Austin & Shambleau

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Austin & Shambleau
Hager House in South Bend.jpg
Hager House, South Bend, 1909.
Practice information
Key architectsEnnis Raymond Austin
Norman Roy Shambleau
Founded1909
Dissolved1942
Location South Bend, Indiana

Austin & Shambleau was an American architectural partnership in South Bend, Indiana, in the United States. It was founded by Ennis R. Austin and N. Roy Shambleau and operated from 1909 to 1942. It has been described as "the most distinguished architectural firm in Northern Indiana" of the early twentieth century. [1]

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Partner biographies

Ennis Raymond Austin was born August 30, 1863, in Owasco, New York, to John R. Austin. He attended public schools before entering Cornell University, graduating in 1886. For a year after his graduation he worked for Napoleon LeBrun & Sons, and then moved to the Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company, working under the supervision of John du Fais for four years. In 1892 he and a Tiffany colleague, Wilson B. Parker, moved west to South Bend to establish an architectural firm, Parker & Austin. In 1896 Austin became a member of the American Institute of Architects. [2] Austin's partnership was dissolved in 1900 when he received an appointment as a construction superintendent in the Office of the Supervising Architect for the United States Treasury. In 1906 he returned to South Bend and formed the firm of Schneider & Austin with Walter W. Schneider. This partnership was dissolved in 1909, when he formed Austin & Shambleau with N. Roy Shambleau. [3] This continued until its dissolution in 1942. [4] He maintained a small private practice until his retirement in 1949. He died January 15, 1951, and was buried in his native town. [5]

Norman Roy Shambleau was born in 1888 in London, Ontario, to the carriage-maker P. E. Shambleau. At the age of eleven the family moved to Detroit, and at the age of seventeen Shambleau came to South Bend, entering the office of Wilson B. Parker. He worked for Parker and other South Bend architects until 1909, when he formed the partnership with Austin. [6] After the firm was dissolved in 1942, Shambleau succeeded to the practice. He practiced independently at least through the late 1950s. He died in 1975.

Legacy

A number of the firm's works are listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places, and others contribute to listed historic districts.

Architectural works

YearBuildingAddressCityStateNotesImageReference
1909 House for George L. Hager 415 W Wayne St South Bend Indiana Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. [7] Hager House in South Bend.jpg [8]
1910House for John M. Studebaker904 E Jefferson Blvd South Bend Indiana Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999 as part of the Howard Park Historic District. [7] [9]
1910 Indiana and Michigan Electric Company Power Station 401 E Colfax Ave South Bend Indiana Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999. [7] I and M Electric Co. Building-Transformer House and Garage.jpg [10] [11]
1912House for Dr. Merritt J. Keightley1021 E Wayne St South Bend Indiana Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999 as part of the Howard Park Historic District. [7] [9]
1916House for Joseph de Lorenzi812 E Jefferson Blvd South Bend Indiana Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999 as part of the Howard Park Historic District. [7] [9]
1917Mishawaka Trust and Savings Company BuildingN Main St and Lincolnway W Mishawaka Indiana Demolished. Historic American Buildings Survey Verlin Berry, Photographer October 23, 1977 GENERAL VIEW OF SOUTH (FRONT) ELEVATION - Mishawaka Trust and Savings Company, North Main Street HABS IND,71-MISH,1A-2.tif [12]
1919Newman Building127 E Main St Niles Michigan Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007 as part of the Niles Downtown Historic District. Corner 19-09-20 096.jpg [13] [14]
1919 South Bend Tribune Building225 W Colfax Ave South Bend Indiana South Bend Tribune street view 2015.JPG [15] [16]
1919"Twyckenham Park" for Albert Russel Erskine 1204 Honan Dr South Bend Indiana Also known as Erskine Manor. [17]
1921House for William C. Sibley231 S Eddy St South Bend Indiana Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999 as part of the Howard Park Historic District. [7] [9]
1922House for Charles A. Lippincott103 S Eddy St South Bend Indiana Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999 as part of the East Washington Street Historic District. [7] [18]
1922 Knights of Pythias Lodge 224 W Jefferson Blvd South Bend Indiana Designed in association with Austin's former partner, Walter W. Schneider. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. [7] Knights of Pythias Lodge in South Bend.jpg [19]
1923 James Whitcomb Riley High School (former)Fellows and Ewing Sts South Bend Indiana Demolished. [20]
1927Jefferson School528 S Eddy St South Bend Indiana [21]
1928Madison School832 N Lafayette Blvd South Bend Indiana [22]
1929House for Frederick G. Eberhart536 Miami Club Ct Mishawaka Indiana [23]
1929 Indiana and Michigan Electric Company Building 220 W Colfax Ave South Bend Indiana Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. [7] I&M Building in South Bend.jpg [24]
1929 Tower Building 216 W Washington St South Bend Indiana Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. [7] Tower Building South Bend.JPG [25]
1930 House for James A. Judie 1515 E Jefferson Blvd South Bend Indiana Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. [7] James A. Judie House.jpg [26]
1932 United States Post Office and Courthouse 204 S Main St South Bend Indiana Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015. The Robert A. Grant Federal Building & U.S. Courthouse, South Bend, Indiana LCCN2013634054.tif [27]
1936 Marquette School 1905 College St South Bend Indiana Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013. Marquette School in South Bend, eastern side.jpg [28]

