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Albert H. Spahr
Albert H. Spahr
	Albert H. Spahr from The Brickbuilder (1915)
Born	June 19, 1873; Dillsburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	April 1, 1966 (aged 92); North Egremont, Massachusetts, U.S.
Occupation	Architect
Awards	Beaux Arts Medal
Buildings	Greyfield; Union National Bank building; Jones & Laughlin Building; Oliver Bath House; Langley High School; Frank & Seder Building;

Albert H. Spahr (June 19, 1873 – April 1, 1966) was an American architect and partner in the Pittsburgh firm MacClure and Spahr.

Biography

Albert Hubbard Spahr was born June 19, 1873, in Dillsburg, Pennsylvania to Thomas Lewis Spahr and Sara Jane Reed. Spahr went to high school in Minneapolis, Minnesota and worked at the architectural office of Harry W. Jones. He was in Course IV at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

He was awarded with the Beaux Arts Medal from the Society of Beaux-Arts Architects of New York. https://archive.org/details/brochureseriesof02bostuoft/page/74/mode/2up?q=%22Albert+H.+Spahr%22 https://archive.org/details/inlandarchitect29e/page/xiv/mode/2up?q=%22Albert+H.+Spahr%22

He studied in England and France following graduation and entered the office of Peabody & Stearns in Boston after returning to the United States. He worked for them for five years before moving to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania where he partnered with Colbert T. A. MacClure to form MacClure and Spahr. MacClure died in 1912, but Spahr continued to practice with the same firm name.

During World War I, Spahr was commissioned by the U.S. Government to design and construct one thousand homes in Erie, Pennsylvania for working men.

He married Carolyn Margaret Wilson (1880–1952) of Sidney, Ohio, in 1901. They had two children: Sara Jane Spahr and Kimball Spahr.

https://archive.org/details/MIT-Technology-Review-1962-03/page/n55/mode/2up?q=%22Albert+H.+Spahr%22

Spahr died April 1, 1966, at Fairbrook Farm in North Egremont, Massachusetts.^[1] He was buried at Riverside Cemetery in Egremont.

https://archive.org/details/housegarden92julnewy/page/n223/mode/2up?q=%22Albert+H.+Spahr%22 https://archive.org/details/brickbuild24unse/page/n403/mode/2up?q=%22Albert+H.+Spahr%22

Works

MacClure and Spahr

Works completed under the name MacClure and Spahr include:

Building	Location	Year Built	Notes	Ref
Greyfield Inn	Cumberland Island, Georgia	1901–1905
Spahr House	Sewickley, Pennsylvania	1904	527 Cochran St. House designed for Spahr.	^[2]
The Diamond Building	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	1905	100 Fifth Ave.
Union National Bank building	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	1906	306 Fourth Ave.
Jones & Laughlin Building	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	1908	200 Ross St.
William Flinn Cottage	Fox Chapel, Pennsylvania	1908	Dorseyville Rd. Cottage designed for William Flinn. Now part of the Beechwood Farms Nature Reserve. http://www.aswp.org/pages/beechwood-history	^[3]
Oliver Bath House	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	1913	38 S 10th St.
Langley High School	Sheraden, Pennsylvania	1916–1923	2940 Sheraden Blvd.
Frank & Seder Building	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	1918	441 Smithfield St. With Charles Bickel and William E. Snaman.

Spahr

Works which Spahr completed under his own name include:

Building	Location	Year Built	Notes	Ref
Stonehurst	Grosse Pointe, Michigan	1915	501 Lake Shore Rd. Estate designed for Joseph D. Schlotman.	^[4]
Emory L. Ford Estate	Grosse Pointe, Michigan		485 Lake Shore Rd. Estate designed for Emory L. Ford.
Ford Ballantyne House	Grosse Pointe, Michigan	1916	House designed for Ford Ballantyne.	^[5]
Fairholme	Grosse Pointe, Michigan	1916	585 Lake Shore Rd. Estate designed for Elmer D. Speck. Demolished.	^[6]
Farmhill	Sewickley Heights, Pennsylvania	1916	Estate designed for Henry Robinson Rea. Demolished.	^[7]