Frederick F. Faris
Frederick F. Faris | |
|---|---|
 F. F. Faris, 1905 | |
| Born | 1870 |
| Died | 1927 |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Buildings | Shotwell Hall, West Liberty State College, West Liberty, West Virginia |
Frederick F. Faris (1870–1927) was a Wheeling, West Virginia-based architect.
Biography
He was born in St. Clairsville, Belmont County, Ohio in 1870. He attended public schools and received no formal training as an architect. He joined the office of Edward Wells, another Wheeling architect and builder, then formed a partnership with Joseph Leiner. After that partnership dissolved, he joined with Edward B. Franzheim and Millard Giesey in 1902 to form Franzheim, Greisey, and Faris.[1]
He designed a variety of residential, commercial, and educational buildings. Among the buildings he designed were the Schmulbach Building, then the tallest building, and the Market Auditorium, the longest building in Wheeling. Other notable buildings include the Wheeling Electric Company, the First National Bank of West Virginia, the Wheeling Intelligencer, the former public library, the Scottish Rite Cathedral, and numerous schools including the Triadelphia Junior High School and Madison School.[2] He also designed Mount Carmel Monastery (1917).[1][3]
He died of strep throat at age 57, and was buried at Greenwood Cemetery in Wheeling.[1] At the time of his death he was known as the "dean of Wheeling architects."[2]
Selected works
Individual listings on the National Register of Historic Places
- 1907: Harry and Louisiana Beall Paull Mansion, Wellsburg, West Virginia, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[4]
- 1937: Shotwell Hall, West Liberty State College, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.[4]
Contributing properties to historic districts
- East Wheeling Historic District
- Highland Park Historic District (Wheeling, West Virginia)
- National Road Corridor Historic District
- Wheeling Country Club
- Wheeling Historic District
- Woodsdale-Edgewood Neighborhood Historic District
References
- ^ a b c Historic Wheeling: The Men Who Built Wheeling
- ^ a b Harriette Hopkins (January 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Wheeling Country Club" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-09-01.
- ^ Katherine Jourdan (October 1995). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Woodsdale-Edgewood Neighborhood Historic District" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-09-01.
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
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