Arthur Bandy (1867-1920), Architect
Little is known of Arthur Bandy's background except that he was born in 1867 in Georgia. Nothing is known about his training. He designed two apartment houses in Lincoln in 1916 and a hotel in Scottsbluff, Nebraska in 1917. The hotel project occasioned a half-dozen mentions in Scottsbluff newspapers, calling him the architect-builder for the building.[1][2] 1917 was also the single year Bandy is known to have been listed in a Nebraska directory, appearing with his wife Eileen, listed as "foreman M C Shurtleff."[a] He and Eileen had one son, Arthur Jr. or "Ace," born in Boise, Idaho in 1918.[3] He reportedly died in 1920.[4][a]
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, 1917
Educational & Professional Associations
1916-1917, foreman, M. C. Shurtleff, Lincoln, Nebraska[a]
1916-1917: architect for Nebraska Building & Investment Company (NBIC), Lincoln, Nebraska[b]
Buildings & Projects
Oikema Apartments for NBIC (1916-1917), 12th & R Streets, Lincoln, Nebraska.[5][8][9]
4-story concrete and brick apartment house for M. C. Shurtleff (1916), 1341-1345 H Street, Lincoln, Nebraska.[13]
Lincoln Hotel for NBIC-affiliated Nebraska Hotel Company (1917-1918), Scottsbluff, Nebraska.[10][11][12]
Notes
a. No mention of Arthur Bandy has been found in U. S. Census records, instead the most illuminating source of genealogical information is the 1918 birth certificate of his son Arthur Jr. ("Ace") in Idaho. The father is listed as an architect, 55 years old, born in Georgia; mother Eileen (nee Conroy) was 22 years old, a native of Colorado.[3] A family tree associated with Eileen Bandy (also called Helen Eileen Nevada Bandy Hollibaugh) gives Arthur Bandy's date of death as 1920, but no documentary confirmation has been located. Eileen was a widow residing in Portland, Oregon in 1924 when she married Roy Hollibaugh, a carpenter born in Nebraska.[4]
b. NBIC incorporated in February 1916 as a vertically integrated company for purposes of the financing, design, and construction of "Better Homes" and other buildings.[5] Advertisements by NBIC stated "Our architect is at your service free of charge, in case we construct your building."[6][7] Three other designers in addition to Bandy were named as the company's architect--John R. Kruse, J. W. Salmon, and Arthur G. Peterson.
References
1. "To Resume Work--It is Believed that Construction on New Hotel Will Begin," (Scottsbluff, Nebraska) Star-Herald (August 10, 1917), 1.
2. "Told Wrong Man He Had Some Whiskey," Omaha (Nebraska) Daily Bee (October 12, 1917), 12; "Looks Rather Gloomy for Bandy...Aftermath of Scottsbluff 'Booze' Case," (Scottsbluff, Nebraska) Star-Herald (October 16, 1917), 1.
3. Ancestry.com. Idaho, U.S., Birth Records, 1861-1921, Stillbirth Index, 1905-1971, s.v. "Arthur Bandy," [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.
4. Ancestry.com. Washington, U.S., Marriage Records, 1854-2013, s.v. "Eileen Hollibaugh, daughter of J. Conroy," [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012; SEE also Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census, s.v. "Helen Holllibaugh" in Kern, California, with husband Roy and 21-year-old son Ace, [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012; and SEE also "Helen Nevada Conroy Hollibaugh on Find a Grave," accessed September 1, 2023 at https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74133895/helen-nevada-hollibaugh
5. "Nebraska Building and Investment Company" advertisement, Sunday State Journal (Lincoln, Nebraska) (March 3, 1918), A6-7 (illustrated, two-page spread).
6. "Builds Homes and Loans on Realty--Nebraska Building and Investment Firm Operates in Broad Field," Lincoln (Nebraska) Star (August 12, 1917), 10 (State Fair Section).
7. "Financial Statement February 28, 1917 The Nebraska Building and Investment Company" (advertisement), Lincoln (Nebraska) Star (March 11, 1917), 3.
8. "Want Pound Loaf Again" [report of meeting of City Commissioners], (Lincoln) Nebraska State Journal (November 14, 1916), 3 (mentions F. E. Schaaf plans to build $30,000 apartment house of four stories at 14th & R Streets).
9. City of Lincoln Building Permit #6899, issued December 26, 1916, with associated plans signed "A. Bandy, Architect."
10. District Court foreclosures, (Lincoln) Nebraska State Journal (February 2, 1917), 5 (German Building & Loan association vs. Arthur Bandy et al); Real estate transactions, (Lincoln) Nebraska State Journal (June 10, 1917), 27 (Arthur Bandy & wife to Nebraska Bldg & Inv. Co.).
11. "Lohmeyer Would Surrender Stock--Hotel Director Says He is 'Sick and Tired of Litigation.' Architect Salmon Declares Scottsbluff Hotel Not up to Requirements," Lincoln (Nebraska) Star (April 27, 1921), 1.
12. Clayton B. Fraser (FRASERdesign), "Lincoln Hotel," a nomination to the National Register of Historic Places, 1998. Accessed on-line September 1, 2023, at https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NRHP/98000187_text
13. City of Lincoln Building Permit #6721, issued August 8, 1916; estimated cost $30,000.
Page Citation
E. F. Zimmer “Arthur Bandy (1867-1920), Architect,” in David Murphy, Edward F. Zimmer, and Lynn Meyer, comps. Place Makers of Nebraska: The Architects. Lincoln: Nebraska State Historical Society, September 1, 2023. http://www.e-nebraskahistory.org/index.php?title=Place_Makers_of_Nebraska:_The_Architects Accessed, November 22, 2024.
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