Background
Edmond Jacques Eckel was born in 1845 at Strasbourg, France, member of one of the oldest French families in the city.
(It was designed by the noted architectural firm Eckel & A...)
It was designed by the noted architectural firm Eckel & Aldrich and built in 1926-1927. It is a three-story, stone and concrete building in the Italian Renaissance Revival style. It features a concrete balustraded loggia on the second level, engaged columns, arched openings, and a red tile hipped roof.
(It is also known as Free Public Library, Public Museum, P...)
It is also known as Free Public Library, Public Museum, Public Library, and Board of Education Building, is a historic library building located at St. Joseph, Missouri. It was designed by the noted architect Edmond Jacques Eckel (1845–1934) and built in 1901-1902 in the French Baroque style. It is a two-story, brick and reinforced concrete building sheathed in beige marble and limestone. It has a red hipped roof topped by a skeletal glazed dome.
Edmond Jacques Eckel was born in 1845 at Strasbourg, France, member of one of the oldest French families in the city.
In 1864 he was admitted to the Ecole des Beaux Arts, and after completing four years of advanced study, was awarded his diploma.
Beginning his career as draftsman, he worked first for P. E. Meagher, architect for St. Joseph's Cathedral and the Corby Memorial Chapel, built 1871-72. In 1872 he joined the office of Stiegers & Boettner, and after becoming a junior member of the firm assisted in designing the present Christ Church at Seventh and Francis Street. Later following Mr. Stieger’s retirement, Eckel continued in association with Boettner and during that period designed a number of fine homes in St. Joseph, one of which was the old William Wyeth residence at Charles and Eleventh Streets.
In the years between 1880 and 1892 he was a member of the firm of Eckel & Mann, in partnership with Frederick R. Mann, and after a period of independent practice in 1910 organized the firm of Eckel & Aldrich, in association With his son George R. Eckel and Will S. Aldrich. During a long and successful career Mr. Eckel was identified with the design of many and varied types of buildings.
An honored member of the profession, elected to the Western Association of Architects in 1885, and upon its merger with the A. I. A. in 1889, made a Fellow of the Institute.