and Whitney, and when that firm dissolved he remained with Mr. Whitney. Later he went to Boston where he was in the office of H. H. Richardson and his successors Shepley, Rutan & Coolidge. In 1891 Mr. Overmire returned to Minneapolis, where he practiced under the firm of Overmire & Orth, and later opened an office for himself. He built many churches and residences, and his latest work was the C. M. Pond Building. Mr. Overmire was a student, was much interested in practical problems of building, and wrote much for architectural and trade journals. Mr. Overmire worked hard in the Chapter to further its interests and to make it of value to the local architects. He was elected an Associate of the American Institute of Architects in 1901. F. E. KIDDER, F. A. I. A. (From Inland Architect of November, 1905.) Frank Eugene Kidder, architect, engineer, and author of works on buildings, died October 27th last at Denver, aged 46 years. Mr. Kidder graduated in 1879 from Maine State College and about that time had completed his first compilation of the "Pocketbook," destined to become a standard work of reference for architects and builders. He studied architecture at Cornell University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and after practical experience in prominent offices located as architect in Boston. Seventeen years ago, from considerations of health, he removed to Denver, where he engaged in practice as architect and engineer. He was a past president of the Colorado Chapter of the American Institute of Architects and a Fellow of the A. I. A. To the building public at large he was best known through his published works and writings, prominent among which are his "Building Construction and Superintendence," and "Churches and Chapels." He was esteemed by the community in which he lived for his uprightness of character. Mr. Kidder was elected a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects in 1896. (From Inland Architect, Chicago, December, 1905.) Stephen Vaughn Shipman, veteran architect and designer of many public buildings, died at Chicago, November 12th, 1905, at the age of 80 years. He came to Chicago from Madison, Wis., in 1871. He drew plans for the old Academy of Music, Chicago, and superintended its construction. He designed the hospitals for the insane at Elgin and Anna, Ill., and at Mendota and Oshkosh, Wis. He was the architect for the Presbyterian Hospital in Chicago. The dome of the capitol at Madison and government post-office at that place were designed by him. He was a colonel in the 1st Wisconsin Cavalry during the Civil War. Mr. Shipman was elected a Fellow of the Western Association of Architects in 1884, and a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects in 1887. |