Background
Alfred O. Elzner was born in 1845 in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States.
Alfred O. Elzner was born in 1845 in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States.
Mr. Elzner went to Boston for a course of technical training at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
In Boston he worked for a few years in the office of the late Henry H. Richardson. Returning to his native city in 1887, he joined George M. Anderson in organizing the firm with which he was connected for many years. One of their early works was the Ingalls Building, also they designed the Denton Building and the Children’s Hospital in Cincinnati, with Stanley Matthews Associate Architect, the latter known as the firm’s largest and most important work. In addition Elzner &Anderson designed the Homestead Hotel at Hot Springs, Va., and the Berea (Ky.) College