Frank L. Packard
Frank L. Packard, circa 1896
Born(1866-06-11)June 11, 1866
Delaware, Ohio
DiedOctober 26, 1923(1923-10-26) (aged 57)
Columbus, Ohio
NationalityAmerican
OccupationArchitect
Old Clay County Courthouse in Clay, West Virginia
Bryn Du Mansion in Granville, Ohio
Blume High School in Wapakoneta, Ohio

Frank L. Packard (June 11, 1866 – October 26, 1923)[1][2] was a prominent architect in Ohio. Many of his works were under the firm Yost & Packard, a company co-owned by Joseph W. Yost.

Life and career

Frank Lucius Packard was born June 11, 1866, in Delaware, Ohio, to Alvaro Harrison Packard and Miranda (Black) Packard. He attended the Delaware public schools and worked as a drafter for local architect and engineer F. A. Gartner.[3] He was further educated at the Ohio State University in Columbus and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston, graduating from the latter in 1887. After two years working for Babb, Cook & Willard in New York City, he returned to Columbus c. 1889 and opened his own office. In 1892 he merged his office with that of Joseph W. Yost, forming the firm of Yost & Packard. At that time both architects were engaged on major Ohio State University projects, Packard as architect of Hayes Hall and Yost as architect of Orton Hall. In 1900 the partnership was dissolved when Yost relocated to New York City. Packard worked as a private practitioner for the remainder of his life.[4][5]

Packard was active in Republican politics and was well–connected to powerful Republican politicians, including Warren G. Harding. In 1903 Packard was responsible for the design of the large front porch of Harding's Marion residence, the Harding Home, from which he conducted his Front porch campaign in 1920.[6] In 1922 Harding, as President, appointed Packard architect of the United States pavilion at the Independence Centenary International Exposition in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. This building was designed to be reused as the United States Embassy to Brazil after the fair.[5] Located on what is now Avenida Presidente Wilson, this original building was replaced by a new embassy, now the consulate, in 1952.[7]

Packard joined the American Institute of Architects as a Fellow in 1895.[8] He was among the founders of the Columbus Society of Architects in 1908 and AIA Columbus in 1913. For many years Packard was a member of the Board of Directors of the Columbus Chamber of Commerce. He was president of both organizations for the year 1919-20.[5] At the end of his life Packard was at work on plans for the Columbus Civic Center.[9] Following his death, Packard's associates at AIA Columbus organized the Allied Architects Association to complete the project.[10]

Personal life

Packard was married in 1892 to Eva Lena Elliott of Columbus. They had no children. Packard died suddenly on October 26, 1923, at the age of 57.[5]

He is buried in Green Lawn Cemetery in Columbus, Ohio.

Legacy

In his private practice, Packard was associated with several other professionals, including architect Ralph Snyder, engineer Edward F. Babbitt and superintendent Lorenzo D. Mathews. After Packard's seath these associates reorganized the firm as Snyder, Babbitt & Mathews. It became Snyder & Babbitt in 1925 and was dissolved in 1929. Ralph Snyder continued in private practice for at least a few years.[11] Major works by these firms include the Columbus Dispatch Building, built in 1925, and the Huntington National Bank Building, built in 1926.

Many buildings designed by Packard, independently and with Yost, have been listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places. Others contribute to listed historic districts.

The three partners of Richards, McCarty & Bulford, the most prominent architecture firm in Columbus after Packard's death, all worked for Yost & Packard.

Projects

Yost & Packard

Individual projects

The Fair Avenue School

Snyder, Babbitt & Mathews and Snyder & Babbitt

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ A contributing property to the East High Street Historic District, NRHP–listed in 1987.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 A contributing property to the Ohio University Campus Green Historic District, NRHP–listed in 1979.
  3. ↑ A contributing property to the Hudson Avenue Historic District, NRHP–listed in 1987.
  4. ↑ Later the Ohio Governor's Mansion, and presently (2022) home to the Columbus Foundation. A contributing property to the East Broad Street Historic District, NRHP–listed in 1987.
  5. ↑ Originally built as an Italianate villa in 1865 and comprehensively remodeled by Packard for businessman John Sutphin Jones over a three year period.
  6. ↑ Originally designed by Columbus architect Elah Terrell in 1887.
  7. ↑ A contributing property to the Columbus Street Historic District, NRHP–listed in 1988.
  8. ↑ A contributing property to the Bramwell Historic District, NRHP–listed in 1983.
  9. 1 2 A contributing property to the Muskingum College Campus Historic District, NRHP–listed in 1979.
  10. ↑ Part of Central State University since Wilberforce University's move to a new campus in 1967.
  11. ↑ Designed in association with supervising architect R. A. Gillis of Fairmont.
  12. ↑ As consulting architect to Richards, McCarty & Bulford.
  13. ↑ Designed in association with supervising architect Theodore T. Sansbury of Parkersburg. A contributing property to the Avery Street Historic District, NRHP–listed in 1986.
  14. ↑ A contributing property to the Gallipolis Historic District, NRHP–listed in 1980.
  15. ↑ A contributing property to the Parkersburg High School–Washington Avenue Historic District, NRHP–listed in 1992.
  16. ↑ Designed in association with David Riebel & Sons of Columbus.
  17. ↑ A contributing property to the Granville Historic District, NRHP–listed in 1980.
  18. ↑ A contributing property to the Logan Historic District, NRHP–listed in 2010.
  19. ↑ Designed in association with Harvey H. Hiestand of Columbus.

