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Frank J. Nies

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South Orange station, Newark Broad Street Sta, Madison Station, Ampere Station

Frank J. Nies was an American architect. He is best known for having designed numerous Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad stations, at least fifteen of which have been listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places (with attribution below as given in NRHP): He sometimes worked with the railroad's chief engineer, Lincoln Bush. Before working for the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western, Nies was a partner in the architectural firm Finkler & Nies, with Adolph Finkler, in Chicago in 1896.

Works

  • Newark Broad Street Station (1901–03), Broad and University Sts., Newark, N.J., (Nies, Frank J.), NRHP
  • Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Station (Dover) (1902), N. Dickerson St., Dover, N.J., (Nies, F.J.), NRHP
  • Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Water Gap Station (1903), Waring Dr., Delaware Water Gap, PA, (Nies, Frank,J.), NRHP
  • Delaware, Lackawanna and Western record building (1904), Hoboken, N.J.
  • Locomotive and Car Repair Shops, Kingslan, N.J. (1904)
  • Delaware, Lackawanna and Western car shops (1904), Keyser Valley, Pennsylvania
  • Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Station (Boonton) (1905), Myrtle Ave., Main, and Division Sts., Boonton, N.J., (Nies, Frank J.), NRHP
  • Ampere Station (1907), Ampere Plaza and Whitney Pl., East Orange, N.J., (Nies, Frank J.), NRHP
  • Delaware, Lackawanna and Western locomotive shops (1907), Scranton, Pennsylvania ,
  • Bloomfield Station (1912), Washington St. and Glenwood Ave., Bloomfield, N.J., (Nies, Frank J.), NRHP
  • Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Station (Morristown) (1913), 132 Morris St., Morristown, N.J., (Nies, F.J.), NRHP
  • Phillipsburg Union Station (1914), 178 South Main Street, Phillipsburg, New Jersey, NRHP
  • Station and Freight House, Far Hills, N.J. (1914)
  • Morris Plains Station (1915), Speedwell Ave., Morris Plains, N.J., (Nies, Frank J.), NRHP
  • Mountain Station (1915), 449 Vose Ave., South Orange, N.J., (Nies, Frank J.), NRHP
  • Madison Station (1916), Kings Rd., Madison, N.J., (Nies, Frank J.), NRHP
  • South Orange Station (1916), 19 Sloan St., South Orange, N.J., (Nies, Frank J.), NRHP
  • Orange Station (1918), 73 Lincoln Ave., Orange, N.J., (Nies, F.J.), NRHP
  • Freight House, Hoboken, N.J. (1918)
  • Houses for mine foreman and miners, Loomis colliery, Plymouth, Pennsylvania (1919)
  • Brick Church Station (1921), Brick Church Plaza, East Orange, N.J., (Nies, F.J.), NRHP
  • East Orange Station (1922), 65 City Hall Plaza, East Orange, N.J., (Nies, F.W.), NRHP

    • References

    Frank J. Nies Wikipedia
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