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Crisp horizontals punctuated with verticals on the northwest corner of the Charles Mix County Courthouse (Lake Andes, South Dakota, 1916—1917) designed in the Prairie Style by William L. Steele

William LaBarthe Steele (May 2, 1875 — March 4, 1949) was an important architect of the Prairie School during the first third of the twentieth century. Best known for his Prairie School designs, Steele worked in a wide range of architectural styles, and over his career designed over 250 built commercial buildings, churches, synagogues, homes, schools, and government buildings in Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Minnesota.

Architectural background

A graduate of the University of Illinois (1892—1896), Steele worked briefly for Solon S. Beman in Chicago (1896). Steele next worked in the office of renowned architect Louis Sullivan in Chicago, Illinois (1897—1900), including working on the famous Carson, Pirie, Scott Building (originally Schlesinger & Mayer, Chicago, 1899). After Sullivan, Steele relocated to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to gain additional experience with three other architectural firms. With Thomas Rodd, Steele worked primarily on plans for a major British Westinghouse factory in Trafford Park, Manchester, England (1900—1901). With Alden and Harlow, Steele focused on the Carnegie Institute expansion plans, working closely with chief draftsman Howard K. Jones (1901—1902). Finally, Steele worked with Sidney F. Heckert, a fellow Catholic who specialized in ecclesiastical and educational architecture (1902–1904).

Partnerships

Steele settled in Sioux City, Iowa in 1904 and did most of his work there. He first worked for Wilfred Warren (W.W.) Beach (1904—1905), and then Beach and Steele briefly worked in partnership (1905—1906). They dissolved their partnership in 1906 when Beach left Sioux City for a time, and Steele conducted a solo practice (1906—1925). On January 1, 1926, Steele took on George B. Hilgers as a partner (1926—1930). Hilgers had worked for Steele since 1911, eventually serving as chief draftsman. Although they completed their last joint commission in 1930, it appears that Steele and Hilgers did not legally dissolve their partnership, perhaps with the idea of doing later work that did not materialize. <Allen maybe p1042?>

In 1928 Steele formed a partnership with Thomas Rogers Kimball, an established Omaha-based architect with a national reputation, and little known Josiah Dow Sandham. Steele relocated to Omaha in 1929 to fully participate in the new partnership (1928—1946). Although Steele presumably foresaw increasing opportunities due to the larger market of Omaha and his association with a prestigious established architect, these hopes were not realized. Most architects found it hard to secure commissions during the Great Depression that began soon after his move, and Steele was no exception. In fact, Kimball was ruined financially. Kimball's declining health meant that Steele played an increasingly central role with what work the firm was able to garner, but in hindsight it's clear that his years in Sioux City were actually Steele's most productive.

Although Kimball died September 7, 1934, Steele and Sandham continued to operate under Kimball, Steele & Sandham until 1946. Steele formed his final partnership in 1946, when he and Sandham added son William L. Steele, Jr. to form Steele, Sandham, and Steele (1946–1962). Steele's own deteriorating health forced him to curtail his involvement in the firm's work as the practice was picking up after World War II. Steele died on March 4, 1949, but the firm continued to operate under that name until 1962, when Alex Weinstein became a partner and the name changed to Steele, Sandham, and Weinstein.

Table key

Partnership designations

Beach & Steele (1905—1906) partnership of Wilfred Warren (W.W.) Beach (1872—1937) with Steele

Steele & Hilgers (1926—1930) partnership of Steele with George B. Hilgers (1888?—19??)

