William H. Nicklas (1866–1960) was an Ohio architect who was best known for his church designs in partnership with

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. Nicklas was born in

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and graduated from

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. He first began his career in education and was working as an architect by 1894 in New Philadelphia. He moved to

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in 1897 and worked in Sidney Rose Badgley's office as a draftsman. Nicklas became a partner in 1904 in the firm which became known as Badgley and Nicklas until it was dissolved in 1913. Nicklas continued the firm for several years after the death of Badgley in 1917. The largest portion of the firm's work was in the Cleveland area but also designed buildings throughout the Midwestern United States. Many of these buildings are today listed on the

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. Incomplete list of extant Nicklas designs:

Selected works

* Lakewood United Methodist Church,

, 1904 * Cleveland Heights Presbyterian Church,

, 1904 * Central Methodist (United) Church,

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, 1905 * St. John AME Church,

, 1908 * Grace Methodist Church, Zanesville, Ohio, 1909 * Fourth Reformed Church,

, 1909 * Trinity United Methodist Church,

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1910 * Fidelity Baptist Church, Cleveland, OH, 1911 * First Presbyterian Church,

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, 1912 * Lakewood Congregational Church,

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, 1913 * Broadway Methodist Church,

, 1918–19 * Third Christian Church,

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, 1922 * Trinity Episcopal Church,

* Trinity United Methodist Church,

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, 1923

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nicklas, William H. Ohio Northern University alumni 1866 births 1960 deaths Architects from Cleveland