Bentley, Merman, and Skogstad Architectural Drawings, 1918-1935


Summary Information
Title: Bentley, Merman, and Skogstad Architectural Drawings
Inclusive Dates: 1918-1935

Creators:
  • Bentley, Percy D., 1885-1968
  • Merman, Otto A., 1890-1935
  • Skogstad, Herbert W., 1892-1929
Call Number: PH 6911; Micro 1107; Micro 2109; La Crosse Micro 15

Quantity: 28.0 cubic feet (14 flat boxes) and 8 reels of microfilm (35 mm)

Repository:
Archival Locations:
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)
UW-La Crosse Murphy Library / La Crosse Area Research Ctr. (Map)

Abstract:
Drawings by architects Percy D. Bentley, Otto A. Merman, and Herbert W. Skogstad of La Crosse, Wisconsin. The collection consists of drawings from almost 300 projects, primarily residential though also including several schools, other public buildings, and businesses. Most are located in La Crosse and other Wisconsin cities with a few in Minnesota and one each in Iowa and Indiana.

Language: English

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Biography/History

Percy Dwight Bentley was a La Crosse native who attended Armour Institute in Chicago and absorbed the Prairie School spirit of masters Louis Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright. During his brief practice, from circa 1917 to circa 1921, with Otto A. Merman in La Crosse the two designed a large number of distinguished Prairie School residences (many of which are represented in the collection). Bentley attained national scholarly acclaim for this period of work. After Bentley's departure (to practice with Charles Alford Hauser in Minneapolis, then independently in Eugene, Oregon), former assistant and partner Merman associated with Herbert W. Skogstad. Skogstad was a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Merman and Skogstad increasingly worked in the Period Revival strain of design evident in the later Bentley and Merman years, and the nature of commissions expanded to include work for local institutions and businesses as well as residences. After Skogstad’s death in 1929, Merman continued to practice solo until his death in 1935.

Scope and Content Note

The collection consists of drawings from almost 300 projects, primarily residential though also including several schools, other public buildings, and businesses. The architectural firms were called variously Bentley and Merman, Merman and Skogstad, and Otto Merman Architect. Most drawings are located in La Crosse and other Wisconsin cities with a few in Minnesota and one each in Iowa and Indiana.

Administrative/Restriction Information
Acquisition Information

Presented by Peter Nelson and Sons via the Milwaukee Art Center, 1982. Accession Number: M82-293


Processing Information

Prepared for microfilming by Fritz Knoble.