Kimball, Steele & Sandham (1928—1946) partnership of Thomas Rogers Kimball (1872—1934), Steele, and Josiah Dow Sandham (1880—1969)

Steele, Sandham & Steele (1946—1962) partnership of Steele and Sandham with Steele's son William L. Steele Jr. (19**—19**)

Status designations

Demolished or destroyed (also noted in "Other Information")

Regularly open to the public

Disputed authorship (uncertainty whether it's a Steele design)

This is a not at all correct preliminary experiment with Completed works

William L. Steele completed works table (sortable)

Name	Location	State	Year(s)	Other Information	Image
H&H Building	Sioux City 510—512 4th Street	Iowa	1905	Beach & Steele The Pelletier Fire Disaster of 1904, Sioux City's worst fire, burned down two entire blocks of downtown. It also provided the new partnership of Beach & Steele opportunities to design three choice downtown buildings in a row on Fourth Street. The farthest east of the three, the three-story H&H Building, or Harstad & Halseth Shoe Co, featured Sullivanesque terra cotta at the cornice. Later Mazie's Women's Apparel, later Fourth Street Café, later American Express, it was demolished in 2003.
Schulein Building	Sioux City 506—508 4th Street	Iowa	1905	Beach & Steele This was another replacement building after the 1904 Pelletier Fire. Like the H&H Building adjacent to the east and the Purslow Building adjacent west, this storefront for the Schulein Shoe Company was three stories and brick-clad. The cornice featured horizontal bands of brick alternately extended and recessed, a decorative element Steele would employ on his later Prairie School buildings such as the First Congregational Church (1916—1918) and Hartington City Hall and Auditorium (1921—1923). Later Fantles Clothing Store, it was demolished in 2003.
Florence Crittenton Home	Sioux City 1105 28th Street	Iowa	1906	Beach & Steele Added to the NRHP in 2000 Dr. Agnes Eichelberger, Sioux City's first female physician, wanted a home for unwed mothers in town, and in 1904 associated with the National Florence Crittenton Mission before this building was built. At Dr. Eichelberger's request, Steele designed his first hospital facilities within the two-story home, including a sterilizing room, operating room, and private wards. The building also included more typical elements for a maternity home, such as a maternity room, nursery, sitting room, assembly room, laundry, kitchen, serving room, dining room, offices, and dormitories. The hospital proved popular not only with the inmates but with middle-class women in the community, and quickly exceeded its capacity. Beuttler & Arnold designed the next door Maternity Hospital (1913), and the home was extensively remodeled at that time, including covering the original stucco exterior with the brick now found there.
St. Michael's Catholic Church	Sioux City Southwest corner of 41st Street and Van Buren Street	Iowa	1907	This parish church in the Leeds Neighborhood of Sioux City represents Steele's first commission from the Catholic Church. Steele was Catholic, and he secured many commissions from the Church, including 24 churches, of which this was the first. < *** ref for St M Steele *** > Demolished in 1999 < *** ref for 1999 *** >
Hawarden First National Bank & Masonic Hall	Hawarden, Iowa 801 Central Avenue	Iowa	1907	Steele designed this combined use building in a simplified Romanesque Revival style with hints of Prairie School. The bank is perhaps best known as the lead defendant in a case decided by the US Supreme Court in 1900 regarding some provisions of federal bankruptcy law, Fred Bardes versus First National Bank of Hawarden, Iowa, et al. Now Farmers State Bank and Agency [*** or maybe even another? ***]
St. Boniface School	Elgin 301 South Second Street	Nebraska	1908	Rev. Casimir Renner was the first permanent parish priest, taking over the 1899 church in 1907, and he was determined to replace the tiny wooden 1904 structure built onto the side of the church. As teachers, Renner invited the Franciscan Sisters of Milwaukee, and they took charge of the new solid two-story brick building. Two gabled bays sit to either side of the central entrance, and distinctive brick voussoirs top the round-headed windows.
