Lewis Bisbee, Pioneer City Architect, Dies
Captain Lewis C. Bisbee, 87 years old, Minneapolis architect, who constructed many of the buildings which played a prominent part in the early life of the city and became landmarks, died yesterday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. David P. McKiver, 907 Irving avenue north. He had been ill for many months.
During his 56 years of residence in Minneapolis, Captain Bisbee, a veteran of the Civil war, was credited with building some of the most substantial and prominent structures in the early history of the city.
Minneapolis first city hall, in which the early city fathers assembled, residences which housed some of its wealthiest and most celebrated citizens; churches under the roofs of which Minneapolis of the eighties and nineties worshipped, school building in which staid business men of today gained their first education-these and many other buildings were included in the creations of Captain Bisbee.
Other achievements of Captain Bisbee buildings which marked early steps in the city's development included the structure which housed the first library, the city's first pumping station, and the first pavilion at Lake Harriet, long since replaced by the present one.
Captain Bisbee came here in 1865, at the close of the Civil war, and immediately entered upon his long career as architect and builder, which terminated only a dozen years ago, when he retired. Seven years after coming to Minneapolis he commenced the construction of what was to become a land mark of the city, the old city hall at Bridge Square, located on the site of Gateway park.
(several paragraphs with details of other structures and homes omitted for space)
Captain Bisbee was born in Hartford, Me., 1834. At the outbreak of the Civil war, he enlisted in the Sixteenth Maine infantry, and rose to the rank of captain. He was a member of the James Bryant post, G. A. R., and was widely known for his interest in G. A. R. activities.
Captain Bisbee is survived by four children, Mrs. W. A. Petran, and Mrs. McKiver of Minneapolis; Lewellyn M. Bisbee, Cardiff-by-the-Sea, Calif., and Ansel S. Bisbee of Davenport, IA. Other survivors are two sisters, Mrs. William Harlow and Mrs. L. S. Haney of Minneapolis, eight grand children and six great grand children.
The Minneapolis Morning Tribune
July 16, 1921 page 1
Full article available at Minnesota Historical Society; Research; Digital Newspaper portal.
Funeral Notice:
The Minneapolis Morning Tribune
July 17, 1921 page 11
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father: Hannibal Bisbee
mother: Betsy B Stetson
siblings:
Mary A. Bisbee Pratt
Hannibal Bisbee, Jr.
William Henry Bisbee
Lizzie Bisbee Haney
Captain Lewis C. Bisbee, 87 years old, Minneapolis architect, who constructed many of the buildings which played a prominent part in the early life of the city and became landmarks, died yesterday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. David P. McKiver, 907 Irving avenue north. He had been ill for many months.
During his 56 years of residence in Minneapolis, Captain Bisbee, a veteran of the Civil war, was credited with building some of the most substantial and prominent structures in the early history of the city.
Minneapolis first city hall, in which the early city fathers assembled, residences which housed some of its wealthiest and most celebrated citizens; churches under the roofs of which Minneapolis of the eighties and nineties worshipped, school building in which staid business men of today gained their first education-these and many other buildings were included in the creations of Captain Bisbee.
Other achievements of Captain Bisbee buildings which marked early steps in the city's development included the structure which housed the first library, the city's first pumping station, and the first pavilion at Lake Harriet, long since replaced by the present one.
Captain Bisbee came here in 1865, at the close of the Civil war, and immediately entered upon his long career as architect and builder, which terminated only a dozen years ago, when he retired. Seven years after coming to Minneapolis he commenced the construction of what was to become a land mark of the city, the old city hall at Bridge Square, located on the site of Gateway park.
(several paragraphs with details of other structures and homes omitted for space)
Captain Bisbee was born in Hartford, Me., 1834. At the outbreak of the Civil war, he enlisted in the Sixteenth Maine infantry, and rose to the rank of captain. He was a member of the James Bryant post, G. A. R., and was widely known for his interest in G. A. R. activities.
Captain Bisbee is survived by four children, Mrs. W. A. Petran, and Mrs. McKiver of Minneapolis; Lewellyn M. Bisbee, Cardiff-by-the-Sea, Calif., and Ansel S. Bisbee of Davenport, IA. Other survivors are two sisters, Mrs. William Harlow and Mrs. L. S. Haney of Minneapolis, eight grand children and six great grand children.
The Minneapolis Morning Tribune
July 16, 1921 page 1
Full article available at Minnesota Historical Society; Research; Digital Newspaper portal.
Funeral Notice:
The Minneapolis Morning Tribune
July 17, 1921 page 11
~~~
father: Hannibal Bisbee
mother: Betsy B Stetson
siblings:
Mary A. Bisbee Pratt
Hannibal Bisbee, Jr.