Contents List
Micro 1107/PH 6911
Wisconsin
Alma
Reel   1
Box   9
Tenney, Harry, 1930
Antigo
Reel   1
Box   9
Inter-State Oil Company, 1930
Arcadia
Reel   1
Box   9
Maurer, Emil, 1921
Beaver Dam
Reel   1
Box   9
Cities Services Oil Company, 1928
Beloit
Reel   1
Box   9
Board of Industrial Ed-Vocational School, 1925; 1934
Cashton
Reel   1
Box   9
City of Cashton-High School, 1926
Reel   1
Box   9
Klinker Brothers, 1930
Reel   1
Box   9
Rudolph, Frank, 1930
Reel   1
Box   9
Store Building, 1930
Chaseburg
Reel   1
Box   9
Chaseburg Co-op Creamery Company, 1931
Coon Valley
Reel   1
Folder   9
Moen, A.T., 1925
Crystal Lake
Reel   1
Box   9
Dahl, Harry, 1923
Eau Claire
Reel   1
Box   9
Tri-State Ice Cream Corporation, 1927
Eau Galle
Reel   1
Box   9
Town of Eau Galle 8 Waterville-School District No. 1, undated
Elroy
Reel   1
Box   9
Leist, A.M., 1926
Ferryville
Reel   1
Box   9
Rutter, Hiram, 1926
Fountain City
Reel   1
Box   9
Fugina, Paul, 1930
Galesville
Reel   1
Box   9
Bank of Galesville, 1924
Reel   1
Box   9
Boy Scouts, 1934
Reel   1
Box   9
City of Galesville-Library, 1920
Reel   1
Box   9
Gale College, 1925
Reel   1
Box   9
Hurley, R.F., 1920
Reel   1
Box   9
Powell, J.J., 1924
Hillsboro
Reel   1
Box   9
Robinson, Henry, 1926
Janesville
Reel   1
Box   9
Inter-State Oil Company, 1930
La Crosse
Board of Education
Reel   1
Box   1
Board of Education Building, Temporary School, 1920
Reel   1
Box   1
Central High School, 1925
Reel   1
Box   1
Franklin High School, 1930-1931
Reel   1
Box   1
Hamilton School, 1926
Reel   1
Box   1
Hogan School, 1920-1921
Reel   1
Box   1
Jefferson School, 1930
Reel   1
Box   1
Lincoln School, 1923-1927
Reel   1
Box   1
Logan High School, 1927; 1933
Reel   1
Box   1
North Branch School, 1923
Reel   1
Box   1
Roosevelt School, 1931-1932
Reel   1
Box   1
Washburn School, undated
Reel   1
Box   1
Washington School, 1926; 1932
Reel   1
Box   1
Webster School, 1927
Board of Parks
Reel   1
Box   2
Copeland Park, 1934
Reel   1
Box   2
Myrick Park Zoo, 1929-1930
Reel   1
Box   2
Pettibone Isle, 1925
Reel   1
Box   2
Riverside Park-Wendell A. Anderson Memorial, 1930
City of La Crosse
Reel   1
Box   2
Bleacher Stand, 1933
Reel   1
Box   2
Building Addition, 1923
Reel   1
Box   2
Employment Office, 1924
Reel   1
Box   2
Market Shed, 1922
Reel   2
Box   2
Vocational School, 1923
Reel   2
Miscellaneous, undated
County of La Crosse
Reel   2
Box   2
County Treasurer's Office, 1920
Reel   2
Box   2
Old People's Home, 1935
General
Reel   2
Box   2
Advance Bedding Company, 1927
Reel   2
Box   2
Allan's Store, 1932
Reel   2
Box   2
Arenz, A.N. Garage, 1924
Reel   2
Box   2
Arenz Shoe Company, 1921, 1925, 1927
Reel   2
Box   2
Auto Club of Western Wisconsin, 1924
Reel   2
Box   2
BPOE Club, 1921
Reel   2
Box   2
Bartl, Joseph, 1927
Reel   2
Box   2
Batavian National Bank, 1919-1920
Reel   2
Box   2
Bannen, W.E., 1924
Reel   2
Box   2
Bayer, John, 1925
Reel   2
Box   2
Becker, Nick, 1933
Reel   2
Box   2
Benton Electric Company, 1921
Reel   2
Box   2
Buetler, Joseph, 1928
Reel   2
Box   2
Bicha, J.C., 1928
Reel   2
Box   2
Board of Industrial Education (Vocational School), 1929
Reel   2
Box   2
Boehm, Henry, 1927
Reel   2
Box   2
Borrensen, Lilly, 1931
Reel   2
Box   2
Boyer, J.W. Fireplace, 1927
Reel   2
Box   2
Boy Scouts, undated
Reel   2