John McHugh House	Sioux City 2221 Nebraska Street	Iowa	1908	This spacious brick residence with its corner tower was the first house designed by Steele, commissioned by Sioux City banker John McHugh and his wife Mame. Born in Belleville, Ontario, McHugh first worked as a telegraph operator for the Grand Trunk Railway. Moving to Carroll, Iowa, he was hired by Gordon W. Wattles to work in a bank there. Wattles subsequently sent him to manage his bank in O'Neill, Nebraska, and McHugh married Mame Leet, the sister of Wattle's wife. McHugh moved to Sioux City, eventually becoming president of first the Iowa State National Bank and then the First National Bank, for which he commissioned Steele to design a new building in 1911. In 1915, McHugh left Sioux City for banking opportunities in New York City, ultimately becoming chief executive of Chase National Bank. <*********Allen> <******SC Museum exhibit> After McHugh's departure, the house was used by Edmond Heelan, the local Catholic bishop, as his residence. <*********Allen>
Saints Peter and Paul Catholic School	Butte 721 First Street	Nebraska	1909	Added to the NRHP in 1992 Steele designed this two-story Renaissance Revival red brick "fireproof" Catholic school with a raised basement and an attic level topped with a hip roof with multiple dormers. Its contents are typical of parochial schools built during this period in many towns throughout the Midwest, including within it "all the characteristics of a period school: chapel, boarding rooms for the students, and nuns' quarters." The school closed in 1969, and it is now the Butte Community Historical Center and Museum.
James P. Newton House and Maid Cottage	Sioux City 2312 Nebraska Street	Iowa	1909	Added to the NRHP in 2000 The Newton House and tiny cottage behind it are in the American Craftsman style, but the hip roof and other elements at variance with customary Craftsman practice mark Steele's early use of Prairie School features that would be more coherent in the Ben and Harriet Schulein House (1913).
Parker High School	Parker, South Dakota West First Street and North Spruce Avenue	South Dakota	1909—1910 (approx)	Steele's first commission in South Dakota may have involved the influence of his uncle Thomas J. Steele.	BBFile:image PIPE 150pxBB
O. J. Moore House	Sioux City	Iowa	1909—1910	Large and comfortable dwelling in a Colonial Revival style.
William B. Palmer House	Sioux City	Iowa	1909—1910	Palmer and his brother founded a fruit warehouse in 1893, which grew into the Palmer Candy Company. Compared to the Moore House, Steele designed this residence to be "less overtly revivalist and more horizontal in feeling with the story division, hipped roof, prominent overhang and windows grouped in banks."
O. J. Moore Grocery Company Warehouse	Sioux City	Iowa	1910	One of a number of warehouses built just north of the railroad tracks between the Missouri River and downtown Sioux City which are "straightforward expressions of purpose: solid and impregnable they state their function as the protection of goods."	BBFile:image PIPE 150pxBB
Saints Peter and Paul Catholic School	Bow Valley 108 (or possibly 106) West 889th Road	Nebraska	1910	Added to the NRHP in 2000 Now East Catholic School K-6???
Crane Company Warehouse	Sioux City 3rd and Jackson Streets	Iowa	1910	Another utilitarian structure like the O.J. Moore Grocery Company Warehouse of the same year Now demolished	BBFile:image PIPE 150pxBB
Purslow Block	Sioux City 504 4th Street	Iowa	1910 (approx)	Like the nearby H&H Building and neighboring Schulein Building (both 1905), this was a replacement for downtown buildings that burned in the Pelletier Fire of 1904. The close resemblance of this narrow three-story brick commercial storefront to the Schulein Building immediately adjacent to the west makes it likely that Steele designed this one as well. Later known as Magner and Walsh, it was demolished in 2003.
