Background
Jesse A. Barlogs was born in 1888 at Pecatonia, Illinois, United States.
Jesse A. Barlogs was born in 1888 at Pecatonia, Illinois, United States.
He was educated in architecture at the University of Illinois.
After a few years of experience acquired in the office of Frank A. Carpenter of Rockford, in 1910 established practice for himself. During the thirty years Mr. Barloga was active he designed varied types of buildings, although probably better known in the field of residential work. Among his clients were Harold Clark of Rockford, and Ruth Hanna McCormick for whom he planned several buildings on her country estate near Byron, 111. Also he designed the West High School and the News Tower in Rockford.
Mr. Barloga is survived by his widow, Viola Hodgson Barloga, a well- known decorator and artist.