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References

  1. ↑ "The Eberhardt Mansion: Austin & Shambleau".
  2. ↑ "Ennis R. Austin," South Bend and the Men Who Have Made It, ed. Anderson & Cooley (South Bend, IN: Tribune Printing Company, 1901): 285.
  3. ↑ "Ennis R. Austin," An Account of St. Joseph County From its Organization, ed. John B. Stoll (Dayton, OH: Dayton Historical Publishing Company, 1923): 197.
  4. ↑ "Personal," Architectural Record 92, no. 2 (February 1942): 14.
  5. ↑ "Ennis Raymond Austin", https://www.findagrave.com, Find A Grave, August 4 2008.
  6. ↑ "N. R. Shambleau," An Account of St. Joseph County From its Organization, ed. John B. Stoll (Dayton, OH: Dayton Historical Publishing Company, 1923): 411.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  8. ↑ Hager House NRHP Registration Form (1985)
  9. 1 2 3 4 Howard Park Historic District NRHP Registration Form (1999)
  10. ↑ Municipal Journal and Engineer 28, no. 18 (May 4 1910): 682.
  11. ↑ I and M Electric Co. Building-Transformer House and Garage NRHP Registration Form (1999)
  12. ↑ American Contractor 38, no. 14 (April 7 1917): 84.
  13. ↑ American Contractor 40, no. 16 (April 19 1919): 86.
  14. ↑ Niles Downtown Historic District NRHP Registration Form (2007)
  15. ↑ American Contractor 40, no. 33 (August 16 1919): 62.
  16. ↑ American Contractor 40, no. 39 (December 6 1919): 63.
  17. ↑ American Contractor 40, no. 27 (July 5 1919): 80.
  18. ↑ East Washington Street Historic District NRHP Registration Form (1999)
  19. ↑ Knights of Pythias Lodge NRHP Registration Form (1985)
  20. ↑ Iron Age (October 11 1923): 1021.
  21. ↑ Iron Age (December 18 1927): 1711.
  22. ↑ Iron Age (April 26 1928): 1206.
  23. ↑ "The Eberhardt Mansion".
  24. ↑ I & M Building NRHP Registration Form (1985)
  25. ↑ Tower Building NRHP Registration Form (1985)
  26. ↑ James A. Judie House NRHP Registration Form (1983)
  27. ↑ Federal Building NRHP Registration Form (2015)
  28. ↑ Marquette School NRHP Registration Form (2013)
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