First National Bank	Sioux City 501 Pierce Street	Iowa	1911	Steele designed this Classical Revival style building for the newly merged bank resulting when the Iowa State National Bank bought out the First National Bank originally organized in 1867 by T. J. Stone. The new bank, the largest in Sioux City, decided to use the name of the older establishment.<Sorenson & Chicoine pp32, 51, 55, 58, 161, 167, and 225><L.H. Henry in Arthur Francis Allen><p49 text and p50 photo in THREE QUARTERS of a CENTURY of PROGRESS> Demolished in 1980 to make way for its replacement built on the same site, which is now a branch of US Bank, based in Minneapolis.<Sorenson & Chicoine pp211 and 225> Moving to Sioux City as an employee of the Iowa State National Bank, McHugh eventually gained control of that bank and then arranged for it to purchase the older First National Bank of Sioux City, using the older establishment's name for the newly merged operation.	BBFile:image PIPE 150pxBB
Shore Acres Boat Club	Sioux City 1401 Riverside Boulevard	Iowa	1911	A member of the Commercial Men's Boat Club, Steele designed this to be built directly on the foundations of the 1905 building destroyed by fire earlier in 1911. Having both male and female members, the exclusive club's new home was the occasion for changing its name to Shore Acres Boat Club. Now the Sioux City Community Theatre, the building is located on the banks of the Big Sioux River just north of its confluence with the Missouri River. <see Word file>	BBFile:image PIPE 150pxBB
St. Rose of Lima Catholic School	Crofton 1302 West 5th Street	Nebraska	1911	Added to the NRHP in 2011 <*** ref not listed NRIS Knox County??? ***> <*** NPS at http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natregsearchresult.do?fullresult=true&recordid=12 ***>
T.S. Martin Department Store (Remodeling)	Sioux City 515—521 4th Street	Iowa	1911	Added to the NRHP in 1998 Later Fishgall’s/S.S. Kresge Dime Store, now Karlton's, One Stop Meat Shop, and What Women Want Boutique
Henry Metz House	Sioux City	Iowa	1911	After being elected to the county board in 1914, Henry Metz (1866—1929) was crucial to Steele's securing the commission for the Woodbury County Courthouse (Sioux City 1915–1918). <RG Wilson>
National Guard Armory	Sioux City 823 Pearl Street	Iowa	1911—1912	Now the Boys Club (since 1966)
Sioux City Free (Main) Public Library	Sioux City 705 6th Street	Iowa	1911—1913	Added to the NRHP in 1997 Although the principal designer for the Italian Renaissance Revival building was Edward Tilton (1861—1933), Steele was the supervising architect. Tilton had worked for McKim, Mead & White, specialized in libraries, and was based in New York City. Steele was on the Sioux City library board and was on site, so it proved to be a convenient arrangement for both men. <need ref on Steele being on library board> Vacant from 1985–1996, it was converted and reopened in 1997 as the Carnegie Place Apartments, an award-winning rehabilitation that preserved the historical integrity of the structure.
Walthill Hospital	Walthill 505 Matthewson Street	Nebraska	1912—1913	Added to the NRHP in 1988, and in 1993 named a National Historic Landmark. Later renamed the Dr. Susan LaFlesche Picotte Memorial Hospital after its founder, this American Craftsman style building on the Omaha Indian Reservation was a working hospital through most of the 1940s.
Davidson Building	Sioux City 501 6th Street	Iowa	1912—1913	Added to the NRHP in 1999 office building
Trinity College (3 buildings)	Sioux City 3075 Floyd Boulevard	Iowa	1912-1913	Steele designed all three red brick-clad buildings for a Catholic men's college at which one of his sons would study. Perched on a hilltop between the Northside and Leeds neighborhoods, the three-story main building featured three bays, each topped with a prominent gable making an attic level. Tranverse wings to either side of the wider central bay connected to the two side bays. The Catholic Church made extensive use of the three Steele-designed buildings: after the college closed, they became the boys-only Trinity High School, later renamed Trinity Preparatory School, until 1950; next they were used by the Sisters of St. Benedict as a convent, and then by the Salvatorian Fathers as a seminary. Used 1967—1974 by Western Iowa Tech, they sat vacant for 15 years before being demolished in 1989.
