McEnary, Krafft, Birch & Kilgore Papers 1905-1980.

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McEnary, Krafft, Birch & Kilgore Papers 1905-1980.

The collection contains the plans for many of the firm's buildings including the Kedney Warehouse Service Building, Miller Cafeteria and the F&M Savings Bank building. There are also plans by other architects: Alpha Rho Chi fraternity house (University of Minnesota, 1925), the Craddick and Haglin residences (1923) all designed by Frederick Mann, who was chief designer in the firm. Walter Wheeler's plans for the Cream of Wheat building, W. C. Whitney's Dunwoody residence, the Lakewood Cemetery Chapel by Harry Jones and other plans are included. The papers also contain correspondence, specifications and some photographs.

271.5 cubic feet.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7885864

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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Birch, Merrill Arthur 1919-

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McEnary, Dale Robert 1890-1964.

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Kilgore, Robert 1928-

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McEnary, Krafft, Birch & Kilgore.

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Dale McEnary was born in Minneapolis. He studied engineering and architecture at the Univ. of Minnesota and M.I.T., graduating from the latter in 1914 with a B.S. in architecture. He worked successively with Charles Frost,Frederick Mann and Walter Wheeler. In 1928, McEnary formed a partnership with Albert Larson, who was replaced in the firm by Edwin Krafft in 1934. Edwin Krafft was born in Minneapolis, attended Dartmouth and studied architecture at the University of Minnesota. He worked for a s...

Krafft, Edwin William 1901-1986.

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