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Childs & Smith
Practice information
PartnersFrank A. Childs FAIA; William Jones Smith FAIA; O. H. Breidert; Joseph F. Ringhofer; Charles R. Kuglin ASHRAE; Ray Stuermer AIA; William J. Scheidemantel AIA; David J. Tamminga AIA
FoundersFrank A. Childs FAIA; William Jones Smith FAIA
Founded1912
Dissolved1970
LocationChicago
Frank A. Childs
Born(1875-01-12)January 12, 1875
Evanston, Illinois
DiedJanuary 25, 1965(1965-01-25) (aged 90)
Evanston, Illinois
NationalityUnited States
OccupationArchitect
William Jones Smith
Born(1881-05-26)May 26, 1881
Philadelphia
DiedJanuary 22, 1958(1958-01-22) (aged 76)
Winnetka, Illinois
NationalityUnited States
OccupationArchitect
The Lawrence Memorial Chapel of Lawrence University, designed by Childs & Smith and completed in 1919.
The Hardware Mutual Insurance Companies Building in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, designed by Childs & Smith and completed in phases beginning in 1922.
The First National Bank Building in Davenport, Iowa, designed by Childs & Smith and completed in 1923.
The former offices of the Northern States Life Insurance Company in Hammond, Indiana, designed by Childs & Smith and completed in 1926.
Jackson High School, designed by Childs & Smith and completed in 1927.
Bartlett Hall of Alfred University, designed by Childs & Smith and completed in 1931.
The Campana Factory in Batavia, Illinois, designed by associated architects Childs & Smith and Frank D. Chase and completed in 1936.
The former offices of the Employers Mutual Liability Company in Wausau, Wisconsin, designed by Childs & Smith and completed in phases beginning in 1941.
Maine West High School, designed by Childs & Smith and completed in 1959.

Childs & Smith was an American architectural firm active in Chicago from 1912 until 1970, when it was acquired by Welton Becket & Associates of Los Angeles. The founders and named partners of the firm were Frank A. Childs and William Jones Smith.

History and biography[edit]

  • 1912 office established in Peoples Gas Building, 122 S Michigan
  • 1919 office moved to Steinway Hall, 64 E Van Buren[1]
  • 1924 office moved to 720 N Michigan[2]
  • 1934 office moved to 430 N Michigan[3]
  • 1947 office moves to Civic Opera Building, 20 N Wacker[4]
  • 1965 David J. Tamminga appointed vice president
  • 1966 Stuermer leaves firm[5]
  • 1974 office moves to 200 W Adams
  • 1974 December 5 Kuglin replaced as director by George S. Hammond, Becket employee since 1958

Mechanical engineer Charles R. Kuglin was admitted to the partnership in 1953.[6]

In 1960 the firm was incorporated with Breidert as president and Childs as chairman of the board of directors. Over the next few years new principals were added: Ray Stuermer in 1962,[7] William J. Scheidemantel in 1964 and David J. Tamminga in 1965. Childs died in 1965 and Stuermer and Scheidemantel left in 1966 and 1969, respectively. In 1970 the firm was acquired by Welton Becket & Associates, a large firm based in Los Angeles, and was reorganized as its Chicago office. Kuglin and Tamminga became senior vice presidents of the Becket firm, with Kuglin being appointed director of the Chicago office and Tamminga as director of production. In 1974 the firm moved from its long-time home in the Civic Opera Building to the 200 West Monroe Building, an office building which the office had completed in 1973.[8] Shortly thereafter Kuglin retired as director and was replaced by George S. Hammond, a Becket employee since 1958.[9][10] In 1976 Tamminga, the last remaining principal of Childs & Smith, left to join Burnham & Hammond.

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References[edit]

  1. ^ "Business Notices" in American Contractor 40, no. 3 (January 18, 1919): 39.
  2. ^ "Personals" in American Architect 125, no. 2443 (April 9, 1924): 20.
  3. ^ American Architect x, no. x (1934)
  4. ^ "New Addresses" in Architectural Record 101, no. 6 (June, 1947): 160.
  5. ^ Stuermer, Ray" in American Architects Directory (New York: R. R. Bowker Company, 1970): 685.
  6. ^ American School Board Journal 126 (March, 1953): 10.
  7. ^ "Notices" in Progressive Architecture 43, no. 1 (January, 1962): 216.
  8. ^ Inland Architect 18, no. 9 (September, 1974): 25.
  9. ^ Realty and Building 172, no. 23 (December 7, 1974): 13.
  10. ^ "Hammond, George Starr" in American Architects Directory (New York: R. R. Bowker Company, 1970): 370.
  11. ^ a b c Frank A. Randall, History of the Development of Building Construction in Chicago (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1999)
  12. ^ Du Page County: A Discriptive and Historical Guide, ed. Marion Knoblauch (Wheaton: Du Page Title Company, 1951): 183.
  13. ^ Engineering News-Record 105, no. 6 (July 7, 1930): 71.
  14. ^ Engineering News-Record 106, no. 10 (March 5, 1931): 69.
  15. ^ "New Babcock Hall Plans To Include Modern Features," Fiat Lux, April 16, 1929, 1.
  16. ^ https://www.ne.anl.gov/About/legacy/materials/
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