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Anton Korn

Anton Korn

American architect (1886–1942)

Anton F. Korn (1886-August 23, 1942)[1] was an American architect based in Texas, known mostly for his residences.[1] A large number of the works are in Dallas and in the Dallas enclave Highland Park, Texas. A number of his works are listed on the National Register of Historic Places for their architecture, and two or three on Galveston Island are even included in a National Historic Landmark district.

Personal life

He was born in 1886.[2]

Works

He designed numerous buildings including several which are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).[3]

Works include:

An amateur detective sorted out that this was Korn's own home and posted that, and the facts were confirmed by someone who grew up in the house and whose family still owned it. And further commented: "It has lots of interesting details aside from the columns that he salvaged from the Oriental hotel. There’s a balcony in the three-story living room he designed for his wife who is an opera singer. When they would entertain she would stand on the balcony and sing to their guests."[24]

  • 3615 Beverly Drive, Highland Park, Texas.[6][25]
  • 4248 Armstrong Parkway, Highland Park, Texas.[6][26]
  • 4208 Armstrong Parkway, Highland Park, Texas.[6][27]
  • 4216 Versailles Avenue, Highland Park, Texas.[6][28]
  • 4221 Versailles Avenue, Highland Park, Texas.[6][29]
  • 4429 Belclaire Avenue, Highland Park, Texas.[6][30]
  • 3900 Potomac Avenue, Highland Park, Texas. Tudor Revival.[6][31]
  • 3319 Bryn Mawr Drive, University Park, Texas.[6][32]
  • 5451 Wateka Drive, Dallas, Texas.[6][33]
  • 3816 Stratford Avenue, Highland Park, Texas[34][35]
  • 23 Ash Bluff Lane, Dallas, Texas.[36]

Several works in Galveston on Broadway St., which are therefore included in the East End Historic District (Galveston, Texas) (which includes both sides of Broadway St.) The historic district, designated locally in 1970, was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975 and further declared a National Historic Landmark in 1976.[37][38]

His Galveston works include:

  • 1428 Broadway St., Galveston (1916). The Anton F. Korn home in Galveston, Texas, at 1428 Broadway St, is a substantial brick home: "[b]uilt in 1916 for the Wilken's family the home was built after 1900 storm to withstand future hurricanes-which it has."[39][40]
  • Biehl House, 1416 Broadway St., Galveston.[41]
  • "1916 Runge House", Galveston, Texas (1916).[42] This, another home in Galveston designed by Korn was also built in 1916.[43] It is in Galveston Island's East End Historic District.[44]

In "Thoughts on the Contributions of Architect Anton Korn", realtor Doug Newby commented:

Anton Korn designed many impressive homes in Dallas and Highland Park [an enclave town which, with one other town, is surrounded by Dallas] just prior to and in the 1920s. He may have been the only architect of his caliber to have also been involved in speculative homes in this period, maybe even as a partner in a home building company. By the 1930s he was the prominent Dallas architect of significant homes. He designed one of the most refined homes in Dallas in 1933 on Lakewood Boulevard. From 1917 to 1920 he designed houses for Hugh E. Prather, Highland Park; Mrs. Cicero Smith, Beverly Drive; William Bacon], Beverly Drive; Hugh Bell, St. John's Drive; Worth Wimberley, Beverly Drive; Thomas Morrissey, Turtle Creek Boulevard; and Henry Boazman, Maple Avenue. The Beverly Drive property was designed in 1924 utilizing replaned oak timbers from the grand Oriental Hotel when it was torn down. Ted Larson was a renovating architect of 3708 Alice Circle, which was originally designed by Anton Korn in 1924. Korn's Tudor design can also be seen at 4500 Lakeside, 4328 Overhill and 5505 Keller Springs Road. At 4700 Preston Road, on 7.7 acres, he designed the home in a Georgian or Colonial Revival style.[45]

