.
3. Application for Registration to Practice Professional Engineering and Architecture, Nebraska State Board of Examiners for Professional Engineers and Architects, October 26, 1937. Nebraska State Historical Society RG081 SG2
4. Everett S. Dodds, Build a Dodds Home: Beauty, Comfort, and Durability (Omaha: n.d. [ca. 1914]).[f]
5. Addison Erwin Sheldon, Nebraska: The Land and the People, Vol. III (Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company, 1931), 170-172; portrait facing 171.
6. Omaha: The Gate City and Douglas County Nebraska Vol. II, Arthur C. Wakeley, ed. (Chicago: S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1917), 580-583.
7. Edward F. Zimmer to Melissa Dirr, Nebraska State Historic Preservation Office, email communication, June 18, 1999.
8. Omaha World-Herald (July 5, 1914), 7-W.
9. L. Robert Puschendorf, “Standard Oil’s ‘Bungalow’ Filling Stations,” Nebraska History 87:2 (Summer 2006), 82-85.
10. “Everett S. Dodds,” Nebraska History Vol. 87 (Summer 2006), 85.
11. "New Bank," Sunday World-Herald (October 1, 1939): F-10.
12. Jennifer Honebrink, "Minne Lusa Residential Historic District," National Register of Historic Places Registration Form. Omaha: Alley Poyner Macchietto Architecture, P.C., November, 2013.
13. "Artistic Residence for Newcomer," Sunday World-Herald (May 8, 1927): 8.
14. "Omaha Architects Win Prizes in Unusual York Competition," Omaha (Nebraska) Evening World-Herald (October 6, 1916), 14.
15. "Contracts Awarded....[4 listings for Residences by Everett S. Dodds]," The American Contractor (May 24, 1913), 96D.
16. "Personal....Architect E. S. Dodds" and "Architects M. R. Nippell and Fred Petersen..." The American Contractor (May 24, 1913), 96J.
17. "Comfortable Closet Designed by Everett S. Dodds," Omaha (Nebraska) Daily Bee (July 12, 1914), 8.
18. "The Ashford...[by]...Sweeney & Company," (Lincoln) Nebraska State Journal (August 28, 1927), 14.
19. "New Club Gets Prettiest Mile," Omaha (Nebraska) Evening Bee-News (September 11, 1930), 1; "Plans Busy Season for This Winter," Omaha (Nebraska) World-Herald (September 14, 1930), 4-E.
20. "North Side Women Will Build New Club House," Omaha (Nebraska) Evening Bee (October 27, 1916), 14.
Page Citation
D. Murphy, “Everett Sherwood Dodds (1889-1958), Architect,” in David Murphy, Edward F. Zimmer, and Lynn Meyer, comps. Place Makers of Nebraska: The Architects. Lincoln: Nebraska State Historical Society, June 20, 2023. http://www.e-nebraskahistory.org/index.php?title=Place_Makers_of_Nebraska:_The_Architects Accessed, November 21, 2024.
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