Architect. He graduated from Shortridge High School in Indianapolis, Indiana. He graduated from Rose Polytechnic Institute (later known as the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology) in 1886. He continued his education at the Chicago Art Institute followed by a structural engineering apprenticeship at the Illinois Steel Company. In 1891 he returned back to to Indianapolis to start his architectural career. Other architects he co-worked with are Wilson B. Parker, Willard Osler, Macy G. Thompson, and his son Howard Franklin Foltz. Some of his designs in Indianapolis include the Reid-Dickinson House, The Nicholson House, Ovid B. Jameson House, the Josiah K. Lilly House, H. C. Atkins House, E. C. Atkins Companies, Indianapolis YMCA, Broadway Methodist Church, Tudor Hall School for Girls, George Washington Julian School No. 57 in 1908, the Bobbs-Merrill building in 1910, the Meridian Heights Presbyterian Church, the Irvington United Methodist Church in 1926, Shortridge High School in 1928. He was a member of the Zig-Zag Cycling Club and he went on to plan the Newby Oval bicycle track debuting in 1898. In 1899 he was elected President of the League of American Wheelmen. He also designed the Indiana Reformatory in Pendleton, Masonic Home at Franklin and Hospitals in Madison, Indiana and in Louisiana. He served on the Indianapolis school board of commissioners from 1917 to 1920 and served as president from 1918-1919. In 1929 he founded the Little Theatre Society of Indianapolis.
Architect. He graduated from Shortridge High School in Indianapolis, Indiana. He graduated from Rose Polytechnic Institute (later known as the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology) in 1886. He continued his education at the Chicago Art Institute followed by a structural engineering apprenticeship at the Illinois Steel Company. In 1891 he returned back to to Indianapolis to start his architectural career. Other architects he co-worked with are Wilson B. Parker, Willard Osler, Macy G. Thompson, and his son Howard Franklin Foltz. Some of his designs in Indianapolis include the Reid-Dickinson House, The Nicholson House, Ovid B. Jameson House, the Josiah K. Lilly House, H. C. Atkins House, E. C. Atkins Companies, Indianapolis YMCA, Broadway Methodist Church, Tudor Hall School for Girls, George Washington Julian School No. 57 in 1908, the Bobbs-Merrill building in 1910, the Meridian Heights Presbyterian Church, the Irvington United Methodist Church in 1926, Shortridge High School in 1928. He was a member of the Zig-Zag Cycling Club and he went on to plan the Newby Oval bicycle track debuting in 1898. In 1899 he was elected President of the League of American Wheelmen. He also designed the Indiana Reformatory in Pendleton, Masonic Home at Franklin and Hospitals in Madison, Indiana and in Louisiana. He served on the Indianapolis school board of commissioners from 1917 to 1920 and served as president from 1918-1919. In 1929 he founded the Little Theatre Society of Indianapolis.
Bio by: Lanie
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burial: JUL 8,1946
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