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George A. Berlinghof
George Anthony Berlinghof (born Georg Anton Berlinghof; July 24, 1860 – May 30, 1944) was a Germany, German-born architect who designed a number of important buildings in Lincoln, Nebraska, Lincoln and other cities in Nebraska. Some of his surviving works are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Berlinghof was born in Free City of Frankfurt, to Georg Heinrich Berlinghof and Katharina Kretschmann Berlinghof. He immigrated to the United States in 1881. As of 1898 he was working as an architect in Beatrice, Nebraska, and as of 1906 he was established in Lincoln, where he remained active as an architect until 1930. Between 1911 and 1918, he partnered with Ellery L. Davis in the firm of Berlinghof and Davis. According to the Nebraska Historical Society, the firm designed "many important structures" in the city, attaining "a position of prominence" there. George Berlinghof and Ellery Davis also designed many schools and courthouses throughout Nebraska. Their firm surv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Howard County, Nebraska Courthouse From SE 2
Howard is an English language, English-language given name originating from Old French Huard (other), Huard (or Houard) from a Germanic source similar to Old High German ''*Hugihard'' "heart-brave", or ''*Hoh-ward'', literally "high defender; chief guardian". It is also probably in some cases a confusion with the Old Norse cognate ''Haward'' (''Hávarðr''), which means "high guard" and as a surname also with the unrelated Hayward. In some rare cases it is from the Old English ''eowu hierde'' "ewe herd". In Anglo-Norman language, Anglo-Norman the French digram ''-ou-'' was often rendered as ''-ow-'' such as ''tour'' → ''tower'', ''flour'' (western variant form of ''fleur'') → ''flower'', etc. (with svarabakhti). A diminutive is "Howie" and its shortened form is "Ward" (most common in the 19th century). Between 1900 and 1960, Howard ranked in the U.S. Top 200; between 1960 and 1990, it ranked in the U.S. Top 400; between 1990 and 2004, it ranked in the U.S. Top 600. Pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |