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Show KLEIN, EUGENE S. (3/4/187fr--l l/19/1944) St. Louis, Mo. (F.A.I.A.) /\ctive professionally for more than thirty years, after 1912 in partnership u. ith Louis LaBeaume in the well known firm of LaBeaumc & Klein. A native of St Louis, he received a technical education at the Lawrence Scientific School in Boston, and following his return to St. Louis secured a position with ,he ;irchitectural firm of Mauran, Russell & Garden, later reorganized as \l.,ura.n, Russell, Croweil & Mullgardt. During his association with Mr. La Beaume the firm was commissioned to ,',·<ign many important buildings. inclucling St. Luke's Hospita l. 1916-18; l'l,mters' Building. 1923; Downtown Y.M.C.A., 1926: M aternity Hospital, (,,mplcted in 1927; Kiel Auditorium; Beaumont Medical Building: Young \'.'nman·s Christian Association Home (•) ; Divel Library('): buildings for L1ndcnwood College ( •), also several commercial buildings. churches and r,·<idcnces all in St. Louis. Appointed a member of the Federal Housing Authority of the Emergency Fleet Corporatioi;i during the first World War, Mr. Klein supervised the ,·rrction of Yorkshire Village at Camden, N. J., and served as architect for the Sc\'(' nth Construction Quartermasters Zone. Elected a member of the St. Louis Chapter A. I. A. in 1908 and advanced to Institute Fellowship in 1935, \Ir. Klein was active professionally until the time of his death. He was .,ccidcntly killed while on his way to Ft. Leona rd Wood to inspect an Anny ! lousing Project which was nearing completion. References: Obit., National Architect, January, 1945; American Art Anr,u;il. Vol. 21; Biography of Louis LaBeaume, \Vho's Who in America, Vol. l 7 ( •) . !\LETTING, RICHARD K. (7/4/1859- 9/ 25/ 1943) Salt Lake City. Utah. Born and educated in Germ a ny, Mr. Kletting studied architecture iii Paris, r.d except for a brief period when he was re-called to service in the German ,\rmy. remained in France U!ltil he decided in 1883 to begin his career in America. Mr. Kletting lived for a few years in New York, and after acquir1r.g training and experience in the city, left the east to settle in Salt Lake C1ly. There he entered the office o f John Burton, architect for the University nf Utah. later established his own office in the city and continued active in ;• ~;ictice until shortly before his death. In 1912 Mr. Kletting entered, and subsequently won (against thirty other ,•-ntcstants) a competition for Utah 's new State Capitol, and upon the com;, dion of the beautiful structure in 1916 was accorded nation-wide recognition. T hroughout the ensuing years he maintained a general practice and designed ,, nu mber of important business. and public buildings in. the city. Among his ~, 1·or works should be cited the huge Pavillion a t Salt Air Beach (destroyed 1 ·: fi re in 1925); the Deseret News Building: Telephone Building, followed 1 ··: o:hcrs elsewhere in the state: the Brif.ham Young Academy, and several •, ~ools. churches and private homes. Fe was also architect of the State \:,·nta! Hospital at Provo, Utah (•). · In addition to his practjce Mr. Kletting de,·oted much time to civic matters, ·?.! was particularly interested in Zoning and City Planning. His death at " ><' ad·,anced age of eighty-four was due to injuries sustained when struck by ·~ ,1utomobi!e on a residential street. Rderences: N a tional Cyclopedia of A111erican Biography, Vol. 33: Obit., S<.,·J:hwest Builder and Con' ra ctor, October 1943 ( • ). f-.; LJ PSTEIN, ERNEST C. (2/ 4/ 186Cr--10/8/ 1931) St. Louis. Mo. (F.A.I A.) A life-long resident of St. Louis, w ell known professionally, for many years •rc:1or pa rtner in the firm of Kli pstein [, Rathm,111. He acquired a thorough ,c,';, :,·,·tural training in his youth, attrndin\) ir. sucCl'ssi,·e period~ the 1\.1.iss- 351 |
