Roberts & Woods, Architects
Partners:
Artemas Roberts (1841-1944), Architect, Lincoln, Nebraska
Alfred Wilderman Woods (1857-1942), Architect, Lincoln, Nebraska
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, 1890-1893, 1903
Buildings & Projects
School of Agriculture (1896), University of Nebraska Ag College, 37th & Holdrege, Lincoln, Nebraska.[7]
Experimental Station - Ag Communications Bldg (1899), University of Nebraska Ag College, Lincoln, Nebraska.[7]
Hussong house (ca. 1900), 1549 S 23rd, Lincoln, Nebraska.[7]
Second Presbyterian Church (1902), Southeast corner 26th & P, Lincoln, Nebraska.[1] [b]
Irma Hotel [Buffalo Bill Cody Hotel] (1902), Cody, Wyoming.
Fairview (1902-1903), 50th & Sumner, Lincoln, Nebraska.[7][8][a] NRHP form and photos
Methodist Episcopal Church (1902-03), southeast corner 3rd & Pearl, Lyons, Nebraska.[1][6] (BT04-011)
Glenville School District #49 (1903), 401 S 5th, Glenville, Nebraska.[7][8] (CY06-003) NRHP form and photos
Undated
C. F. McCain house (n.d.), 26th & R., Lincoln, Nebraska [1]
Bowers house (n.d.), 20th & R, Lincoln, Nebraska [1]
W. T. Constant house (n.d.), Lincoln, Nebraska (?) [2]
Henry Grosshans house (n.d.), Sutton, Nebraska [3]
J. I. Case Office Building (n.d.) [4]
M. E. Church (n.d.), Geneva, Nebraska [6]
Notes
a. The National Register nomination and other sources give credit to Roberts, alone; Roberts may have been the principal in charge, or this may represent a project that signaled the forthcoming end of the Roberts & Woods partnership.
b. Source [1] credits Woods, alone; This may have been a project, and not a commission; see Zimmer [7n4], who attributes the building to Fisher & Lawrie, Architects, Omaha, Nebraska.
References
1. Lincoln Trade Review 1:11 (1902): 4.
2. Lincoln Trade Review 1:12 (1902): 3. ($6,000)
3. Lincoln Trade Review 1:14 (1902): 3. (plans, 2 s fr., $2,500)
4. Lincoln Trade Review 1:21 (1902): 3. (plans, 2 s fr., $2,500)
5. Lincoln Trade Review 1:40 (1903): 3. (Roberts on vacation in Florida where he has purchased some land and talks of going into farming there).
6. Lincoln Trade Review 1:3 (1902): 4.
7. Edward F. Zimmer, “Alfred Wilderman Woods (1857-1942),” TS. April 18, 2003.
8. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
9. “Agriculture Experiment Station Building,” in Kay Logan-Peters, An Architectural Tour of Historic UNL, 2005. Online: http://historicbuildings.unl.edu/building.php?b=24 Accessed July 6, 2011.
Page Citation
E. F. Zimmer and D. Murphy, “Roberts & Woods, Architects,” {Template:ArchtPageCitation}} July 6, 2011. http://www.e-nebraskahistory.org/index.php?title=Place_Makers_of_Nebraska:_The_Architects Accessed, November 22, 2024.
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