Ludwig Abt was an architect, and the son of Franz and Rosa Yost Abt, he was born in Hoechst, Germany, informant was Mrs. Joe Thorton of Winfield, Kansas, death certificate #67 0003067.
From Randolph County Death Index
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Ludwig Abt collection: https://collections.shsmo.org/manuscripts/columbia/c4465
THE STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF MISSOURI
Ludwig Abt (1882-1967) was born in Höchst (Frankfurt am Main), Germany, to Franz Abt
(1855-1897) and Margaretha Rosalia Jost (1856-1937) and was the eldest of four children,
including brother Franz and two sisters. Not much is known about his childhood and younger
years except that he was educated at the Technicum Hildburghausen in the late 1890s before
coming to the US in 1901 by ship, landing in Galveston, Texas. He was employed in
architectural offices in Galveston and Dallas and across the eastern US as a craftsman, estimator,
site superintendent, and engineer. Abt returned to Germany for architectural training after a few
years, coming back to the US in 1909 and eventually settling in Kansas City where he met his
future wife Jessie Armstrong (1885-1966; m. 1911). Together they moved to Moberly where he
would carry out the rest of his career except for a brief stint in Arkansas as chief procurement
engineer for the Pine Bluff Arsenal project (1941-1943). Abt was able to develop a large
clientele throughout Missouri and elsewhere, with his buildings becoming important and
recognizable elements in many towns across the state.
He and Jessie had two daughters, Rosa Lu (1923-2015) and Helen (1925-2015), who attended
Washington University and Fontbonne College, respectively. Ludwig partnered with fellow
Missouri architect Joseph Kay (JK) Cleavinger (1927-2012) in 1952 with whom he worked until
the former's retirement in 1965. Abt died two years later.
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Ludwig Abt, Architect [1882-1967]
Ludwig Abt [†] was a German-born and educated architect. He immigrated to the United States at the age of twenty and worked in a number of American cities in the construction industry, specifically as "a craftsman, estimator, superintendent and engineer." He returned briefly to Germany to study the use of reinforced concrete. When he returned to the United States, he went to Kansas City, where he worked with the practice of Sanneman and Van Trump for a year. Then in 1911, Abt and his wife moved to Moberly, Randolph County, Missouri, a prosperous railroad hub for North Central Missouri, where he opened and maintained his own architectural office until 1952 when he entered into partnership with Moberly architect Jay Cleavinger.
Abt was a prolific designer and his work has already been recognized by the National Register of Historic Places — viz., the gymnasium/auditorium section of the Moberly Junior High School. Advertisements for his services read: "Ludwig Abt, Architect, Ideas Furnished." In view of the variety of structures he produced, there was a great demand for his versatile ideas. His houses, churches, schools, commercial buildings, hospitals, government offices, and depots constitute important parts of the built environment throughout the Northeast and North Central regions of Missouri. Because of the quantity, quality and range of his buildings, Abt's contribution to twentieth-century architecture in Missouri is considerable.
(† Cole Woodcox, Truman State University, Dr. E. Sanborn Smith House, Adair County, MO, nomination document, 2008, National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places, Washington, D.C.)
From Randolph County Death Index
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Ludwig Abt collection: https://collections.shsmo.org/manuscripts/columbia/c4465
THE STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF MISSOURI
Ludwig Abt (1882-1967) was born in Höchst (Frankfurt am Main), Germany, to Franz Abt
(1855-1897) and Margaretha Rosalia Jost (1856-1937) and was the eldest of four children,
including brother Franz and two sisters. Not much is known about his childhood and younger
years except that he was educated at the Technicum Hildburghausen in the late 1890s before
coming to the US in 1901 by ship, landing in Galveston, Texas. He was employed in
architectural offices in Galveston and Dallas and across the eastern US as a craftsman, estimator,
site superintendent, and engineer. Abt returned to Germany for architectural training after a few
years, coming back to the US in 1909 and eventually settling in Kansas City where he met his
future wife Jessie Armstrong (1885-1966; m. 1911). Together they moved to Moberly where he
would carry out the rest of his career except for a brief stint in Arkansas as chief procurement
engineer for the Pine Bluff Arsenal project (1941-1943). Abt was able to develop a large
clientele throughout Missouri and elsewhere, with his buildings becoming important and
recognizable elements in many towns across the state.
