Blake & Zander

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Blake & Zander
Practice information
Key architectsJoseph Stillman Blake
Ozias M. Zander
Founded1890
Dissolved1895(129 years ago) (1895)
Location Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.
Significant works and honors
Design
  • Murray Hotel, Omaha (1888)
  • Rocco Brothers Building, Omaha (1895)
  • Emery House, Omaha
  • P. G. Karbach & Sons Carriage Factory, Omaha
  • Boyd's Opera House, Omaha

Blake & Zander was a leading firm of American architects, based in Omaha, Nebraska, active in the 19th century, albeit a short-lived practice. [1] [2]

From 1890 to 1895, the firm consisted of two carpenter-builders, Joseph Stillman Blake (1835–1898) [3] and Ozias M. Zander (1848–1940). [1] [4] The two had separately pursued architecture as a profession prior to their moving to Omaha in the late 19th century. Blake, a Vermont native, arrived via Des Moines, Iowa, in 1887, at which time he formed Blake, Miller & Company, which became Blake & Company the following year. Zander, who hailed from Milwaukee, arrived in 1890, and a partnership with Blake was formed on November 13. [1] In 1892, its office was at 519 New York Life Building in Omaha.

Blake died in Omaha on July 1, 1898, aged 63. He was buried in the city's Forest Lawn Cemetery. [5]

Zander died in Tacoma, Washington, on October 31, 1940, aged 92. He is buried in the city's Acacia Memorial Park. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Blake & Zander, ArchitectsNebraska State Historical Society
  2. Pen and Sunlight Sketches of Omaha and Environs] – Phoenix Publishing Company (1892), p. 135
  3. "Joseph Stillman Blake (1835-1898), Architect" – Nebraska State Historical Society
  4. "Ozias M. Zander (1848-1940), Architect" – Nebraska State Historical Society
  5. Joseph Blake obituary, Omaha World-Herald, July 2, 1898
  6. Ozias M. Zander's obituary – Tacoma News Tribune , November 1, 1940
  7. "Tom Murray, the 'Outcast of Omaha'" Omaha Daily Herald
  8. 1 2 McAvoy's Omaha City Directory, Volume 24 (1898), p. 236
  9. Chicago Journal of Commerce and Metal Industries, Volume 61 (1892)
  10. National Register of Historic Places Inventory -- Nomination Form – Old Market Historic District, National Park Service, 1979