Frederick Faris

Background

He was born in Saint Clairsville, Belmont County, Ohio in 1870.

Education

He attended public schools and received no formal training as an architect.

Career

He designed a variety of residential, commercial, and educational buildings. Among the buildings he designed were the Schmulbach Building, then the tallest building, and the Market Auditorium, the longest building in Wheeling. 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 Tridelphia Junior High School and Madison School.

He also designed Mount Carmel Monastery (1917).

He died of strep throat at age 57, and was buried at Greenwood Cemetery in Wheeling. At the time of his death he was known as the "dean of Wheeling architects.".

Connections

Partner:

Joseph Leiner