Laist, Theodore Frederick

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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.

AIA Listing

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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AIA Affiliation

Member of The American Institute of Architects (AIA) 1899-1910; 1922-1935

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