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who taught design and served as treasurer of the
Architectural League of America was a solid choice for this task. Also, architectural critics have tended either to undervalue or misattribute work done while Wright was mostly incommunicado in Europe. The output of Wright's office in the years 1909–11 should be assessed on its own merit as work designed by the team headed by Marion Mahony under the auspices of von Holst.
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Architectural historians have tended to underestimate von Holst's abilities and influence in the world of architecture. However, it is clear that a man with degrees from two outstanding architecture departments, who had served as head draughtsman for the leading firm of
Shepley, Rutan & Coolidge,
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to supervise his office. However, even a cursory glace at his work both during and after supervising Wright's office shows an impressive collection of buildings contributing to the
Prairie School's output in Chicago and the Midwest (see partial listing of work below, especially the non-Wright work
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for these homes were von Holst's. Moreover, Mizner defaulted on payments to contractors, was successfully sued by von Holst, et al., and thereafter von Holst took chief responsibility for its success. Lucy von Holst, along with the wives of their two remaining partners (John
Verhoeven and Fred
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While von Holst was supervising Wright's office, he and Lucy Edith
Hammond were married. For a time he shared a partnership with James L. Fyfe. Von Holst continued to practice in Chicago through the 1920s, and served as president of the Chicago Architectural League. He collaborated with
97:, New Jersey, native, Annie Isabelle Hatt, who had married on April 23, 1872, in New York City. The von Holsts lived in Germany with visits to the United States until they emigrated from Germany to Chicago in 1891, where von Holst, Sr., became head of the department of history at the
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Von Holst retired from architecture in 1932. He was chairman of the Boca Raton Town
Planning Board in 1940. Von Holst served on the Boca Raton Council from 1934 to 1947 and again in 1948–1949 and was granted honorary life membership on the board in 1953.
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on a number of
Prairie Style commercial and industrial structures, particularly a series of train stations and power company buildings. On June 10, 1928, Condell Memorial Hospital, which von Host designed, was dedicated in
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Active in professional organizations, von Holst served as treasurer of the
Architectural League of America in 1905. He published several books on architectural subjects, including
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Mueller Residence, Millikin Place, Decatur, Illinois, (office of Frank Lloyd Wright; Hermann V. von Holst, architect, Marion Mahony, associate architect) – 1909
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Dalles, John, "The
Pathbreaking Legacy of Ryan and Roberts", in "Reflections", the journal of the Historical Society of Central Florida, Summer 2009; pp. 8 and 9.
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Robert Mueller, Millikin Place, Decatur, Illinois, (office of Frank Lloyd Wright; Hermann V. von Holst, architect, Marion Mahony, associate architect) – 1909-11
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People's Light & Gas Company, Larrabee Street, Chicago, Illinois, c. 1924/1925 (Hermann V. von Holst, architect; George Grant Elmslie associate architect)
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Before Frank Lloyd Wright and Mrs. Cheney went off together to Europe, Wright asked various architects to take on the responsibility of his office, including
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People's Light & Gas Company, Irving Park Store, Illinois, c. 1927/1928 (Hermann V. von Holst, architect; George Grant Elmslie associate architect)
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Von Holst was lured to Florida by the possibilities for work there during the land boom as well as the relief from Chicago winters. Practicing in
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Humboldt Park Distributing Station, Humboldt Park, Illinois, (no date) (Hermann V. von Holst, architect; George Grant Elmslie, delineator)
211:, von Holst contracted with Marion Mahony (who stipulated that she would have complete control of architectural design) and her husband
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Modern real estate agents in Boca Raton tend to mistakenly describe von Holst's residential work there as by the colorful, quixotic
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The result of this collaboration is a collection of Prairie Style residences in a Griffin-planned landscape on Millikin Place in
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296:(who drew von Holst's portrait). It was von Holst who brought the subdivision to completion following the Florida land bust.
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859:"The Prairie School : : A. J. Mason residence Hermann V. Von Holst, architect Flossmore, Illinois Floor plan"
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Von Holst graduated from the architecture program at the University of Chicago in 1893 and the architecture program at
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C. H. Wills Residence, Detroit, Michigan, (project) (office of Frank Lloyd Wright, with Marion Mahony) – 1912
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The Prairie School: Frank Lloyd Wright and His Midwest Contemporaries, by H. Allen Brooks, 1992, p. 86
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Agricultural buildings at The Rocks, the John Glessner Summer Estate, Bethlehem, New Hampshire – 1905
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and a pair of homes, one by Wright and the other by von Holst and Mahony, on the same street in
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Residence, with gable roof, side entry porch and urn bearing plinths, location unknown, c. 1911
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has been documented by Dr. Donald W. Curl in the journal of the Boca Raton Historical Society.
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Aiken), prepared unsold homes for stylish winter rentals for snowbirds. The true story of old
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Cyclopedia of Drawing: A General Reference Work on Drawing, by Hermann v. Von Holst, 1907
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also commissioned a design that was not realized, building instead a home,
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Electric Power Substation, 4401 N. Clifton Ave., Chicago, Illinois – 1916
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Ilex House, 775 Azalea St., "Old Floresta", Boca Raton, Florida – 1927
468:, Hermann V. von Holst residence, "Old Floresta", 875 Allamanda St.,
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The Glamis, summer country estate of Mr. and Mrs. George A. Macbeth,
648:"Edward and Florence Irving Residence and Garage Decatur, Illinois"
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286:. In addition to designing many of the homes, including his own (
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Joy Postle collection, University of Central Florida archives.
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Howe School Chapel, Howe, Indiana – 1917 (von Holst and Fyfe)
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People's Light & Gas Company, 114 N. Oak Park Avenue,
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Cyclopedia of Drawing: A General Reference Work on Drawing
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Maurice LeBosquet Residence, Tracy, Illinois - c. 1911
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Emigrants from the German Empire to the United States
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A. J. Mason Residence, Flossmore, Illinois – c. 1911
66:(1874–1955) was an American architect practicing in
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175:glassmaking millionaire George A. Macbeth and
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628:by Bryant Franklin Tolles, 2000, pp. 128–129
512:Ocean Beach Pavilion II, Boca Raton – 1930
129:, where he was among a collegial group of
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929:"Boca Raton, FL | Official Website"
582:The Technology Review, MIT, 1905, p. 253
573:The Technology Review, MIT, 1900, p. 374
191:Overseeing Frank Lloyd Wright's practice
768:by Bryant Franklin Tolles, 2000, p. 129
756:by Bryant Franklin Tolles, 2000, p. 128
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766:Summer Cottages in the White Mountains
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788:"Amberg House Grand Rapids, Michigan"
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672:For example, H. Allen Brooks in
427:People's Light & Gas Company
884:Carol Lohry Cartwright (2001).
561:"MIT Museum | MIT Museum"
158:Armour Institute of Technology
16:German-born American architect
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991:University of Chicago alumni
49:1955 (aged 80–81)
971:Prairie School architecture
115:Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge
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507:Baileys Harbor, Wisconsin
605:The Spanish River Papers
532:Book of Chicagoans, 1911
363:David Amberg Residence,
355:Bethlehem, New Hampshire
284:a delightful rural place
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329:A Study of the Orders
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252:George Grant Elmslie
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915:maxwelton-braes.com
470:Boca Raton, Florida
418:Commonwealth Edison
305:architectural plans
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76:Frank Lloyd Wright
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502:, 1929-30
408:Fair Lane
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