Joshua Foster Ober

Odd Fellows' Hall (Beverly, Massachusetts)

J. F. Ober was an American architect.[1] His work included the design of Odd Fellows' Hall (Beverly, Massachusetts) and an 1881 expansion to the Hotel Vendome in Boston.[2] His mother was Hephzibah P Ober and his father Samuel Ober. He was married to Lucie E Doten. He died on August 12, 1896.[3]

Works

  • Parish of the Messiah church building Foster Ober was commissioned to draw up plans of a church building located to the North and West of the Chapel (built in 1881)[4]
  • Kindergarten drawing for D. N. Skillings, Esq. at Rangely Place, Winchester, Massachusetts by J. F. Ober & G. D. Rand [5]
  • Odd Fellows' Hall (Beverly, Massachusetts) at 188-194 Cabot St. in Beverly, Massachusetts, a gothic building listed on the National Register of Historic Places. First constructed about 1850 with involved architects including J. Foster Ober, Williams Brothers, and others.[6][7]
  • Architectural rendering of house for S. J. Nowell at Winchester, Massachusetts, J. F. Ober and G. D. Rand
  • Bennett School building[8]
  • Congregational Church, West Newton: remodel with new chapel and parlors[9]

References

  1. ↑ J. Foster Ober American Institute of Architects biography page
  2. ↑
  3. ↑ Catalogue of Delta Upsilon, 1917 By Delta Upsilon fraternity
  4. ↑
  5. ↑ American Architects and Builder December 31, 1877
  6. ↑
  7. ↑ MASSACHUSETTS - Essex County Archived 2008-07-19 at the Wayback Machine. National Register of Historic Places
  8. ↑ The Massachusetts Teacher: A Journal of School and Home Education, Volume 26
  9. ↑ Church Building Quarterly, Volumes 6-9 page 95

Further reading

  • Entry in Henry F. Withey, A.I.A., and Elsie Rathburn Withey, Biographical Dictionary of American Architects Los Angeles, New Age Publishing Company, 1956. Facsimile edition, Hennessey & Ingalls, Inc., 1970
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