Joseph P. Guth (24 June 1859 – 23 April 1928) was a popular civil engineer, architect and builder in

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, starting in the 1880s.

Biography

Guth was born in Stuttgart, Germany, and attended schools in

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and Bavaria. His father, J. P. Guth, was a notable architect of government railroad projects in Germany in the mid-1800s. Graduating from school in 1879, the younger Guth worked as an architect for two years and decided to immigrate to the United States. Following his father in railroad design, he first worked for the

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based in

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. Guth soon switched to the

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, and left there to join the

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. He finally landed with the

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in Omaha and stayed there until 1887.Wakeley, Arthur Cooper, ed. (1917) ''Omaha: The Gate City, and Douglas County, Nebraska.'' Vol. 1. SJ Clarke Publishing Company. p. 646. He immigrated to the United States in 1884. Originally living in

, Guth partnered with Joseph Dietrick to start an architectural firm; however, by 1891 the partnership had dissolved. Continuing as a sole proprietor, Guth worked business blocks, breweries, factories and warehouses, fire stations, schools, single and multifamily residences, churches and halls in Omaha and across eastern Nebraska. Guth is also credited with designing several industrial brewing buildings for the

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and Krug breweries in Omaha.United States Department of the Interior. (n.d.) '. Retrieved November 28, 2014. Omaha's prolific apartment designer Henry D. Frankfurt apprenticed under Guth. Guth practiced architecture until he died, aged 68, in Omaha at his 1911 Wirt Street home on 23 April 1928.'' Morning World-Herald'' (Omaha, Nebraska), 25 April 1928, page 10, column 3 He was buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Omaha.

Notable designs

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(1898) NRHP Omaha * Eggerss-O'Flyng Building (1902) NRHP Omaha * St. John's German Evangelical Lutheran Church, (1902)

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* Fepco Building (1903) * Omaha Casket Company (1905) * Apartments (1906) 536 S 26th Avenue, Omaha * Apartments (1906) 554 S 26th Avenue, Omaha * Schuyler City Hall (1908) NRHP 1020 A Street,

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* Trimble House (1909) * Omaha Fire Department Hose Company No. 4 (1913) 999 North 16th Street, Omaha * St. Luke's Episcopal Church (1913) 2304 2nd Avenue, Kearney * Druid Hall (1915) 2412 Ames Avenue, Omaha * Shirby Apartments (1922) 3320 California Street, Omaha * Single family dwelling (1922) 5116 Nicholas Street, Omaha (Part of the Dundee-Happy Hollow Historic District) * Single family dwelling (1923) 308 South 52nd Street, Omaha (Part of the Dundee-Happy Hollow Historic District) * Boulevard Apartments (1923) 606 S 32nd Avenue, Omaha * Seymour Apartments (1923) 608 S 32nd Avenue, Omaha * Harriet Court Apartments (1925) 137 N 33rd Street, Omaha * Augustus B. Slater Residence (1925) local landmark, 1050 South 32nd Street, Omaha

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1911 Wirt Street, Omaha, Guth's former home
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Guth, Joseph P. 1859 births 1928 deaths Architects from Stuttgart Artists from Omaha, Nebraska Architects from Nebraska Württemberger emigrants to the United States 19th-century American architects 20th-century American architects American civil engineers Engineers from Nebraska

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Notable designs

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