References

  1. ↑ Carlson, Wayne. "Frank L. Packard". Grandview Heights/Marble Cliff Historical Society. Retrieved 2018-07-07.
  2. ↑ Frank Packard at archINFORM. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  3. ↑ Osman Castle Hooper, History of the City of Columbus, Ohio (Columbus: Memorial Publishing Company, 1920): 373-374.
  4. ↑ "Obituary" in Western Architect 32, no. 11 (November, 1923): 132.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Obituary" in Journal of the American Institute of Architects 11, no. 12 (December, 1923): 500.
  6. ↑ Lisska, Anthony L. "Frank Packard's Granville: A Prominent Architect Alters the Footprint of Granville" (PDF). Historical Times. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 24, 2010. Retrieved May 18, 2010.
  7. ↑ The Consulate General of the United States of America in Rio de Janeiro, U. S. Embassy and Consulates in Brazil. Accessed August 3, 2022.
  8. ↑ AIA records for Frank L. Packard
  9. ↑ "The Architect in Public Affairs" in Western Architect 32, no. 11 (November, 1923): 125.
  10. ↑ Journal of the American Institute of Architects 12, no. 6 (June, 1924): 293.
  11. ↑ "Architects' Announcements" in Architectural Record 66, no. 6 (December, 1929): 85.
  12. ↑ Shepard Street School NRHP Registration Form (1979)
  13. ↑ "The High School Addition". The Columbus Dispatch. January 29, 1891. p. 5. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
  14. ↑ East High Street Historic District NRHP Registration Form (1987)
  15. ↑ Old Clay County Courthouse NRHP Registration Form (1979)
  16. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Ohio University Campus Green Historic District NRHP Registration Form (1979)
  17. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Darbee, Jeffrey T.; Recchie, Nancy A. (2008). The AIA Guide to Columbus. Ohio University Press. ISBN 9780821416846.
  18. ↑ Hudson Avenue Historic District NRHP Registration Form (1987)
  19. ↑ Monnett Memorial M. E. Chapel NRHP Registration Form (1986)
  20. ↑ Columbus Savings and Trust Building NRHP Registration Form (1977)
  21. ↑ Old Governor's Mansion NRHP Registration Form (1972)
  22. ↑ McCune's Villa NRHP Registration Form (1982)
  23. ↑ "Handsome Home". The Columbus Dispatch. August 12, 1906. p. 7. Retrieved February 20, 2023.
  24. ↑ https://infoweb-newsbank-com.webproxy3.columbuslibrary.org/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&t=favorite%3ACOLUMBUS%21Columbus%2520Dispatch%2520Historical%2520and%2520Current&sort=YMD_date%3AA&fld-base-0=alltext&maxresults=20&val-base-0=%22Second%20Baptist%22%20architect&fld-nav-1=YMD_date&val-nav-1=1900%20-%201919&docref=image/v2%3A1467499E363272B3%40EANX-NB-16325B04A53609F1%402417547-1632573820BB1703%4032-1632573820BB1703%40
  25. ↑ East Broad Street Presbyterian Church NRHP Registration Form (1987)
  26. ↑ Columbus Street Historic District NRHP Registration Form (1988)
  27. ↑ W. H. Thomas House
  28. 1 2 Muskingum College Campus Historic District NRHP Registration Form (1979)
  29. 1 2 3 Emery Hall NRHP Registration Form (2005)
  30. ↑ Putnam County Courthouse NRHP Registration Form (1974)
  31. ↑ Thomas C. Miller Public School NRHP Registration Form (2013)
  32. ↑ Athletic Club of Columbus NRHP Registration Form (2011)
  33. ↑ Masonic Temple NRHP Registration Form (1982)
  34. ↑ Gallipolis Historic District NRHP Registration Form (1980)
  35. ↑ Parkersburg High School–Washington Avenue Historic District NRHP Registration Form (1992)
  36. ↑ Seneca Hotel NRHP Registration Form (1983)
  37. ↑ O'Shaughnessy Dam and Bridge NRHP Registration Form (1990)
  38. ↑ Blume High School NRHP Registration Form (1996)
  39. ↑ Granville Historic District NRHP Registration Form (1980)
  40. ↑ Logan Historic District NRHP Registration Form (2010)
  41. ↑ North High School NRHP Registration Form (1987)
  42. ↑ Empire Building NRHP Registration Form (2017)

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