William Henry Bisbee
Lizzie Bisbee Haney
Lewis Bisbee, Pioneer City Architect, Dies
Captain Lewis C. Bisbee, 87 years old, Minneapolis architect, who constructed many of the buildings which played a prominent part in the early life of the city and became landmarks, died yesterday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. David P. McKiver, 907 Irving avenue north. He had been ill for many months.
During his 56 years of residence in Minneapolis, Captain Bisbee, a veteran of the Civil war, was credited with building some of the most substantial and prominent structures in the early history of the city.
Minneapolis first city hall, in which the early city fathers assembled, residences which housed some of its wealthiest and most celebrated citizens; churches under the roofs of which Minneapolis of the eighties and nineties worshipped, school building in which staid business men of today gained their first education-these and many other buildings were included in the creations of Captain Bisbee.
Other achievements of Captain Bisbee buildings which marked early steps in the city's development included the structure which housed the first library, the city's first pumping station, and the first pavilion at Lake Harriet, long since replaced by the present one.
Captain Bisbee came here in 1865, at the close of the Civil war, and immediately entered upon his long career as architect and builder, which terminated only a dozen years ago, when he retired. Seven years after coming to Minneapolis he commenced the construction of what was to become a land mark of the city, the old city hall at Bridge Square, located on the site of Gateway park.
(several paragraphs with details of other structures and homes omitted for space)
Captain Bisbee was born in Hartford, Me., 1834. At the outbreak of the Civil war, he enlisted in the Sixteenth Maine infantry, and rose to the rank of captain. He was a member of the James Bryant post, G. A. R., and was widely known for his interest in G. A. R. activities.
Captain Bisbee is survived by four children, Mrs. W. A. Petran, and Mrs. McKiver of Minneapolis; Lewellyn M. Bisbee, Cardiff-by-the-Sea, Calif., and Ansel S. Bisbee of Davenport, IA. Other survivors are two sisters, Mrs. William Harlow and Mrs. L. S. Haney of Minneapolis, eight grand children and six great grand children.
The Minneapolis Morning Tribune
July 16, 1921 page 1
Full article available at Minnesota Historical Society; Research; Digital Newspaper portal.
Funeral Notice:
The Minneapolis Morning Tribune
July 17, 1921 page 11
~~~
father: Hannibal Bisbee
mother: Betsy B Stetson
siblings:
Mary A. Bisbee Pratt
Hannibal Bisbee, Jr.
William Henry Bisbee
Lizzie Bisbee Haney
Captain Lewis C. Bisbee, 87 years old, Minneapolis architect, who constructed many of the buildings which played a prominent part in the early life of the city and became landmarks, died yesterday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. David P. McKiver, 907 Irving avenue north. He had been ill for many months.
During his 56 years of residence in Minneapolis, Captain Bisbee, a veteran of the Civil war, was credited with building some of the most substantial and prominent structures in the early history of the city.
Minneapolis first city hall, in which the early city fathers assembled, residences which housed some of its wealthiest and most celebrated citizens; churches under the roofs of which Minneapolis of the eighties and nineties worshipped, school building in which staid business men of today gained their first education-these and many other buildings were included in the creations of Captain Bisbee.
Other achievements of Captain Bisbee buildings which marked early steps in the city's development included the structure which housed the first library, the city's first pumping station, and the first pavilion at Lake Harriet, long since replaced by the present one.
Captain Bisbee came here in 1865, at the close of the Civil war, and immediately entered upon his long career as architect and builder, which terminated only a dozen years ago, when he retired. Seven years after coming to Minneapolis he commenced the construction of what was to become a land mark of the city, the old city hall at Bridge Square, located on the site of Gateway park.
(several paragraphs with details of other structures and homes omitted for space)
Captain Bisbee was born in Hartford, Me., 1834. At the outbreak of the Civil war, he enlisted in the Sixteenth Maine infantry, and rose to the rank of captain. He was a member of the James Bryant post, G. A. R., and was widely known for his interest in G. A. R. activities.
Captain Bisbee is survived by four children, Mrs. W. A. Petran, and Mrs. McKiver of Minneapolis; Lewellyn M. Bisbee, Cardiff-by-the-Sea, Calif., and Ansel S. Bisbee of Davenport, IA. Other survivors are two sisters, Mrs. William Harlow and Mrs. L. S. Haney of Minneapolis, eight grand children and six great grand children.
The Minneapolis Morning Tribune
July 16, 1921 page 1
Full article available at Minnesota Historical Society; Research; Digital Newspaper portal.
Funeral Notice:
The Minneapolis Morning Tribune
July 17, 1921 page 11
~~~
father: Hannibal Bisbee
mother: Betsy B Stetson
siblings:
Mary A. Bisbee Pratt
Hannibal Bisbee, Jr.
William Henry Bisbee
Lizzie Bisbee Haney
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