Clark & Enersen, Architects
Partners:
Kenneth B. Clark, Lincoln, Nebraska
Lawrence A. Enersen, Lincoln, Nebraska
This page is a contribution to the publication, Place Makers of Nebraska: The Architects. See the Format and contents of Nebraska architect entries page for more information on the compilation and page organization.
Contents
Compiled Nebraska Directory Listings
Partners listed individually, Lincoln, Nebraska, 1947, 1950 (sans Enersen);
Parnership listed as such, Lincoln, Nebraska, 1951, 1953, 1955, 1958-1962.
Lineage of the Firm
1946: Formation of the Partnership; February 1, 1946.[3]
1946-1962: Clark & Enersen, Lincoln, Nebraska.
1963-1970: Clark, Enersen, Olsson, Burroughs & Thomsen, Architects and Engineers, Lincoln, Nebraska.
1971-1972: Clark, Enersen, Hamersky, Schlaebitz & Burroughs, Architects and Engineers, Lincoln, Nebraska.
1973-1976: Clark, Enersen, Hamersky, Schlaebitz, Burroughs & Thomsen, Architects and Engineers, Lincoln, Nebraska.
1977-2003: The Clark Enersen Partners, Architects, Lincoln, Nebraska.
Other Associations
1945-1956, 1958-1963: employed William D. Schlaebitz, student architect (1945-1949), draftsman (1949-1953), and architect (1954-1956, 1958-1963).[5][6][7]
1957-1962: employed Albert Charles Hamersky, architect.
1976-1985: employed Charles G. Nelson, architect.
Buildings & Projects
Dated
Naval Training Center (1948), Lincoln, Nebraska.[12][b][e]
Master Plan (1950), Lincoln Air Force Base [12][e]
Merle Beattie School (1951), Lincoln, Nebraska.[6][b]
LDC Parking Garage (1952), Lincoln, Nebraska.[12][e]
High School (1954), Hebron, Nebraska, Architect Associated, M. I. Aitken, Nebraska.[12][e]
Hastings High School (1954), Hastings, Nebraska.[6][b]
Hebron Public School (1954), Hebron, Nebraska.[9][c]
Harvard Public School (1955), Harvard, Nebraska.[9][c]
Hastings Public School (1955), Hastings, Nebraska.[9][c]
Chadron State College Men’s Dormitory (1955), Chadron, Nebraska.[6][c]
Merle Beattie Elementary.School (1955), Lincoln, Nebraska.[12][e]
Lincoln Senior High School (1955), Hastings, Nebraska.[12][e]
Harvard School (1955), Harvard, Nebraska.[12][e]
Lincoln Clinic (1956-1958), Lincoln, Nebraska.[12][13][e]
Lincoln Clinic (1956), Lincoln, Nebraska.[9][c]
Capehart Housing (1957), Lincoln Air Force Base [13][e]
University of Nebraska Agriculture College Dorms, (1958), Lincoln, Nebraska [13][e]
Arnold School (1959), Lincoln, Nebraska.[10][c]
1st Continental National Drive-in Bank (1960), NE corner 13th and L Street, Lincoln, Nebraska.[10][b][c]
Student Center, Peru State Teachers College (1960), Peru, Nebraska.[10][c]
Scottsbluff High School (1960), Scottsbluff, Nebraska.[13][e]
Student Center, Chadron State Teachers College (1961), Chadron, Nebraska.[10][c]
Master Plan College of Agriculture, University of Nebraska (1961), Lincoln, Nebraska.[10][c]
First National Bank Building (1961), with Davis & Wilson, Lincoln, Nebraska.[11][c]
First Congregational Church (1961), Norfolk, Nebraska.[6][b]
Scottsbluff High School (1961), Scottsbluff, Nebraska.[8][b]
Undated
Lincoln Center Building (n.d.), Lincoln, Nebraska.[1]
County-City Building (n.d.), Lincoln, Nebraska.[1]
State Office Building (n.d.), Lincoln, Nebraska.[1]
Olin Hall of Science at Nebraska Wesleyan University (n.d.), Lincoln, Nebraska.[1]
U. S. Post Office (n.d.), Lincoln, Nebraska.[1]
Saint Elizabeth Community Health Center (n.d.), Lincoln, Nebraska.[1]
Air Terminal at the Lincoln Municipal Airport (n.d.), Lincoln, Nebraska.[1][a]
Catholic Center (n.d.), near Waverly, Nebraska.[1]
Honors & Awards
1962: Honored by Nebraska Chapter, AIA for two buildings.[4]
Notes
a. With Davis Fenton Stange & Darling, Lincoln, Nebraska.[ed]
b. These were projects of William D. Schlaebitz’s.
