Merman, Otto A.
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Bentley, Merman, and Skogstad Architectural Drawings
Collection
Identifier: MSS 070, Micro 25
Abstract
An architectural design firm of La Crosse, Wis., called variously Bentley and Merman, Merman and Skogstad, and Otto Merman Architect. The architects involved were Percy D. Bentley (1885-1968), Otto A. Merman (1890-1935) and Herbert W. Skogstad (d. 1929). Bentley was a La Crosse native who attended the Armour Institute in Chicago. During his brief practice with Merman in La Crosse, the two designed a large number of distinguished Prairie School residences. After Bentley’s departure in 1919,...
Dates:
1918-1934
Otto Merman: Memories of a Builder
Collection — Box: MISC 52, Folder: 1-2
Identifier: MISC MSS 152
Abstract
"Otto Merman: Memories of a Builder" video recording, narrated by Otto Merman's daughter, Margaret Merman Holley. This recording was made in the 1990s and features a tour of the exterior of many of the residences Merman designed in La Crosse, Wisconsin.
Dates:
circa 1990s