Benno Janssen

Benno Janssen

Benno Janssen (1874–1964) was an American architect.

He was born in St. Louis, Missouri and studied at the University of Kansas. In 1899 he began working in architecture in Boston, Massachusetts. He also continued his studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 1902 Janssen headed for Paris, France and further study at the Ecole des Beaux Arts. In 1905 he returned to the States to work in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for the architectural firm MacClure and Spahr. Janssen left that firm, along with Franklin Abbott, to form his own partnership in 1906, which remained active until Abbott's retirement in 1918. Janssen next joined with William York Cocken in 1922.

He is best known for monumental buildings such as the Pittsburgh Athletic Association (1911), William Penn Hotel (1916 and again in 1928), Mellon Institute (1937), and Pittsburgh's Washington Crossing Bridge, also called the 40th Street Bridge (1924). He also did many home designs, including La Tourelle, the Edgar J. Kaufmann house. Janssen received many Kaufmann commissions over the years.

Janssen retired in 1939 and died in Charlottesville, Virginia October 14, 1964.

References

*cite book | author=Miller, Donald | title=The Architecture of Benno Janssen| location=Pittsburgh | publisher=Madison Books | year=1997 | id=ISBN 0-9660-9550-2

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NAME=Janssen, Benno
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=Janssen, Benno
SHORT DESCRIPTION=American architect
DATE OF BIRTH=1874
PLACE OF BIRTH=St. Louis, Missouri
DATE OF DEATH=1964
PLACE OF DEATH=Charlottesville, Virginia


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