c. These were designed by Lawrence A. Enersen.
d. Supervising architects for the project.[12]
e. These were designed by Kenneth B. Clark.
References
1. Lincoln Sunday Journal & Star (October 19, 1978), 12A.
2. Thomas Lee Kaspar (1951-____), Architect, comp. Inventory of architectural records in the archives of Davis Fenton Stange Darling, Architects, Lincoln, Nebraska. 1996. Nebraska State Historical Society, RG3748, Box 16.
3. Dennis Scheer and Kent Munster, “The Clark Enersen Partners: Six Decades of Design,” Preservation Association of Lincoln, Brownbag Lecture Series, Museum of Nebraska History, April 8, 2003.
4. “Zierk [sic] Elected By Architects,” Lincoln Star (December 10, 1962), 11:5
5. Dennis Scheer and Kent Munster, “The Clark Enersen Partners: Six Decades of Design,” Preservation Association of Lincoln, Brownbag Lecture Series, Museum of Nebraska History, April 8, 2003.
6. American Institute of Architects, comp., American Architects Directory, Second Ed. (New York: R. R. Bowker Co., 1962), 620, accessed on April 4, 2010, http://communities.aia.org/sites/hdoaa/wiki/Wiki%20Pages/1962%20American%20Architects%20Directory.aspx
7. Gene Kelly, “Architect captured by new career in art,” Sunday Journal Star (June 18, 1989), 2C.
8. American Institute of Architects, comp., American Architects Directory, Third Ed. (New York: R. R. Bowker Co., 1970), 808, accessed April 4, 2010, http://communities.aia.org/sites/hdoaa/wiki/Wiki%20Pages/1970%20American%20Architects%20Directory.aspx
9. American Institute of Architects, comp., American Architects Directory First Ed. (New York: R. R. Bowker Co., 1956), 158, accessed March 3, 2010, http://communities.aia.org/sites/hdoaa/wiki/Wiki%20Pages/1956%20American%20Architects%20Directory.aspx
10. American Institute of Architects, comp., American Architects Directory, Second Ed. (New York: R. R. Bowker Co., 1962), 196, accessed April 4, 2010, http://communities.aia.org/sites/hdoaa/wiki/Wiki%20Pages/1962%20American%20Architects%20Directory.aspx
11. American Institute of Architects, comp., American Architects Directory, Third Ed. (New York: R. R. Bowker Co., 1970), 254, accessed April 4, 2010, http://communities.aia.org/sites/hdoaa/wiki/Wiki%20Pages/1970%20American%20Architects%20Directory.aspx
12. 3. American Institute of Architects, comp., American Architects Directory, First Ed. (New York: R. R. Bowker Co., 1956), 96 and 97, accessed March 3, 2010, http://communities.aia.org/sites/hdoaa/wiki/Wiki%20Pages/1956%20American%20Architects%20Directory.aspx
13. American Institute of Architects, comp., American Architects Directory, Second Ed. (New York: R. R. Bowker Co., 1962), 120, accessed April 4, 2010, http://communities.aia.org/sites/hdoaa/wiki/Wiki%20Pages/1962%20American%20Architects%20Directory.aspx
Page Citation
D. Murphy, “Clark & Enersen, Architects,” in David Murphy, Edward F. Zimmer, and Lynn Meyer, comps. Place Makers of Nebraska: The Architects. Lincoln: Nebraska State Historical Society, March 3, 2011. http://www.e-nebraskahistory.org/index.php?title=Place_Makers_of_Nebraska:_The_Architects Accessed, January 4, 2025.
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