Thomas Rogers Kimball

Thomas Rogers Kimball
Thomas Rogers Kimball
BornApril 19, 1862
Linwood, Ohio, US
DiedSeptember 7, 1934 (aged 72)
Omaha, Nebraska, US
Alma materUniversity of Nebraska (now U of N–Lincoln)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
École des Beaux-Arts
OccupationArchitect
SpouseAnnie McPhail Kimball

Thomas Rogers Kimball (April 19, 1862 – September 7, 1934) was an American architect in Omaha, Nebraska. An architect-in-chief of the Trans-Mississippi Exposition in Omaha in 1898, he served as national President of the American Institute of Architects from 1918 to 1920 and from 1919 to 1932 served on the Nebraska State Capitol Commission.[1]

Kimball was credited with pursuing 871 commissions[2] including designing 167 new residential buildings and 162 new non-residential structures. The National Register of Historic Places received nomination forms for 42 of Kimball’s works. In 1905 he was invited to judge the San Francisco Custom House competition.[3] Kimball served as architectural adviser to commissions responsible for erection of the Missouri and Nebraska state capitols, the Kansas City Liberty Memorial, and the Indiana War Memorial in Indianapolis, and was a member of the national council of fine arts established by U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt to evaluate all plans for public buildings, monuments, and statutes.[4][5][6]

  1. ^ Historic Buildings at UNL: Thomas R. Kimball. University of Nebraska. Retrieved 4/7/08.
  2. ^ Thomas R Kimball ARCHITECT'S JOB RECORD 1891-1969 NSHA film # MS 3607 1
  3. ^ Fogarty, Joan M. (2019) “Thomas Rogers Kimball – Nebraska Architect” Omaha, NE, ISBN 978-0-578-40112-5 p xiii.
  4. ^ (1936) National Cyclopedia of American Biography. Volume 25, pp 364–365.
  5. ^ (1942) Who Was Who in America. p 676.
  6. ^ Withey, H. and Withey, E. (1956) Biographical Dictionary of American Architects. New Age Publishing. pp 344–345.