Ben and Harriet Schulein House	Sioux City 2604 Jackson Street	Iowa	1913	Added to the NRHP in 1997 some info here
John H. Kelly House	Sioux City 2501 Jackson Street	Iowa	1913	With many attributes in common with the Ben and Harriet Schulein House, this Prairie Style influenced dwelling is attributed to Steele. Kelly's family owned a local newspaper which he inherited. <RG Wilson>
Sioux City Journal Building	Sioux City southwest corner of Douglas Street and 5th Street	Iowa	1914—1915	Designed for the leading local newspaper, this four-story brick-clad building had east and north primary façades. Reminiscent of the lower floors of the famous Wainwright Building (St. Louis, 1890—1891) designed by Louis Sullivan, the main east side (facing Douglas Street) displayed "a crisp flat façade of banded windows and brick and terra cotta". The Journal moved to a new building at 515 Pavonia Street in November 1972, and this building was demolished soon afterwards.
Yankton State Hospital Dairy Barn "B"	Yankton Off US Highway 81	South Dakota	1914-1917	Added to the NRHP in 1980 as part of the Yankton State Hospital, by then renamed the Human Services Center. Steele designed the barn in 1914, but it was not completed until 1917, primarily because all the labor came from hospital inmates and staff. The hospital had a large working farm on its grounds and was largely self-sufficient in foodstuffs. As with all its farm operations, the large, award-winning dairy herd housed in three barns provided inexpensive food and "some useful occupation" for the hospital's growing number of inmates. Topped with a distinctive monitor roof and clerestory windows, the rectangular plan Dairy Barn "B" has exterior pilasters that express its structural system based on bays. Except for the roof, Steele's design is entirely of reinforced concrete and "all the hay, wood, and other inflammable material contained might be burned and leave the cows safe in their stalls." Mandatory labor by patients drew criticism in the 1970s, and the barn has been vacant since the herd was auctioned off in 1985.
Livestock National Bank	Sioux City 807 South Chambers Street (now Cunningham Drive), south of Chicago Avenue	Iowa	1915	Along with the Armour Carnegie Library of the same year, a Prairie School turning point... ********* At the cornice line, Steele installed Sullivanesque terra cotta ornamentation featuring livestock themes, designed by George Grant Elmslie. Demolished 2003. The Roth Fountain (designed by Blenderman and Kirk Hoefling, 2005) in downtown Sioux City preserves some of the original 12 terra cotta insets, salvaged before the bank's demolition, on brickwork that replicates that used on the bank (pictured).
Armour Carnegie Library	Armour 915 Main Street	South Dakota	1915	Added NRHP as part of *************** With the Livestock National Bank of the same year, a Prairie School turning point...
St. Casimir Lithuanian Roman Catholic Church	Sioux City 2524 Leech Avenue	Iowa	1915–1916	Steele's design used a simplified Gothic Revival style. Demolished 2007	]
St. Joseph’s Mercy Hospital addition	Fort Dodge 700 South 17th Street	Iowa	After 1910	Probably now Deercreek Apartments or possibly demolished, Steele's building is the addition behind the original hospital (1907–1909 now demolished and replaced) yet in front of the heating plant that was built with the original.
Fort Dodge Sacred Heart Church	Fort Dodge 211 South 13th Street (South 13th Street & Second Avenue South)	Iowa	1915–1922	Erected as a possible cathedral for the dioceses, Steele designed this expansive brick church in the Romanesque style but with some Prairie School influences. Noted for its beautiful interior, the church later added stained glass windows imported from Munich, Germany.
Woodbury County Courthouse	Sioux City 620 Douglas Street	Iowa	1915–1918	Added to the NRHP in 1973, and in 1996 named a National Historic Landmark A masterpiece of the Prairie School style, Steele won the commission with the help of Henry Metz. Steele arranged for Minneapolis-based George Grant Elmslie to collaborate as principal designer with Steele as supervising architect, and they received some important assistance from Elmslie's partner William Gray Purcell.
