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. ^ [1]


  3. ^ Catalogue of Delta Upsilon, 1917 By Delta Upsilon fraternity


  4. ^ [2]


  5. ^ American Architects and Builder December 31, 1877


  6. ^ [3]


  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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