Harvey Ellis, Albert Levering draughtsmen

Harvey Ellis, Albert Levering draughtsmen Edgar E. Joralemon	(click on thumbnails for larger images)
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There are those (1) who believe that Harvey Ellis and Albert Levering were the same person. I do not believe that they were the same person and I think that Edgar E. Joralemon should get credit for more building designs than he does while he worked for LS Buffington or the Off Brothers.

I agree with Paul Clifford Larson:

“Several Buffington projects traditionally attributed to Harvey Ellis were done while Ellis was elsewhere and Joralemon was in the office.
(1) The long shadow of Harvey Ellis by Roger G. Kennedy 1966 Minnesota Historical Society

The most important of these, the F. C. Pillsbury House, the L. S. Tainter House, and the Tainter Memorial Building in Menomonie (Wis), possess several earmarks of Joralemon’s work, particularly in their idiosyncratic fusion of Byzantine and French Renaissance detailing. In addition, drawings of the first two in Joralemon’s hand survive in the Northwest Architectural Archives in St. Paul (MN).”

Paul Clifford Larson, 1988 From Dr. HE Holmes House, 1887 NRHP nomination sec 8 p 3

Edgar E. Joralemon in Minneapolis/St. Paul
City Directories 1888-1898
Research by Charles D. Test

Leroy S Buffington draughtsmen:
Edgar E Joralemon:
1876, 1882-83-84, 1890-91
Harvey C Ellis:
1888-89
Orff & Joralemon draughtsmen:
Albert Levering 1893-94-95
Minneapolis/St. Paul Minnesota
City Directories 1888-1898
Research by Charles D Test
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Joralemon drawings
Fred C Pillsbury House, 1888 303 South 10th Street Minneapolis, MINNESOTA Architect: LS Buffington Cost: $18,000 TORN DOWN Pen & Ink Drawing: signed by EE Joralemon del (lower left) LS Buffington Collection (NW Arch Archives)	LS Tainter House, 1890 Menomonie, WISCONSON Architect: LS Buffington STANDING 2005 EE Joralemon del Pen & Ink Drawing: signed by EE Joralemon del (lower left) American Architect & Building News Aug 30, 1890 (CDT Collection)	Pillsbury Hall, 1890 Mpls? Architect: LS Buffington Pen & Ink Drawing: signed by EE Joralemon, del (lower right) (NW Arch Archives) ?Built ?

Style comparisons of
Harvey C. Ellis drawings		Albert L. Levering drawings
Monument, 1888 Pen and Ink by Harvey Ellis Architect: LS Buffington Minneapolis, Minnesota Pen & Ink Drawing: Western Architect July 1912	view details side-by-side	Competition Design State University Library, 1894 Minneapolis, Minnesota Architect: Orff & Joralemon Pen & Ink Drawing: Albert Levering del Architect, Builder & Decorator Vol 8 No 6 June 1894
AG Kennedy House, 1888 Minneapolis, Minnesota Architect: LS Buffington Pen & Ink Drawing: American Architect & Building News Nov 3, 1888 (CDT Collection)	view details side-by-side	Residence, 1893 Architect: Orff & Joralemon Pen & Ink Drawing: Albert Levering del (Mpls Library History Collection)
Charles A Pillsbury House, 1888 Minneapolis, Minnesota Architect: LS Buffington Pen & Ink Drawing: American Architect & Building News Dec 29, 1888 (CDT Collection)	view details side-by-side	SC Tooker House, 1893 820 Summit Avenue, Lowry Hill Minneapolis, Minnesota Architect: Orff & Joralemon Pen & Ink Drawing: Albert Levering del 1889 (Mpls Library History Collection) Drawing same AL: Architect Builder & Decorator Vol 8 No 7 July 1894 (MN His Society)
EEJ-Ellis-LSB draw Tower-draw-88.jpg	view details side-by-side	Barnes Block, 1893 Eau Claire, WISCONSIN 21 Barstow Street Architect: Orff & Joralemon Pen & Ink Drawing: Albert Levering del Orff & Joralemon office brochure (Mpls Library History Collection)
Four Towers, 1888 Architect: LS Buffington Minneapolis, Minnesota Pen & Ink Drawing: Western Architect 1912	view details side-by-side	Fargo (ND) IOOF Hall PROPOSAL, 1893 Fargo, NORTH DAKOTA (Broadway & 1st Ave. N) Pen & Ink Drawing: Albert Levering del
Tenement Block for Henry W James Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1889 (Eau Claire?) Architect: GW & FD Orff Pen & Ink Drawing: Inland Architect & News Record Oct 1889	view details side-by-side	Hotel Crookston, 1893 Crookston, MINNESOTA Architect: Orff & Joralemon Pen & Ink Drawing: No 2 Albert Levering del (sep: MN His Society)