First Congregational Church	Sioux City 1301 Nebraska Street	Iowa	1916–1918	Added to the NRHP in 1979 more info here
Hubert H Everist House	Sioux City 37 McDonald Drive	Iowa	1916–1920	Added to the NRHP in 1983 This expansive Prairie School dwelling is Steele’s residential masterpiece, inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright’s Robie House but on a less restrictive site.
Charles Mix County Courthouse	Lake Andes 400 Main Street	South Dakota	1916–1917	Added to the NRHP in 1993
St Vincent's Hospital	Sioux City 6th and Jennings Streets	Iowa	1916–1917	Now part of Mercy Medical Center
Fire Station No. 6	Sioux City 4203 Morningside Avenue	Iowa	1917	Steele designed this firehouse as an American Craftsman bungalow to fit in with the residential neighborhood then in place.
52 McDonald House	Sioux City	Iowa	1917	some info here
Robert and Cynthia Deck Residence	Sioux City 56 McDonald Drive	Iowa	1917	some info here
Woodbury County Poor Farm	Sioux City	Iowa	1917–1918	still extant?
Hawarden City Hall, Fire Station and Auditorium	Hawarden 715 Central Avenue (Central & Ninth Streets)	Iowa	1917–1918	Added to the NRHP in 2009 Also known as Old Hawarden City Hall, later the Hawarden Community Center, and now vacant.
Hawkeye Truck Company factory	Sioux City 2700 Floyd River Road (later renamed Hawkeye Drive)	Iowa	1918	Owned by Ralph Bennett, the Hawkeye Truck Company was founded in 1914 and built its first trucks in 1915 at 313 Jennings Street. In 1918, Bennett commissioned Steele to design two side-by-side factory buildings totaling 41,000 square feet. Located near the Floyd River, the new plant permitted 65-70 men to produce 10 trucks daily. Powered by Buda engines, the trucks were marketed as "designed for unusual loads and unusual roads." <***need ref Steele - Mt Sinai?***> The Hawkeye Truck Company closed in 1933, a victim of the Great Depression, and Wincharger (later renamed Winco) moved into the factory in 1934. Badly damaged when the Floyd River flooded in 1953, the plant became vacant in 1977 when the firm moved to Minnesota. The northern building was demolished, but the original southern building remains. [This is almost certainly the building in between Sioux Rubber & Urethane to the south and Aramark Uniform Services to the north —- what is it used for now?]
Morningside Masonic Building	Sioux City 4110 Morningside Avenue	Iowa	1920	some info here
Hood House	Sioux City 2608 Jackson Street	Iowa	1920–1921	Perched on a brick foundation with clapboard walls, Steele's design features "Prairie elements including the low-pitch hipped roof and bands of windows with their lintels at the facsia", yet in accordance with the Beaux Arts tradition has "a grand front entry with classical Doric pillars."
St. Joseph Catholic Church	Elk Point	South Dakota	1921	Still extant? some info here
Sacred Heart School	Yankton 504 Capitol Street	South Dakota	1921	some info here
August Williges House	Sioux City 1911 Summit Street	Iowa	1921	Steele would design blah blah in 1929-1930
Sacred Heart Hospital	Le Mars 110 6th Avenue	Iowa	1921–1923	Added to the NRHP in 2010
Hartington City Hall and Auditorium	Hartington 101 North Broadway Street	Nebraska	1921–1923	Added to the NRHP in 1983
St. Monica's Hospital	Sioux City 4500 Hamilton Boulevard	Iowa	1922	Also known as St. Monica's Babies' Home, later Sunset Manor Retirement Home. Possibly on northeast corner of Outer Drive North and Hamilton Boulevard across from Clark School.
Immaculate Conception School	Sioux City 3719 Ridge Avenue	Iowa	1922	Now demolished
Haftor Sve House	Sioux City 2507 McDonald Street	Iowa	1922	some info here
Mount Sinai Temple classroom addition	Sioux City 1320 Nebraska Street	Iowa	1922	Added to the NRHP in 1999 Later United Orthodox Synagogue
St. Agnes Academy	Alliance 1104 Cheyenne Avenue	Nebraska	1923	Built in 3 sections, the first two have been demolished, while the 1923 north wing designed by Steele has been altered and a new parish center added to the south where the 1908 and 1910 sections were located.