References

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    "Hotel Andaluz". SAH ARCHIPEDIA. Jul 17, 2018. Retrieved Jan 25, 2023.
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    Anton Korn at archINFORM
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    "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
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    Mary P. Davis (November 29, 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Old Hilton Hotel / Plaza Hotel / La Posada de Albuquerque". National Park Service. Retrieved April 22, 2021. With accompanying six photos from 1946-83
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    Nancy Cash Cobb; LeRoy Johnson, Jr. (October 30, 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: San Angelo National Bank Building / Trimble-Batier-Cobb Insurance" (PDF). Texas. Retrieved April 22, 2021. Includes 11 photos from 1981-82. (Also available, with additional related correspondence, at National Archives)
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    "Architect Anton Korn Designed House in Old Highland Park Neighborhood - 4302 Overhill Drive, Dallas, Texas". Architecturally Significant Homes. Retrieved Jan 25, 2023.
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    "Architect Anton Korn Designed Architecturally Significant Tudor Home in Old Highland Park Neighborhood - 3635 Beverly Drive, Dallas, Texas". Architecturally Significant Homes. Retrieved Jan 25, 2023.
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    Paula Bosse (March 7, 2022). "FLASHBACK : DALLAS: 3635 Beverly Drive, The Residence of Architect Anton F. Korn — 1926". With comment by Julie Lloyd, March 10, 2022.
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    "Architect Anton Korn Designed Home in Highland Park Neighborhood - 4248 Armstrong Parkway, Dallas, Texas". Architecturally Significant Homes. Retrieved Jan 25, 2023.
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    "Architect Anton Korn Designed Residence in Highland Park Neighborhood - 4208 Armstrong Parkway, Dallas, Texas". Architecturally Significant Homes. Retrieved Jan 25, 2023.
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    "Architect Anton Korn Designed Home in Highland Park Neighborhood - 4216 Versailles Avenue, Dallas, Texas". Architecturally Significant Homes. Retrieved Jan 25, 2023.
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    "Architect Anton Korn Designed House in Highland Park Neighborhood - 4221 Versailles Avenue, Dallas, Texas". Architecturally Significant Homes. Retrieved Jan 25, 2023.
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    "Architect Anton Korn Designed Home in Highland Park Neighborhood - 4429 Belclaire Avenue, Dallas, Texas". Architecturally Significant Homes. Retrieved Jan 25, 2023.
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    "Architect Anton Korn Designed Residence in Highland Park Neighborhood - 3900 Potomac Avenue, Dallas, Texas". Architecturally Significant Homes. Retrieved Jan 25, 2023.
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    "Architect Anton Korn Designed Home in University Park Neighborhood - 3319 Bryn Mawr Drive, Dallas, Texas". Architecturally Significant Homes. Retrieved Jan 25, 2023.
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    "Greenway Parks Neighborhood Home". Architecturally Significant Homes. Retrieved Jan 25, 2023.
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    "Anton Korn, Dallas, Texas". Doug Newby. Retrieved September 14, 2022.
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    "3816 Stratford Avenue, Dallas, Texas". Architecturally Significant Homes. Retrieved Jan 25, 2023.
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    "East End Historic District". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Archived from the original on January 21, 2009. Retrieved June 23, 2008.
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    Anton F Korn Home, 1916 Brick Mansion in Galveston, Texas. Includes 38 photos.
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    Briana Zamora-Nipper (October 1, 2020). "Peek inside: Historic Galveston home known as the 1916 Runge House hits the market for $1.2 million".
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    Facebook post Quote="In 1916, architect Anton F. Korn, a representative of New York architects Crow, Lewis & Wickenhoefer, designed this Italian Renaissance villa for prominent German businessman, Louis H. Runge and his wife, Anita. The property was home to the Runge family until 1988. / In the fall of 1916, the Runge family moved into their new home. Daughters Margarette and Elisabeth never married. In 1968, Elisabeth retired from the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) where she had managed the medical library since 1922. She sold the house in 1988 to the Sealy and Smith Foundation, a philanthropic foundation established to benefit UTMB. The house was restored and served as the residence for the university’s presidents from 1989 until 2004."
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    "Peek inside: Historic Galveston home known as the 1916 Runge House hits the market for $1.2 million". Retrieved September 14, 2022. Includes multiple photos, but these did not display 9/14/2022.
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    Doug Newby. "Thoughts on the Contributions of Architect Anton Korn".
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