by Andrew Bolthouse. G.L. Lockhart, with a practice that concentrated on large public schools, designed Hancock’s high school. Biography Little is known of St. Paul-based G.L. Lockhart, except that he published a book on schools: Public Schools: Their Construction, Heating, Ventilation, Sanitation, Lighting and Equipment (H.W. Kingston Company, 1918), which seems to indicate his expertise. The book… Read more G.L. Lockhart
Category: Architect
Holabird & Roche
by Justin Beckman. William Holabird (1854-1923) and Martin Roche (1853-1927) left their mark on society with the buildings they made for communities in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Their work on early American skyscrapers is one that left its impact on the nation. Their contribution to the Copper Country, however, was not a skyscraper, but… Read more Holabird & Roche
Frank W. Hessenmueller
by A. K. Hoagland with additions by Steven A. Walton. Frank Hessenmueller had a brief but varied career in the Copper Country. He designed a range of commercial buildings and at least one residential building before departing for unknown reasons. Biography Little is known of Frank Hessenmueller, who appeared in the 1907-08 and 1910 Polk’s Directories, but… Read more Frank W. Hessenmueller
Derrick Hubert
by A. K. Hoagland Derrick Hubert (1870-?), based in Menominee, designed several school buildings in the Copper Country. Biography Hubert was born in Illinois to Canadian parents, but grew up in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, and Iron Mountain. For a few years Hubert worked with his father, a carpenter, and also at a saw mill.… Read more Derrick Hubert
Alexander Chadbourne Eschweiler
by David Daavettila. Alexander Chadbourne Eschweiler (1865-1940), a major figure in Milwaukee architecture, grew up the Copper Country and through family ties became the architect for the Copper Range Company, among other commissions here. Biography Eschweiler was born in Boston in 1865 to Carl Ferdinand Eschweiler and Hannah Lincoln Chadbourne. His father attended the University… Read more Alexander Chadbourne Eschweiler
Dow, Howell, Gilmore & Associates
by Sarah Nunn. Although Alden B. Dow (1904-1983) never lived in the Copper Country, his firm, Dow, Howell, Gilmore, & Associates, was responsible for the construction of Sherman Gym (Walker Arts and Humanities Center) on the campus of Michigan Technological University, where they used Dow’s philosophy of blending architecture with the natural surroundings. Dow believed… Read more Dow, Howell, Gilmore & Associates
Claude & Starck
by Chase Sturos. The Wisconsin-based architects Louis W. Claude (1868-1951) and Edward F. Starck (1868-1947) produced a wide range of buildings, but specialized in institutional structures. Among them were more than thirty public libraries throughout Wisconsin and its surrounding states, including the Houghton Public Library (Portage Lake District Library). Biography Louis W. Claude was born… Read more Claude & Starck
Oscar Cobb
by A. K. Hoagland. Oscar Cobb, a prominent theater architect from Chicago, designed one of the Copper Country’s most prestigious theaters. Biography Oscar Cobb (1842-1908) was born in Maine and began his career as a carpenter and joiner. Immediately following the Chicago fire of 1871, he moved to Chicago and hung out his shingle as… Read more Oscar Cobb
John D. Chubb
by A. K. Hoagland. Although based in Chicago, John D. Chubb gained a lot of Upper Peninsula commissions and kept a branch office in Marquette. With the Copper Country’s architects dwindling in number in the 1910s, then finally nonexistent in the 1920s and 1930s, Chubb took on a few projects here. Biography John D. Chubb… Read more John D. Chubb
Charlton & Gilbert; Charlton, Gilbert & Demar; Charlton & Kuenzli; Herbst & Kuenzli
by Dany Peavey, Stevan Sliger, John Krystof, and Travis Dvorak. D. Fred Charlton and his associates had the most significant architectural practice in the Copper Country. Although they kept an office in Hancock for only a few years (listed in the 1899-1900 and 1901-02 directories), from their office in Marquette they were able to obtain… Read more Charlton & Gilbert; Charlton, Gilbert & Demar; Charlton & Kuenzli; Herbst & Kuenzli