- John Latenser
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- Born into a family of architects in
Liechtenstein, John Latenser, Sr. (1858-1936) emigrated to the United States after
completing studies in architecture at the Polytechnic College in Stuttgart. For seven
years he was employed as a draftsman in Chicago before setting up an architectural
practice in Omaha in 1887. Latenser’s Omaha practice spanned more than 50 years with
commissions for many of the city’s larger civic and commercial building projects
including Central High School, The Douglas County Court House and the J. L. Brandeis and
Sons Store. In addition, Latenser served as construction superintendent of Federal
Building for Omaha’s Federal Post Office Building beginning in 1891 and two years
later was named superintendent of Federal Building for a six-state territory.
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- Latenser worked for many years as
architect for the Omaha School Board and is credited with designing over thirty-five
schools in Omaha as well as schools throughout Nebraska and western Iowa.
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John Latenser & Sons:
Bostwick-Frohardt Collection |
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