TEMPLE, SETH JUSTIN
Architect; b Winona, Minn Aug 15, 1867; s of Holmes Temple-Mary Eliza Ford; ed Winona Minn HS; Columbia Sch of Mines, New York City, BSc in architecture 1892; Tau Beta Pi; m Alice Maud Gamble June 12, 1896 Brooklyn N Y; s Holmes (dec 1912), Gifbert V, Arthur, Malcolm; d Alice Muriel (Mrs James Francis Glenn); 1892-95 tchr in sch of architecture with Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City N Y; 1896 awarded Columbia traveling fellowship in architecture, 1895-96 studied 20 months in Europe; 1896-1904 instr U of Ill later asst prof or architecture; 1904-10 mbr firm Temp1e . Burrows & McLane, architects, Davenport, 1910-24 with firm Temple & Burrows; 1925- architect. Davenport; trustee Davenport Pub Museum; trustee Davenport Municipal Art Gallery; designed US P 0 Bldg, Davenport, Blackhawk Hotel bldg, Union Bank bldg, C of C bldg & many schs & pub bldgs; during World War mbr Liberty Loan com, 1918 firm designed & had chg of erection of 200 houses for US housing bd, Davenport; fellow _Amer Inst of Architecture, past pres Iowa ch; C of C; past pres Davenport Outing Club; hobbies photography, antiques; off 419 Union Bank Bldg; res 25 McClellan, Davenport.
This bio was extracted from the "Who's Who in Iowa," by Iowa Press Association, Des Moines: Iowa Press Association, 1940, pg. 1105.