Box   3
Bruha, Arthur, 1921
Reel   2
Box   3
Burgess, Frank, 1933
Reel   2
Box   3
Burton, Abby, 1925
Reel   2
Box   3
Burton, George, 1922
Reel   2
Box   3
Byers, mark, 1921
Reel   2
Box   3
Callaway, Chas., 1921
Reel   2
Box   3
Cameron, M.D., 1923
Reel   2
Box   3
Cameron Motor Car Company, 1922
Micro 2109
Reel   1
Chase, H.H., Dr., undated
Note: Location of original drawings unknown.
Micro 1107/PH 6911
Reel   2
Box   3
Cities Service Oil Company, 1926
Reel   2
Box   3
Colman, C.E., 1929
Reel   2
Box   3
Dahl, Harry, 1929
Reel   2
Box   3
Derr, E.H., undated
Reel   2
Box   3
Dietz, Frank, 1921
Reel   2
Box   3
E.R. Barron Company, 1929; 1932
Reel   2
Box   3
Eagan, R.L., 1927
Reel   2
Box   3
Emanuel German Lutheran Church, 1927
Reel   2
Box   3
Erickson, Emil, 1922
Reel   2
Box   3
Euler, Chas., 1932
Reel   2
Box   3
Evans, James, 1928
Reel   2
Box   3
Evanson, Clarence, 1929
Reel   2
Box   3
Federal Baking Company, 1931
Reel   2
Box   3
Felton, J.C., 1927
Reel   2
Box   3
First Congregational Church, 1922
Reel   2
Box   3
Fox Brothers Auto, 1930
Reel   2
Box   3
Fritz, Emil, 1933
Reel   2
Box   3
Funk, A.P., 1933
Reel   2
Box   3
Funke Estate, 1933
Reel   2
Box   3
Funke, Albert, 1920
Reel   2
Box   3
Gaspard, Lillian, 1921
Reel   2
Box   3
G. Heileman Brewing Company, 1933-1934
Reel   2
Box   8
Gannett, C.P. (Waterloo Hotel), 1925; 1927
Reel   2
Box   8
Gateway City Bank, 1933
Reel   3
Box   8
Gatterdam, John, 1934
Reel   3
Box   8
Gelatt, P.M., 1926; 1929
Reel   3
Box   8
George Tire Company, 1927
Reel   3
Box   8
Grandview Hospital, 1919; 1925
Reel   3
Box   8
Gray, R.H., 1929; 1931
Reel   3
Box   5
Gunderson, G., 1927; 1930
Reel   3
Box   5
Hamilton Lodge, 1922
Reel   3
Box   5
Hixon, F.P., 1919; 1924
Reel   3
Box   5
Hofweber, J.L., 1921
Reel   3
Box   5
Hogan, J.J. Inc., 1920
Reel   3
Box   5
Holmes MacWillie Tire Depot, 1927
Reel   3
Box   5
Horner, 1933
Reel   3
Box   5
Independent Dry Cleaners, 1933
Reel   3
Box   5
Jehlen, Dominic, 1921; 1929
Reel   3
Box   5
Jehlen Market, 1932
Reel   3
Box   5
Katz, August, undated
Reel   3
Box   5
Keizer, Lester, 1925; 1931
Reel   3
Box   5
Kindley, John, 1925
Reel   3
Box   5
Klick, Albert, 1919
Reel   3
Box   5
Klosheim, Mary, 1930
Reel   3
Box   5
Knights of Pythias, 1920
Reel   3
Box   5
Koch, Gus, 1933
Reel   3
Box   5
Kroner, Fred Hardware, 1932
Reel   3
Box   5
Kroner, William, 1927
Reel   3
Box   5
Kruse, Fred, 1922
Reel   3
Box   5
Kutzborsky, August, 1924
Reel   3
Box   5
Labor Temple, 1925
Reel   3
Box   5
La Crosse Country Club, 1922
Reel   3
Box   5
La Crosse Hospital, 1932
Reel   4
Box   5
La Crosse Interstate Fair Association, 1923-1924
Reel   4
Box   5
La Crosse Knitting Works, 1931
Reel   4
Box   13
La Crosse Lutheran Hospital, 1923; 1926; 1927
Reel   4
Box   13
La Crosse Normal School, 1926
Reel   4
Box   13
La Crosse Refrigerator Company, 1930
Reel   4
Box   13
La Crosse State Teachers College, 1934
Reel   4
Box   13
La Crosse YMCA, 1930
Reel   4
Box   13
La Crosse YMCA, undated
Reel   4
Box   13
Lauks, William, 1928
Reel   4
Box   13
Law, D.S., 1929
Reel   4
Box   13
Leithold Piano Company, 1919
Reel   4
Box   13
Linker Realty, 1919; 1921
Reel   4
Box   13
Lorrilard Company, 1921
Reel   4
Box   13
Lovold, Russell, 1929; 1933
Reel   4
Box   13
Lyden, Brothers, 1933
Reel   4