St. Boniface School	Sioux City 700 West 6th Street	Iowa	1923–1924	Added to the NRHP in 1998 Later Holy Family School and possibly now closed
St. Boniface Residence and Heating Plant	Sioux City 515 Cook Street	Iowa	1923–1924	Added to the NRHP in 1998
Harold A. (H.A.) Doyle House	Yankton 712 West 3rd Street	South Dakota	1924	Added to the NRHP in 1990 some info here
Valley Drive House	Sioux City 3100 Valley Drive	Iowa	1924	Unusual for Steele, this two-story Prairie School residence has a side door similar to those employed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Steele advertised this design as his "demonstration-model Home Practical" in the Sioux City Journal in 1925.
Blessed Sacrament School	Sioux City 3030 Jackson Street	Iowa	1924	Now Holy Cross/Blessed Sacrament School
Fairmount Branch Public Library	Sioux City 220 South Fairmont Street	Iowa	1924–1927	Steele & Hilgers Added to the NRHP in 1983 Also known as the Fairmount Park Branch Public Library, later Greenville Neighborhood Center, and now part of Home Instead Senior Care. This and the Smith Villa Branch were nearly identical Prairie School library buildings, with this one being the first built and slightly smaller. This structure has been severely altered.
Smith Villa Branch Public Library	Sioux City 1509 George Street	Iowa	1924–1927	Steele & Hilgers Added to the NRHP in 1983 Also known as the Rebecca Osborne Smith Branch Library, now Headstart. This was built to a nearly identical Prairie School design as the Fairmount Branch, although slightly enlarged based on experience from Fairmount. This one has been carefully restored.
Knights of Columbus Hall	Sioux City 3030 Jackson Street	Iowa	1926	Steele & Hilgers Now Scottish Rite Temple
Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church	Sioux City 900 6th Street	Iowa	1926	Steele & Hilgers Added to the NRHP in 1998
Kappa Sigma Fraternity House	Iowa City 1032 North Dubuque Street	Iowa	1926	Steele & Hilgers Now chapter house for Pi Kappa Alpha. Steele designed this Prairie Style building for Kappa Sigma fraternity, which is now located elsewhere. The building has two offset parallel gable rooflines, with one slightly lower than the other. On the west side are a series of distinctive pilasters reminiscent of those Steele employed on the Hartington City Hall and Auditorium (Hartington, Nebraska, 1921–1923). Clad in buff-colored brickwork that includes horizontal banding including at the levels of the first and second floor windows, the building manifests "a sense of rationalism and directness."
Harold A. Jacobsen House	Sioux City 4103 Perry Way	Iowa	1928	Steele & Hilgers some info here
Yankton Creamery	Yankton	South Dakota	1928	Steele & Hilgers some info here
Northside Branch Public Library	Sioux City 810 29th Street	Iowa	1928–1929	Steele & Hilgers Added to the NRHP in 2000 Now Bruce Meyer Productions Unlike his previous Prairie School libraries, Steele turned to the Tudor style for this one in Sioux City's posh north side. Although Steele publicly attributed the change to the residential neighborhood setting, it also signals a weakening of his use of the Prairie Style, with the Williges Building (1929–1930) as his last design in the style for which he is now most famous.
Fire Station No. 3	Sioux City 1211 5th Street	Iowa	1928–1929	Steele & Hilgers Added to the NRHP in 2008 Now the Firehouse Bar. Attributed to Steele.
Forbes Hall of Science, Yankton College	Yankton 1100 Douglas Avenue	South Dakota	1928–1930	Added to the NRHP in 1982 part of the Yankton College Historic District Now part of a Federal prison camp. George Grant Elmslie was principal designer, with Steele as supervising architect. Elmslie and William Gray Purcell dissolved thier partnership in 1921, and for this college building in Yankton Elmslie turned to Steele for assistance.
