Edmond J. Eckel (1845-1934)
Name
Eckel, Edmond J.
Personal Information
Birth/Death: 1845-1934
Occupation: American architect
Location: St. Joseph, MO
AIA Affiliation
Fellow of the Western Association of Architects 1885-1889
Member of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) 1889-decease
Fellow of the American Institute of Architects (FAIA) 1889. (On the merger of the Western Association of Architects with the American Institute of Architects in 1889, all AIA members were made Fellows because WAA members were known as Fellows.)
Biographical Sources
Biographical Directories:
Entry in Henry F. Withey, A.I.A., and Elsie Rathburn Withey, Biographical Dictionary of American Architects (Deceased) (Los Angeles: New Age Publishing Company, 1956. Facsimile edition, Hennessey & Ingalls, Inc., 1970)
Entry in Macmillan Encyclopedia of Architects (New York: Macmillan, 1982)
Related Records
Archival Holdings
The American Institute of Architects Archives
Membership file contains correspondence from 1917-1918 concerning ethics and retirement status, and obituary clippings sent in by his firm. A 1901 letter from another St. Joseph firm, Felt and Carr, regarding possible AIA membership, includes a complaint about Eckel's fees.