Box   13
Macmillan, D.G., 1918
Reel   4
Box   13
McBain, R., 1931
Reel   4
Box   13
Meir Certified Home, 1929
Reel   4
Box   13
Meister, Seymour, 1922
Reel   4
Box   13
Miller, Fred, 1922
Reel   4
Box   13
Mississippi Valley Service Company, 1928; 1930
Reel   4
Box   7
Modern Laundry and Dry Cleaning Company, 1928
Reel   4
Box   7
Moen Photo Service, 1930
Reel   4
Box   7
Molzahn, Theo., 1921
Reel   4
Box   7
Montague, W.A., 1927
Reel   4
Box   7
Montgomery Ward Company, undated
Reel   4
Box   7
Moore, C.M., 1931
Reel   4
Box   7
Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church, 1932
Reel   4
Box   7
National Gauge and Equipment, 1927-1929
Reel   4
Box   9
Nelson, Bernt, 1921
Reel   4
Box   7
New Process Cleaning Company, 1920
Reel   4
Box   7
Newburg, Harry, 1932
Reel   4
Box   7
Northern Engraving Company, 1924
Reel   4
Box   7
Ott, Ben, 1921
Reel   4
Box   7
Ott, Will, 1924-1925
Reel   4
Box   7
Oyen, Leighton, 1928
Reel   4
Box   7
Palmer, C.L., 1926
Reel   4
Box   7
Papenfuss, John, 1924
Reel   4
Box   7
Pavella, Steve 1929-1930
Reel   4
Box   7
Perfect Oil Company, 1928-1929
Reel   4
Box   7
Rainbow Garden Association, 1927
Reel   4
Box   7
Ratz, Otto, 1922
Reel   5
Box   7
Rau, Carl, 1922-1923
Reel   5
Box   7
Richmond, J.E., 1928
Reel   5
Box   7
Riverside Bottling Works, 1928
Reel   5
Box   7
Rohr, E.A., 1929
Reel   5
Box   7
Rohr, Elmer, 1928
Reel   5
Box   7
Rus-Art Oil Company, 1931
Reel   5
Box   7
Salzer Seed Company, 1933
Reel   5
Box   7
Schaefer Cleaning Works, 1922
Reel   5
Box   7
Schilling Estate, 1932
Reel   5
Box   6
Schlabach, Otto, 1926
Reel   5
Box   6
Schneeberger and Ford, 1922
Reel   5
Box   6
Schneeberger, George, 1924
Reel   5
Box   6
Schultz, Emil, 1923
Reel   5
Schultz Dry Cleaning Company, 1928
Note: Location of original drawings unknown.
Reel   5
Box   6
Schultz, George, 1922
Reel   5
Box   6
Schwalbe, Ed, 1920
Reel   5
Box   6
Schwalbe, Frank, 1920
Reel   5
Box   6
Scott, Argyle, 1918
Reel   5
Box   6
Security Holding Company, 1920
Reel   5
Box   6
Security Savings Bank, 1933
Reel   5
Box   6
Sisson, Frank, 1923
Reel   5
Box   6
Sjolander, H.J., undated
Reel   5
Box   6
Sjolander, J.H., 1928
Reel   5
Box   6
Skarr, Olaf, 1922
Reel   5
Box   6
Skogstad, H.W., 1934
Reel   5
Box   6
Sletten, Andrew, 1934
Reel   5
Box   6
Sletten McKee Company, 1927
Reel   5
Box   6
Smedal, E., 1929
Reel   5
Box   6
Spence McCord Drug Company, 1931
Reel   5
Box   6
State Bank, 1926
Reel   5
Box   6
Steinmetz and Hart, 1919
Reel   5
Box   6
Stephen, Peter, 1929
Reel   5
Box   6
Stoddard Hotel (circa Baker Estate), 1925
Reel   5
Box   6
Stokke Oil Service Station, 1933; 1934
Reel   5
Box   6
Tausche Hardware Company, 1920
Reel   5
Box   14
Terminal Warehouse Company, 1933
Reel   5
Box   14
Trane Corporation, 1922-1925, 1927, 1930
Reel   5
Box   14
Tri-State Ice Cream Corporation, 1919, 1927
Reel   5
Box   11
United States Bureau of Fisheries, circa 1931
Reel   5
Box   14
United States Bureau of Fisheries, circa 1931 (continued)
Reel   5
Box   14
Vernhulst Inc., 1928
Reel   5
Box   14
Walker, William, 1922
Reel   5
Box   14
Wiltinger, Joseph, 1929
Reel   5
Box   14
Zeratsky, A.W., 1928
Lake Chetek
Reel   5
Box   10
Hansen, J.J., 1920
Lake Mills
Reel   5
Box   10
United States Bureau of Fisheries, 1931
Madison
Reel   5
Box   10
