Frederick F. Faris
Frederick F. Faris, circa 1905
Born(1870-08-01)August 1, 1870
St. Clairsville, Ohio
DiedJune 20, 1927(1927-06-20) (aged 56)
Wheeling, West Virginia
OccupationArchitect
BuildingsShotwell Hall, West Liberty State College, West Liberty, West Virginia
The Bank of Wheeling Building, designed by Leiner & Faris and built in 1892.
The Schmulbach Building (left), designed by Giesey & Faris and completed in 1907, and the Laconia Building (center), designed by Faris alone in 1911.
Shaw Hall at West Liberty University, completed in 1920.

Frederick F. Faris (1870–1927) was a Wheeling, West Virginia-based architect.

Life and career

Frederick Fisher Faris was born August 1, 1870, in St. Clairsville, Ohio to Joseph Anderson Faris, an artist, and Mary Elizabeth (Pratt) Faris. The family moved east to Wheeling when he was two years old. He was educated in the public schools, and after finishing high school joined the office of Edgar W. Wells, architect for Klieves, Kraft & Company, as a student. [1] He later worked for architects in Chicago and New York City before returning to Wheeling in 1892.[2] That year he formed a partnership with Joseph Leiner, known as Leiner & Faris. This was dissolved in 1894 when Faris joined Edward B. Franzheim and Millard F. Giesey to form Franzheim, Giesey & Faris. Franzheim withdrew in 1899, but the firm continued as Giesey & Faris until 1911. Faris then worked in private practice until his death sixteen years later.[3] In 1924 Faris was joined by his nephew, Frederic Faris, who succeeded to the practice at his death.[4] The younger Faris practiced until own his sudden death in 1964.[5]

He designed a variety of residential, commercial, and educational buildings. Among the buildings he designed were the Schmulbach Building, the tallest building in Wheeling, and the Market Auditorium, then the longest building. Other notable buildings include the Wheeling Electric Company, the First National Bank of West Virginia, the Wheeling Intelligencer, the former public library, the Scottish Rite Cathedral, and numerous schools including the Triadelphia Junior High School and Madison School.[6] He also designed Mount Carmel Monastery (1917).[7][8]

Faris served one term in the West Virginia House of Delegates in 1913.[9]

Personal life and death

Faris was married in 1897 to Nellie Egerter.[1] They had no children. Faris died June 20, 1927, from strep throat at the age of 56.[3] He was buried at Greenwood Cemetery in Wheeling.[7]

Legacy

At the time of his death he was known as the "dean of Wheeling architects."[6] Several of his works have been listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places, and others contribute to listed historic districts.

Selected works

Buildings built between 1892 and 1894 are attributed to Leiner & Faris, between 1894 and 1899 to Franzheim, Giesey & Faris, between 1899 and 1911 to Giesey & Faris, between 1911 and 1927 to Frederick F. Faris and after 1927 to Frederic Faris.

Notes

  1. ↑ Formerly a contributing property to the Wheeling Historic District, NRHP–listed in 1979.
  2. 1 2 A contributing property to the National Road Corridor Historic District, NRHP–listed in 1992.
  3. 1 2 A contributing property to the Mannington Historic District, NRHP–listed in 1995.
  4. ↑ Formerly a contributing property to the National Road Corridor Historic District, NRHP–listed in 1992.
  5. 1 2 A contributing property to the Wheeling Historic District, NRHP–listed in 1979.
  6. ↑ A contributing property to the Wheeling Country Club historic district, NRHP–listed in 1990.
  7. 1 2 A contributing property to the Centre Market Square Historic District, NRHP–listed in 1984 and amended in 1987.
  8. 1 2 3 A contributing property to the Woodsdale–Edgewood Neighborhood Historic District, NRHP–listed in 1997.
  9. ↑ Designed in association with Edward B. Franzheim. A contributing property to the East Wheeling Historic District, NRHP–listed in 1999.
  10. ↑ A contributing property to the Wheeling Warehouse Historic District, NRHP–listed in 2002.
  11. ↑ A contributing property to the Wheeling Island Historic District, NRHP–listed in 1992.

References

  1. 1 2 "F. F. Faris" in History of Wheeling and Ohio County and Representative Citizens, ed. Gibson Lamb Cranmer (Chicago: Biographical Publishing Company, 1902): 522-523.
  2. ↑ Progressive West Virginians, ed. Robert E. Murphy (Wheeling: Wheeling News, 1905): 240.
  3. 1 2 Frederick Fischer Faris, 57, Noted Local Architect, Dies" in The Intelligencer, June 21, 1927.
  4. ↑ "Faris, Frederic" in American Architects Directory (New York: R. R. Bowker Company, 1962): 204.
  5. ↑ Frederic Faris, Architect, Dies" in The Intelligencer, July 15, 1964, 1.
  6. 1 2 Harriette Hopkins (January 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Wheeling Country Club" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-09-01.
  7. 1 2 Historic Wheeling: The Men Who Built Wheeling
  8. ↑ Katherine Jourdan (October 1995). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Woodsdale-Edgewood Neighborhood Historic District" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-09-01.
  9. ↑ West Virginia Legislative Hand-Book and Manual and Official Register, ed. John T. Harris (Charleston: John T. Harris, 1917)
  10. ↑ "Bank of Wheeling Building" in Wheeling Sunday Register, October 16, 1892, 10.
  11. 1 2 3 National Road Corridor Historic District NRHP Registration Form (1992)
  12. ↑ S. Allen Chambers Jr., "Ecclesiastical Mannington", [Mannington, West Virginia], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/WV-01-MA19.
  13. ↑ S. Allen Chambers Jr., "Mannington Public School", [Mannington, West Virginia], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/WV-01-MA18.
  14. ↑ S. Allen Chambers Jr., "Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corporation (Schmulbach Building)", [Wheeling, West Virginia], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/WV-01-WH19.
  15. ↑ Wheeling Country Club NRHP Registration Form (2005)
  16. ↑ Harry and Louisiana Beall Paull Mansion NRHP Registration Form (1986)
  17. ↑ Centre Market Square Historic District (Boundary Increase) NRHP Registration Form (1987)
  18. 1 2 3 Woodsdale–Edgewood Neighborhood Historic District NRHP Registration Form (1997)
  19. ↑ Centre Market Square Historic District NRHP Registration Form (1984)
  20. ↑ S. Allen Chambers Jr., "Laconia Building", [Wheeling, West Virginia], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/WV-01-WH18.
  21. ↑ Wheeling Warehouse Historic District NRHP Registration Form (2002)
  22. ↑ Wheeling Island Historic District NRHP Registration Form (1992)
  23. ↑ S. Allen Chambers Jr., "Scottish Rite Cathedral", [Wheeling, West Virginia], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/WV-01-WH9.
  24. ↑ S. Allen Chambers Jr., "Shaw Hall", [West Liberty, West Virginia], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/WV-01-OH1.1.
  25. ↑ Shotwell Hall NRHP Registration Form (1996)
  26. ↑ S. Allen Chambers Jr., "Ohio County Courthouse and Wheeling City Hall", [Wheeling, West Virginia], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/WV-01-WH4.
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