Frederick F. Faris | |
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Born | |
Died | June 20, 1927 | (aged 56)
Occupation | Architect |
Buildings | Shotwell Hall, West Liberty State College, West Liberty, West Virginia |
Frederick F. Faris (1870–1927) was a Wheeling, West Virginia-based architect.
Frederick Fisher Faris was born August 1, 1870, in St. Clairsville, Ohio to Joseph Anderson Faris, an artist, and Mary Elizabeth (Pratt) Faris. The family moved east to Wheeling when he was two years old. He was educated in the public schools, and after finishing high school joined the office of Edgar W. Wells, architect for Klieves, Kraft & Company, as a student. [1] He later worked for architects in Chicago and New York City before returning to Wheeling in 1892.[2] That year he formed a partnership with Joseph Leiner, known as Leiner & Faris. This was dissolved in 1894 when Faris joined Edward B. Franzheim and Millard F. Giesey to form Franzheim, Giesey & Faris. Franzheim withdrew in 1899, but the firm continued as Giesey & Faris until 1911. Faris then worked in private practice until his death sixteen years later.[3] In 1924 Faris was joined by his nephew, Frederic Faris, who succeeded to the practice at his death.[4] The younger Faris practiced until own his sudden death in 1964.[5]
He designed a variety of residential, commercial, and educational buildings. Among the buildings he designed were the Schmulbach Building, the tallest building in Wheeling, and the Market Auditorium, then the longest building. Other notable buildings include the Wheeling Electric Company, the First National Bank of West Virginia, the Wheeling Intelligencer, the former public library, the Scottish Rite Cathedral, and numerous schools including the Triadelphia Junior High School and Madison School.[6] He also designed Mount Carmel Monastery (1917).[7][8]
Faris served one term in the West Virginia House of Delegates in 1913.[9]
Faris was married in 1897 to Nellie Egerter.[1] They had no children. Faris died June 20, 1927, from strep throat at the age of 56.[3] He was buried at Greenwood Cemetery in Wheeling.[7]
At the time of his death he was known as the "dean of Wheeling architects."[6] Several of his works have been listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places, and others contribute to listed historic districts.
Buildings built between 1892 and 1894 are attributed to Leiner & Faris, between 1894 and 1899 to Franzheim, Giesey & Faris, between 1899 and 1911 to Giesey & Faris, between 1911 and 1927 to Frederick F. Faris and after 1927 to Frederic Faris.