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Don B. Schuler, apprentice?
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Paul Ringstrom
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Don B. Schuler, apprentice?
Former owner of the G. Curtis Yelland House (1910), by Wm. Drummond
http://www.kshs.org/resource/ks_preserv ... rapr03.pdf
"Don B. Schuler came from a
Wichita family of contractors. He graduated from Fairmount College (now Wichita State University) in 1911 and, in the autumn of 1913, he enrolled at the University of Illinois where he received a Bachelor of Science in Architectural Engineering in June 1916. During the summers, he worked in the Chicago architectural office of Francis Berry [sic] Byrne (1883-1967), who had received his architectural training under Frank Lloyd Wright in his Oak Park studio. In 1914, Byrne assumed the responsibility for managing the Chicago architectural office of Walter Burley Griffin, another of Wright’s Oak Park studio protégés. It was there in the summer of 1915 that Wright visited the office looking for a draftsman to work on the drawings for the Wichita residence of Elsie N. and Henry J. Allen. Wright hired Schuler, probably in part because he was a Wichitan.
In the winter of 1916, Schuler took the train to Spring Green, Wisconsin, and joined the office of Frank Lloyd Wright. From there he was sent to Wichita as Wright’s site architect to oversee the construction of the Allen House. After working on the Allen House, Schuler maintained a successful architectural practice in Wichita for ten years designing residences, commercial buildings, and churches. In 1926, he moved to Alabama where he had another very successful architectural career until his death in 1967."
The Barry Byrne connection explains the appearance of the exterior of the Stafford church, I think . . .
SDR
"Don B. Schuler came from a
Wichita family of contractors. He graduated from Fairmount College (now Wichita State University) in 1911 and, in the autumn of 1913, he enrolled at the University of Illinois where he received a Bachelor of Science in Architectural Engineering in June 1916. During the summers, he worked in the Chicago architectural office of Francis Berry [sic] Byrne (1883-1967), who had received his architectural training under Frank Lloyd Wright in his Oak Park studio. In 1914, Byrne assumed the responsibility for managing the Chicago architectural office of Walter Burley Griffin, another of Wright’s Oak Park studio protégés. It was there in the summer of 1915 that Wright visited the office looking for a draftsman to work on the drawings for the Wichita residence of Elsie N. and Henry J. Allen. Wright hired Schuler, probably in part because he was a Wichitan.
In the winter of 1916, Schuler took the train to Spring Green, Wisconsin, and joined the office of Frank Lloyd Wright. From there he was sent to Wichita as Wright’s site architect to oversee the construction of the Allen House. After working on the Allen House, Schuler maintained a successful architectural practice in Wichita for ten years designing residences, commercial buildings, and churches. In 1926, he moved to Alabama where he had another very successful architectural career until his death in 1967."
The Barry Byrne connection explains the appearance of the exterior of the Stafford church, I think . . .
SDR
A resident of Wichita is known as a Wichitan....I did not know that.
I nice new book about Francis Barry Byrne:
http://www.amazon.com/The-Architecture- ... 0252037537
I nice new book about Francis Barry Byrne:
http://www.amazon.com/The-Architecture- ... 0252037537
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Roderick Grant
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Little wonder that building escaped notice. The exterior is so much like countless public schools constructed in the post-WWI era, no one outside the congregation would think to take a look inside. I hope they find the funds for restoration.
Trivia: In 1920, Warren G. Harding asked Henry J. Allen (former Kansas Governor) to be his running mate for the presidency. Allen allowed that he would consider running for the top job, but wasn't interested in second banana. Little did he know....
Trivia: In 1920, Warren G. Harding asked Henry J. Allen (former Kansas Governor) to be his running mate for the presidency. Allen allowed that he would consider running for the top job, but wasn't interested in second banana. Little did he know....
That information is not imparted by the house museum site http://www.allenlambe.org nor in the (brief) Wikipedia page devoted to the house. W A Storrer tells us that Charles Lambe was "involved in real estate in the College Hill area where the house is located"; the Allen-Lambe House Foundation purchased the house from Wichita State University.
Storrer tells us that the contractor was Paul Mueller, "builder of the Imperial Hotel." Henry Allen lived in the house until 1948. When Mrs Allen became an invalid, the rear stairs were replaced with an elevator. The house was "completely renovated for A W Kincade in 1971-72." In the late eighties, Kincade bequeathed the house to the University. The University then sold the house to the foundation.
SDR
Storrer tells us that the contractor was Paul Mueller, "builder of the Imperial Hotel." Henry Allen lived in the house until 1948. When Mrs Allen became an invalid, the rear stairs were replaced with an elevator. The house was "completely renovated for A W Kincade in 1971-72." In the late eighties, Kincade bequeathed the house to the University. The University then sold the house to the foundation.
SDR