Laist, Theodore Frederick
Theodore Frederick Laist Soundex Code L230
Theodore Frederick Laist, architect;
born in: Cincinnati, Ohio, on Monday, September 20, 1869;
son of: Otto Laist and Anna Laist, nee: Anna Hochstetter
education: Bachelor of Science, in architecture, Cornell University, 1888;
special course, Massachusetts Institute of Technology;
winner: American Architect traveling scholarship;
studied at Royal Polytechnicum, Munich, Germany, and traveled in Europe;
married: Frances Conwell Laist, nee: Mrs. Frances Conwell Hays, of Cadiz, Ohio, 1902.
Practiced at San Francisco, California, 1894-7;
entered supervising architect's office, Treasury Department, Washington, D.C., as Senior architectural draftsman, 1897, later chief designer, and superintendent of public buildings, U.S. Government, 1899-1902;
professor of architecture, in charge of department, Columbia University, 1899-1902;
in practice at Chicago, since 1910;
chief architect central district, division of valuation, Interstate Commerce Commission, since February, 1914.
Member: American Institute of Architects (A.I.A.), Western Society of Engineers.
Contributor: architectural periodicals.
Office: 910 S. Michigan Avenue
Home: 6928 N. Sheridan Road, Rogers Park
Source: Book of Chicagoans, 1917.
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File: ahd1025299 Theodore Frederick Laist
Name: Laist, Theodore Frederick
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Occupation: American architect
Location (state): DC; IL; OH
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Member of The American Institute of Architects (AIA) 1899-1910; 1922-1935
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