Kruse, Fred, 1923
Reel   5
Box   10
MacMillian, D.G., 1928
Reel   5
Box   10
Perfect Oil Company, 1929
Reel   6
Box   10
Rupp, C.E., 1928
New Lisbon
Reel   6
Box   10
Christmann Brewing Company, 1934
Newry
Reel   6
Box   10
Christensen, H., 1920
Onalaska
Reel   6
Box   10
Oak Forest Sanatorium, 1931-1932
Ontario
Reel   6
Box   10
Hansen, H.H., Memorial Hall, 1922
Portage
Reel   6
Box   10
Cities Service Oil Company, 1926
Reserve
Reel   6
Item   10
Gundersen, H., 1925
Soldiers Grove
Reel   6
Box   10
Sorenson, V.K., 1934
Sparta
Reel   6
Box   10
City of Sparta (Central Ward School), 1932
Reel   6
Box   10
East Primer School, 1932
Reel   6
Box   10
Jewett, A., 1920
Reel   6
Box   10
Lanham, Maurice, Funeral Home, 1932
Reel   6
Box   10
Letson, S.C., 1932
Reel   6
Box   10
Monroe County Asylum, 1933
Reel   6
Box   10
Meyer, W.M., 1932
Reel   6
Box   10
Seidel, G., 1920
Reel   6
Box   10
Sparta Co-op Oil Company, 1934
Stoddard
Reel   6
Box   10
St. Matthews Lutheran Church, 1934
Tomah
Reel   6
Box   10
Smith, Roy, 1927
Reel   6
Box   10
South Western Wisconsin Gas Company, 1933
Viroqua
Reel   6
Box   4
Brown, B.C., 1932
Reel   6
Box   4
Clark, C.M., 1922
Reel   6
Box   4
Clark, C.V., 1926
Reel   6
Box   4
Smith, Melville, 1924
Reel   6
Box   4
Vernon County Asylum, 1927; 1933
Watertown
Reel   6
Box   4
Inter-State Oil Company, 1928
West Salem
Reel   6
Box   4
Friell, Grover, 1921
Reel   6
Box   4
Jeffries, 1926
Reel   6
Box   4
Masonic Temple, 1932
Reel   6
Box   4
Swarthout, E.C., 1929
Reel   6
Box   4
Trimbell, D., 1919
Reel   6
Box   1
Village of West Salem, 1925
Reel   6
Box   4
Wakefield & Jeffers, 1919
Indiana
Rochester
Reel   6
Box   12
United States Bureau of Fisheries, 1934
Iowa
Charles City
Reel   6
Box   12
Rolfing, R.C., 1926
Minnesota
Caledonia, Township of
Reel   6
Box   12
Blexrud, H.J., 1919
Caledonia, City of
Reel   6
Box   12
High School, 1934
Reel   6
Box   12
Wading Pool, undated
Reel   6
Box   12
Gengler, Leonard, 1934
Reel   6
Box   12
Lutheran Church, 1926
Dakota
Reel   6
Box   12
Hunt, E.D., 1929
Reel   6
Box   12
Hunthaven, 1932
Reel   6
Box   12
Koller, Joseph, 1930
Reel   6
Box   12
Phillips, George, 1929
Dresbach
Reel   6
Box   12
Reithold, Fred, 1921
Helgaland
Reel   6
Box   12
Gundersen, A., 1918
Homer
Reel   6
Box   12
Roesner, L.G., 1928
Houston
No.   6
Box   12
Lutheran Church, 1924
Reel   6
Box   12
Theatre Front, 1925
Wabasha
Reel   6
Box   12
Adkins, Joe, 1929
Reel   6
Box   12
Foley, J.R., 1931, 1933
Reel   6
Box   12
Johnson, Nels, 1929
Reel   6
Box   12
Replogle, Mrs. W.H., undated
Winona
Reel   6
Box   12
Beyerstedt Amusement Company, 1932
Reel   7
Box   12
Choate, C.A., 1929
Reel   7
Box   11
Erickson Baking Company, 1923
Reel   7
Box   11
Fish, W., 1931
Reel   7
Box   8
Griesel, F.C., 1924
Reel   7
Box   11
Griesel, F.C., 1924 (continued)
Reel   7
Box   11
Horton, Frank, 1927
Reel   7
Box   11
Johnson, Nels, 1930
Reel   7
Box   11
Leicht, Emil, 1929-1930
Reel   7
Box   11
Meginiss, F.J., 1928
Reel   7
Box   11
Ryan, Willard, 1928
Reel   7
Box   11
Seitz, Emil, 1922
Reel   7
Box   11
Siebrecht Floral Company, 1922
Reel   7
Box   11
Steffen, S.A., 1929
Reel   7
Box   11
Scott, E., 1920
Reel   7
Box   11
Wisconsin Railway, Light and Power Company, 1923
Unidentified locations
Reel   7
Box   11
Unidentified clients