Additional Ellis drawings
Pillsbury Hall, 1887 Architect: LS Buffington Minneapolis, Minnesota Pen & Ink Drawing: Western Architect 1913	Buffet & Music Gallery, 1888 Pen and Ink by Harvey Ellis Architect: LS Buffington Minneapolis, Minnesota Pen & Ink Drawing: Western Architect July 1912	Biography of Harvey Ellis
Samuel C Gale House, 1888 1530 Harmon Place Minneapolis, MN Architect: Leroy S Buffington Pen & Ink Drawing: Signed by Harvey Ellis del (lower left) Northwestern Architect Vol 7 No 10 Oct 1889 (U of M NW Architectural Archives)	Samuel C Gale House, 1888 1530 Harmon Place Minneapolis, MN Architect: Leroy S Buffington (Mpls History Collection)	Samuel C Gale House, 1888 1530 Harmon Place Minneapolis, MN Architect: Leroy S Buffington 4178 Minneapolis (CDT Collection)

Additional Levering drawings
Seba S Brown House, 1894 1400 Park Avenue Minneapolis, Minnesota Architect: Orff & Joralemon Pen & Ink Drawing: Albert Levering del Architect Builder & Decorator Vol 8 No 9 Sept 1894	Residence, 1893 Architect: Orff & Joralemon Pen & Ink Drawing: Albert Levering del (Mpls Library History Collection)	Samuel H Hall House, 1893 501 Ridgewood Avenue Minneapolis, Minnesota Architect: Orff & Joralemon Pen & Ink Drawing: Albert Levering del Orff & Joralemon office brochure (Mpls Library History Collection)
Residence Architect: Orff & Joralemon Pen & Ink Drawing: Albert Levering del (Mpls Library History Collection)	Residence Architect: Orff & Joralemon Pen & Ink Drawing: Albert Levering del (Mpls Library History Collection)
School House No. Two 1894 Architect: Orff & Joralemon Pen & Ink Drawing: Albert Levering del (Mpls Library History Collection)	School House Ten Rooms Architect: Orff & Joralemon Pen & Ink Drawing: Albert Levering del (Mpls Library History Collection)	School House No. One 1894 Architect: Orff & Joralemon Pen & Ink Drawing: Albert Levering del (Mpls Library History Collection)
School House Ten Rooms Architect: Orff & Joralemon Pen & Ink Drawing: Albert Levering del (Mpls Library History Collection)	Apartment House 1894 Architect: Orff & Joralemon Pen & Ink Drawing: Albert Levering del	Montevideo (MN) City Hall & Fire Station, 1894 Montevideo, MINNESOTA, cor Main ST & Sheridan AVE Architect: Orff & Joralemon Pen & Ink Drawing: Albert Levering del Architect, Builder & Decorator May 1894
Court House, 1893 Architect: Orff & Joralemon Drawing: Albert Levering del Orff & Joralemon office brochure (Mpls Library History Collection)	Bayfield County Court House, 1894 Washburn, WISCONSIN 117 East 5th Street Architect: Orff & Joralemon Drawing: Albert Levering del Arch Builder & Decorator Vol 8 No 8 Aug 1894 (MN His Soc)	Court House No 8, 1894 Architect: Orff & Joralemon Drawing: Albert Levering del Orff & Joralemon office brochure (Mpls Library History Collection)