He and Jessie had two daughters, Rosa Lu (1923-2015) and Helen (1925-2015), who attended
Washington University and Fontbonne College, respectively. Ludwig partnered with fellow
Missouri architect Joseph Kay (JK) Cleavinger (1927-2012) in 1952 with whom he worked until
the former's retirement in 1965. Abt died two years later.
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Ludwig Abt, Architect [1882-1967]
Ludwig Abt [†] was a German-born and educated architect. He immigrated to the United States at the age of twenty and worked in a number of American cities in the construction industry, specifically as "a craftsman, estimator, superintendent and engineer." He returned briefly to Germany to study the use of reinforced concrete. When he returned to the United States, he went to Kansas City, where he worked with the practice of Sanneman and Van Trump for a year. Then in 1911, Abt and his wife moved to Moberly, Randolph County, Missouri, a prosperous railroad hub for North Central Missouri, where he opened and maintained his own architectural office until 1952 when he entered into partnership with Moberly architect Jay Cleavinger.
Abt was a prolific designer and his work has already been recognized by the National Register of Historic Places — viz., the gymnasium/auditorium section of the Moberly Junior High School. Advertisements for his services read: "Ludwig Abt, Architect, Ideas Furnished." In view of the variety of structures he produced, there was a great demand for his versatile ideas. His houses, churches, schools, commercial buildings, hospitals, government offices, and depots constitute important parts of the built environment throughout the Northeast and North Central regions of Missouri. Because of the quantity, quality and range of his buildings, Abt's contribution to twentieth-century architecture in Missouri is considerable.
(† Cole Woodcox, Truman State University, Dr. E. Sanborn Smith House, Adair County, MO, nomination document, 2008, National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places, Washington, D.C.)
Ludwig Abt was an architect, and the son of Franz and Rosa Yost Abt, he was born in Hoechst, Germany, informant was Mrs. Joe Thorton of Winfield, Kansas, death certificate #67 0003067.
From Randolph County Death Index
-----------------------------
Ludwig Abt collection: https://collections.shsmo.org/manuscripts/columbia/c4465
THE STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF MISSOURI
Ludwig Abt (1882-1967) was born in Höchst (Frankfurt am Main), Germany, to Franz Abt
(1855-1897) and Margaretha Rosalia Jost (1856-1937) and was the eldest of four children,
including brother Franz and two sisters. Not much is known about his childhood and younger
years except that he was educated at the Technicum Hildburghausen in the late 1890s before
coming to the US in 1901 by ship, landing in Galveston, Texas. He was employed in
architectural offices in Galveston and Dallas and across the eastern US as a craftsman, estimator,
site superintendent, and engineer. Abt returned to Germany for architectural training after a few
years, coming back to the US in 1909 and eventually settling in Kansas City where he met his
future wife Jessie Armstrong (1885-1966; m. 1911). Together they moved to Moberly where he
would carry out the rest of his career except for a brief stint in Arkansas as chief procurement
engineer for the Pine Bluff Arsenal project (1941-1943). Abt was able to develop a large
clientele throughout Missouri and elsewhere, with his buildings becoming important and
recognizable elements in many towns across the state.
He and Jessie had two daughters, Rosa Lu (1923-2015) and Helen (1925-2015), who attended
Washington University and Fontbonne College, respectively. Ludwig partnered with fellow
Missouri architect Joseph Kay (JK) Cleavinger (1927-2012) in 1952 with whom he worked until
the former's retirement in 1965. Abt died two years later.
