• Source: Ernest C. S. Holmboe

      • Ernest C. S. Holmboe (1873–1954) was an American architect best known for his work in West Virginia.


      Life and career


      E. C. S. Holmboe was born in Denmark in 1873, where he studied architecture for four years. He later relocated to Chicago, where he was educated at the Art Institute of Chicago. In the early and mid 1890s he practiced as an architect in Chicago, but by 1899 he had relocated to the much smaller city of Marietta. In 1901 he formed a partnership with Robert C. Lafferty, a native of Wheeling, West Virginia. Lafferty was sent to Clarksburg, West Virginia to open a branch office. Soon afterwards, Holmboe moved the firm's chief office to Clarksburg, and Lafferty ran another branch office, this time at Bluefield. Holmboe & Lafferty grew to become the most prominent architectural firm in the Clarksburg region, but was dissolved in 1920, soon after the end of World War I.
      After a brief period alone, Holmboe established a new partnership with Guy M. Pogue, who had been educated by Charles W. Bates and been a practicing architect in Wheeling for five years. Holmboe & Pogue appears to have lasted for only a few years, but completed several major projects, including four county courthouses.
      After the dissolution of Holmboe & Pogue, Holmboe practiced on his own at least until the 1940s, though few projects are known. Holmboe died in 1954.


      Influence and legacy


      Holmboe was well regarded as a designer of fraternal buildings, especially Elks lodges. Buildings of this type by Holmboe & Lafferty were built in such faraway states as Florida and North Dakota.


      Works




      = E. C. S. Holmboe, until 1901

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      1899 - Elks Home, 410 Front St, Marietta, Ohio
      Burned in 2001.
      1900 - Masonic Temple, 308 Front St, Marietta, Ohio


      = Holmboe & Laffery, 1901-1920

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      1902 - Cottrill Opera House, East Ave, Thomas, West Virginia
      1902 - Elks Opera House, 212 Federal St, Bluefield, West Virginia
      Remodeled by the firm in 1908.
      1902 - Miners' and Merchants' Bank Building, 172 East Ave, Thomas, West Virginia
      1903 - Bank of Pine Grove Building, Allen Addition St, Pine Grove, West Virginia
      1903 - Empire National Bank Building, 400 W Main St, Clarksburg, West Virginia
      1903 - Virgil L. Highland House, 240 E Main St, Clarksburg, West Virginia
      1904 - Braxton County Jail, Main St, Sutton, West Virginia
      1904 - Grafton Banking and Trust Building, W Main & Ethel Sts, Grafton, West Virginia
      Demolished.
      1904 - St. Mary's Hospital, Washington Ave, Clarksburg, West Virginia
      Demolished.
      1904 - West Side School (former), 304 Beech St, Grafton, West Virginia
      1905 - Garrett County Jail, E Alder St, Oakland, Maryland
      Demolished in the 1970s.
      1905 - Old Main, Marshall College, Huntington, West Virginia
      1906 - McGuffey and Wilson Halls (Remodeling), Ohio University, Athens, Ohio
      Conversion into dormitories.
      1906 - Welch High School (former), Howard St, Welch, West Virginia
      Burned.
      1907 - First Baptist Church (former), 100 Duhring St, Bluefield, West Virginia
      1907 - Lantz Hall, Massanutten Academy, Woodstock, Virginia
      1907 - Morgan County Courthouse, 202 Fairfax St, Berkeley Springs, West Virginia
      Destroyed by fire in 2006.
      1907 - Tunnelton Bank Building, North St, Tunnelton, West Virginia
      1908 - Elks Home, 1015 4th Ave, Huntington, West Virginia
      1909 - Administration Building, Salem College, Salem, West Virginia
      1910 - Citizens National Bank Building, 47 Church St, Philippi, West Virginia
      1910 - Cumberland City Hall, N Center St, Cumberland, Maryland
      1910 - Elks Home, 411 W Pike St, Clarksburg, West Virginia
      Burned in 2002.
      1910 - Haymond Apartments, 444 W Main St, Clarksburg, West Virginia
      1911 - Rhea Terrace Apartments, Rhea Ter, Fairmont, West Virginia
      1911 - Whitescarver Hall, Broaddus College, Philippi, West Virginia
      1912 - Elks Home, 103 W Frederick St, Staunton, Virginia
      1912 - Elks Home, 425 N Florida Ave, Tampa, Florida
      Demolished in 1962.
      1912 - Harpers Ferry High School (Old), 847 Washington St, Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
      1912 - Thomas W. Koon House, 221 Baltimore Ave, Cumberland, Maryland
      1912 - Miners Hospital, Hospital Rd, Frostburg, Maryland
      Demolished in 1997.
      1913 - Parsons High School, 501 Chestnut St, Parsons, West Virginia
      Demolished.
      1913 - Second National Bank Building, 102 S Main St, Culpeper, Virginia
      1913 - Robinson Grand Theater, 444 West Pike Street, Clarksburg, WV
      1914 - Columbia Street School, 311 Columbia Street, Cumberland, Maryland
      1914 - Elks Club, 139 W 5th St, East Liverpool, Ohio
      1914 - First M. E. Church, 1539 W Pike St, Adamston, West Virginia
      1914 - Clyde E. Hutchinson House (Sonnencroft), Morgantown Ave, Fairmont, West Virginia
      Demolished in the 1960s.
      1914 - Moorefield Graded and High School, 400 N Main St, Moorefield, West Virginia
      Demolished.
      1915 - Elks Home, 424 5th St NE, Devils Lake, North Dakota
      Demolished.
      1916 - Gilmer County Jail, 201 N Court St, Glenville, West Virginia
      1916 - Sperry Hall, Massanutten Academy, Woodstock, Virginia
      1917 - Hepzibah Public School, Shinnston Pk, Hepzibah, West Virginia
      1918 - Ellsworth School, 504 Cherry St, Middlebourne, West Virginia
      1918 - Victory High School, 1636 W Pike St, Adamston, West Virginia
      1920 - Roosevelt-Wilson High School (former), 116 Pennsylvania Ave, Nutter Fort, West Virginia


      = Holmboe & Pogue, from 1920

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      1921 - Hampshire County Courthouse, 50 S High St, Romney, West Virginia
      1922 - Ritchie County Courthouse, 115 E Main St, Harrisville, West Virginia
      1922 - Sistersville Junior High School (former), Work St, Sistersville, West Virginia
      1922 - Tyler County Courthouse (Remodeling), 121 Court St, Middlebourne, West Virginia
      1923 - Virginia Lee Harrison Gymnasium, Massanutten Academy, Woodstock, Virginia
      Presently a dormitory.
      1924 - Pleasants County Courthouse, 301 Court Ln, St. Marys, West Virginia


      = E. C. S. Holmboe

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      1927 - Robinson Grand Theater, 444 West Pike Street, Clarksburg, WV (remodel after fire)
      1929 - Shepherdstown High School (Old), 54 Minden Ave, Shepherdstown, West Virginia
      1937 - Circleville School, Price Way, Circleville, West Virginia


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