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Seth J. Temple
Born(1867-08-15)August 15, 1867
Winona, Minnesota
DiedJune 4, 1949(1949-06-04) (aged 81)
Davenport, Iowa
NationalityAmerican
OccupationArchitect
AwardsFellow, American Institute of Architects (1889)
The Davenport, designed by Temple, Burrows & McLane and completed in 1907. The building was demolished in 2023 following a partial collapse.
The Hotel Burlington, designed by Temple & Burrows and completed in 1911.
The Edward C. Mueller house in Davenport, designed by Temple & Burrows and completed in 1913.
The Public Mausoleum of Oakdale Memorial Gardens, designed by Temple and completed in 1931.
The United States Courthouse in Davenport, designed by Temple and completed in 1933.
Upham Hall of the former Marycrest College, designed by Temple–Temple and completed in 1939.

Seth J. Temple FAIA (August 15, 1867 – June 4, 1949) was an American architect in practice in Urbana, Illinois and Davenport, Iowa from 1897 to 1949.

Life and career

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Seth Justin Temple was born August 15, 1867 in Winona, Minnesota to Holmes Temple, a carpenter, and Mary Eliza (Ford) Temple. He was educated in the Winona public schools and at Columbia University, graduating with a PhB in architecture in 1892. He was then appointed instructor of architecture of the Metropolitan Museum of Art Schools. In 1894 he was awarded a traveling fellowship from Columbia which enabled him to study architecture at what is now the American Academy in Rome. He was one of the new school's first three students, along with Harold Van Buren Magonigle and George Bispham Page.[1] In 1896 he returned to the United States and in 1897 became assistant professor of architecture at the University of Illinois. Like other professors Temple maintained a small local architectural practice and was responsible for buildings for the university, including the Electrical Engineering Research Lab (1898, demolished) in association with fellow professor Cyrus D. McLane. He resigned from the university in 1904 to enter full-time practice.

Temple relocated to Davenport, Iowa where he formed the partnership of Temple, Burrough & McLane with Parke T. Burrows and his former university colleague, Cyrus D. McLane. McLane left in 1910 and Temple & Burrows continued until Burrows' retirement from practice in 1925, with Temple continuing alone.[2] After fifteen years as a sole practitioner, in 1940 Temple formed the partnership of Seth J. Temple–Arthur Temple with his son, Arthur Temple. After the elder Temple's death in 1949 the younger continued Temple–Temple until his own death in late 1951. In 1952 the business was acquired by Louis C. Kingscott & Associates, now (2023) Kingscott Associates, of Kalamazoo, Michigan. The Kingscott firm maintained a Davenport office until 1983.[3]

At least as a young practitioner, Temple opposed the participation of women in the architectural profession. In 1907, when Ida Annah Ryan of Massachusetts applied for membership in the American Institute of Architects, Temple protested to AIA secretary Glenn Brown not because "I know the person, but because I am repelled by the name, against the presentation of a woman's name for membership in the Institute." Other, more prominent, architects also opposed her admission and she was not admitted until 1921.[4] It is not known if Temple ever changed his stance or ever employed women architects or drafters in his own office. This may have had particular significance on a statewide scale as after his death Temple was noted as a great mentor to young men early in their careers, potentially at the exclusion of women.[5]

Temple himself was admitted to the AIA in 1907, shortly before his protest of Ryan's membership. He served as president of the Iowa chapter in 1909 and 1910 and was elected a Fellow in 1913.

Personal life

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Temple was married in 1896 to Alice Maud Gamble in New York City. They had five children: Holmes Temple, Gilbert Temple, Arthur Temple, Malcolm Temple and Alice Muriel (Temple) Glenn.

Temple and his family lived in a house of his own design in the McClellan Heights neighborhood of Davenport. Built in 1907, it is now a contributing resource to the McClellan Heights Historic District.

Temple died June 4, 1949 at the age of 81.

Architectural works

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Temple, Burrows & McLane, 1905–1910

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Temple & Burrows, 1910–1925

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Seth J. Temple, 1925–1939

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Seth J. Temple–Arthur Temple, 1940–1949

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See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d e f A contributing resource to the Davenport Downtown Commercial Historic District, NRHP-listed in 2020. Cite error: The named reference "Downtown" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  2. ^ A contributing resource to the Cork Hill District, NRHP-listed in 1984.
  3. ^ a b c d A contributing resource to the McClellan Heights Historic District, NRHP-listed in 1984.
  4. ^ a b A contributing resource to the Prospect Park Historic District, NRHP-listed in 1984.
  5. ^ a b c A contributing resource to the Vander Veer Park Historic District, NRHP-listed in 1985. Cite error: The named reference "Marycrest" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  6. ^ Temple & Burrows, architects; Fugard & Knapp of Chicago, associate architects.
  7. ^ A contributing resource to the Oakdale Memorial Gardens historic district, NRHP-listed in 2015.
  8. ^ a b Childs & Smith of Chicago, architects; Seth J. Temple–Arthur Temple, associate architects.

References

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  1. ^ Charles Moore, The Life and Times of Charles Follen McKim (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1929): 140.
  2. ^ Journal of the American Institute of Architects 8, no. 3 (March, 1925): 113.
  3. ^ Iowa corporation records
  4. ^ Matilda McQuaid, "Educating for the Future: A Growing Archive on Women in Architecture" in Architecture: A Place for Women, ed. Ellen Perry Berkeley (Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1989): 256.
  5. ^ "Seth J. Temple: The Man First, then the Project" in Iowa Architect 5, no. 5 (September-October, 1958): 16-17.
  6. ^ H. P. Smith, "The Building Program of a Small City" in School Board Journal 61, no. 2 (August, 1920): 43-45.
  7. ^ Architectural Forum 37, no. 6 (December, 1922): 70.
  8. ^ a b c "Three Junior High School Buildings" in School Board Journal 62, no. 7 (July, 1921): 52-54.
  9. ^ Iron Age 109, no. 24 (June 15, 1922): 1723.
  10. ^ Engineering News-Record 90, no. 26 (June 28, 1923): 315.
  11. ^ a b "Six New Community Schools for one City" in Architectural Record 88, no. 4 (October, 1940): 100-102.
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