------------------------------
Ludwig Abt, Architect [1882-1967]
Ludwig Abt [†] was a German-born and educated architect. He immigrated to the United States at the age of twenty and worked in a number of American cities in the construction industry, specifically as "a craftsman, estimator, superintendent and engineer." He returned briefly to Germany to study the use of reinforced concrete. When he returned to the United States, he went to Kansas City, where he worked with the practice of Sanneman and Van Trump for a year. Then in 1911, Abt and his wife moved to Moberly, Randolph County, Missouri, a prosperous railroad hub for North Central Missouri, where he opened and maintained his own architectural office until 1952 when he entered into partnership with Moberly architect Jay Cleavinger.
Abt was a prolific designer and his work has already been recognized by the National Register of Historic Places — viz., the gymnasium/auditorium section of the Moberly Junior High School. Advertisements for his services read: "Ludwig Abt, Architect, Ideas Furnished." In view of the variety of structures he produced, there was a great demand for his versatile ideas. His houses, churches, schools, commercial buildings, hospitals, government offices, and depots constitute important parts of the built environment throughout the Northeast and North Central regions of Missouri. Because of the quantity, quality and range of his buildings, Abt's contribution to twentieth-century architecture in Missouri is considerable.
(† Cole Woodcox, Truman State University, Dr. E. Sanborn Smith House, Adair County, MO, nomination document, 2008, National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places, Washington, D.C.)
From Randolph County Death Index
-----------------------------
Ludwig Abt collection: https://collections.shsmo.org/manuscripts/columbia/c4465
THE STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF MISSOURI
Ludwig Abt (1882-1967) was born in Höchst (Frankfurt am Main), Germany, to Franz Abt
(1855-1897) and Margaretha Rosalia Jost (1856-1937) and was the eldest of four children,
including brother Franz and two sisters. Not much is known about his childhood and younger
years except that he was educated at the Technicum Hildburghausen in the late 1890s before
coming to the US in 1901 by ship, landing in Galveston, Texas. He was employed in
architectural offices in Galveston and Dallas and across the eastern US as a craftsman, estimator,
site superintendent, and engineer. Abt returned to Germany for architectural training after a few
years, coming back to the US in 1909 and eventually settling in Kansas City where he met his
future wife Jessie Armstrong (1885-1966; m. 1911). Together they moved to Moberly where he
would carry out the rest of his career except for a brief stint in Arkansas as chief procurement
engineer for the Pine Bluff Arsenal project (1941-1943). Abt was able to develop a large
clientele throughout Missouri and elsewhere, with his buildings becoming important and
recognizable elements in many towns across the state.
He and Jessie had two daughters, Rosa Lu (1923-2015) and Helen (1925-2015), who attended
Washington University and Fontbonne College, respectively. Ludwig partnered with fellow
Missouri architect Joseph Kay (JK) Cleavinger (1927-2012) in 1952 with whom he worked until
the former's retirement in 1965. Abt died two years later.
------------------------------
Ludwig Abt, Architect [1882-1967]
Ludwig Abt [†] was a German-born and educated architect. He immigrated to the United States at the age of twenty and worked in a number of American cities in the construction industry, specifically as "a craftsman, estimator, superintendent and engineer." He returned briefly to Germany to study the use of reinforced concrete. When he returned to the United States, he went to Kansas City, where he worked with the practice of Sanneman and Van Trump for a year. Then in 1911, Abt and his wife moved to Moberly, Randolph County, Missouri, a prosperous railroad hub for North Central Missouri, where he opened and maintained his own architectural office until 1952 when he entered into partnership with Moberly architect Jay Cleavinger.
Abt was a prolific designer and his work has already been recognized by the National Register of Historic Places — viz., the gymnasium/auditorium section of the Moberly Junior High School. Advertisements for his services read: "Ludwig Abt, Architect, Ideas Furnished." In view of the variety of structures he produced, there was a great demand for his versatile ideas. His houses, churches, schools, commercial buildings, hospitals, government offices, and depots constitute important parts of the built environment throughout the Northeast and North Central regions of Missouri. Because of the quantity, quality and range of his buildings, Abt's contribution to twentieth-century architecture in Missouri is considerable.
(† Cole Woodcox, Truman State University, Dr. E. Sanborn Smith House, Adair County, MO, nomination document, 2008, National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places, Washington, D.C.)
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