Second Church of Christ, Scientist (Minneapolis)	Minneapolis 1115 2nd Avenue South	Minnesota	1928–1930	Kimball, Steele & Sandham Now part of IVY Hotel + Residences Thomas Rogers Kimball secured the commission and was the principal designer for the newly formed firm of Kimball, Steele, and Sandham, but Kimball's declining health shifted some of the work to Steele. This Art Deco tower with Ziggurat features was originally intended as the first phase of an extensive campus for the Second Church of Christ, Scientist, but the building program was cut short by the advent of the Great Depression. Renamed the Ivy Tower in 1965 and used as office space, the curious little skyscraper was incorporated into the Post-modern style IVY Hotel + Residences in 2006–2008.
Williges Building	Sioux City 613 Pierce Street	Iowa	1929–1930	Steele & Hilgers Added to the NRHP in 2007 Steele's final commission in Sioux City and his last in partnership with George B. Hilgers, the Williges Building is not only Steele's last use of Prairie School architecture, but it represents “one of the last manifestations of the ...Prairie Style in the United States.”
St. Cecilia Cathedral	Omaha 701 North 40th Street	Nebraska	1929–1946	Kimball, Steele & Sandham Added to the NRHP in 1979 Thomas Rogers Kimball (1862–1934) was the principal designer for this Spanish Renaissance Revival church. Although begun in 1905, it was not completed until 1959. Kimball's health was deteriorating and starting in 1929 he began turning the work of the cathedral over to Steele after Steele finished relocating to Omaha in that year. Nearly two decades later, about 1946 as his own health declined, Steele turned the work over to his partner Josiah D. Sandham and their newest partner, his son William L. Steele Jr. These two surviving partners oversaw the completion of the building in 1959.
Federal Office Building	Omaha 106 South 15th Street	Nebraska	1932–1934	Kimball, Steele & Sandham Added to the NRHP in 2009 An important commission for the firm of Kimball, Steele, and Sandham in the early years of the Great Depression, they designed this federal office and court building in the stripped classical style with some Art Deco elements. Although the over-all design was his, Kimball's rapidly deteriorating health (he died soon after the building was dedicated) meant that Steele and Sandham did the lion's share of work along with associated architect George B. Prinz (1864–1946), who had previously served as Kimball's chief draftsman. <Neb Hist article> <Omaha Fed Bldg Landmark designation p6-14(pdf p8) and other pages> <George Bernhard Prinz Nebraska History> Vacant from 1995-2013, it was converted to be a Marriott Residence Inn with the exterior carefully preserved.
Jefferson Elementary School	Omaha 39th Street and Grover Street	Nebraska	1937–1938	Kimball, Steele & Sandham No longer used as a school, probably demolished.
St. Peter Church Rectory	Omaha Leavenworth Street and South 27th Street	Nebraska	1939	Kimball, Steele & Sandham Built at the same time as the school.
St. Peter Catholic School	Omaha Leavenworth Street and South 27th Street	Nebraska	1939	Kimball, Steele & Sandham Or is it Leavenworth Street and South 28th Street?
AT&T Switching Station	Lincoln 11200 North 14th Street	Nebraska	1940–1941	Kimball, Steele & Sandham Also known as the AT&T Lincoln Junction Repeater Building.
Jones Street House	Omaha 5210 Jones Street	Nebraska	1948–1949	Steele, Sandham & Steele Added to the NRHP in 2005 as part of ******** Although officially a consulting architect, the involvement of William L. Steele (1875–1949) in this commission was in little more than name due to his poor health. Like the Agronomy Building, this is the work of Steele's partners, Josiah D. Sandham and William L. Steele Jr.
Agronomy Building, University of Nebraska Lincoln	Lincoln East Campus	Nebraska	1949–1952	Steele, Sandham & Steele Now Keim Hall, also known as Plant Sciences Hall. As with the Jones Street House, Steele's involvement was in little more than name due to his poor health before his death on March 4, 1949. Instead, this is the work of Steele's partners, Josiah D. Sandham and William L. Steele Jr.
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References

Interior detail of First Congregational Church (Sioux City, Iowa, 1916–1918) showing the central stained glass dome and terra cotta trim in the ceiling of the sanctuary or auditorium