Omeyer & Thori

{{Short description|American architectural partnership}}

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Omeyer & Thori was an architectural partnership of Diedrik A. Omeyer (1850-1907) and Martin P. Thori (1864-1905). The two were immigrants from Norway.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XJpU3PKUiG8C&q=omeyer+thori&pg=PA68 |title=St. Paul's Architecture |author1=Hess, Jeffrey A. |author2=Paul Clifford Larson |name-list-style=amp |publisher=University of Minnesota Press |year=2006|isbn=9781452904818 }}{{rp|68}}

Headquartered in St Paul, a number of the firm's and its individual partners' works are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.{{NRISref|version=2010a}}

By 1905, Omeyer had retired from the firm due to disability and Thori was suffering from tuberculosis; in January 1905 the firm was renamed Thori, Alban & Fisher with the promotion of William L. Alban (1873-1961) and James E. Fisher to a named partners."Now a Partner." Stevens Point Journal, January 15, 1905. Thori died from tuberculosis in February 1905."Martin P. Thori Dead," The Saint Paul Globe, February 9, 1905.

Works include (with attribution):

• William H. and Ida Garland House, 846 W. Fairmount Ave., St. Paul "a typically florid production of Norwegian Americans Omeyer and Thori"{{rp|69}}
• Arcadia Free Public Library, 406 E. Main St. Arcadia, WI (Omeyer, Diedrik A.), NRHP-listed
• Bank of Long Prairie, 262 Central Ave. Long Prairie, MN (Omeyer & Thori), NRHP-listed
• Old Main (Augsburg University), 731 21st Ave., S. Minneapolis, MN (Omeyer, Didrik A.; Thori, Martin P.), NRHP-listed
• Norman County Courthouse, 16 E.3rd Ave. Ada, MN (Omeyer & Thori), NRHP-listed
• Old Main, Augustana Academy, Lawler and Second Sts. Canton, SD (Omeyer & Thori), NRHP-listed
• Park Region Luther College, 715 W. Vernon Ave. Fergus Falls, MN (Omeyer & Thori), NRHP-listed
• Steensland Library-St. Olaf College, Off St. Olaf Ave. Northfield, MN (Omeyer & Thori), NRHP-listed
• United Church Seminary, 2481 Como Ave. St. Paul, MN (Omeyer, Didrik A.; Thori, Martin P.), NRHP-listed
• Ada Village Hall, 404 W. Main St. Ada, MN Thori, Martin P., et al.
• William E. Coleman House, 500 Missouri Ave. Deer Lodge, MT Ameryre & Thorie
• Cottonwood County Courthouse, 900 3rd Ave. Windom, MN Omeyer & Thori
• Metropolitan Opera House (Iowa Falls, Iowa), 515 Washington St. Iowa Falls, IA Omeyer & Thori
• Nerstrand City Hall, Main St. Nerstrand, MN Thori, Alban, & Fisher
• Steensland Library-St. Olaf College, Off St. Olaf Ave. Northfield, MN Omeyer & Thori
• One or more works in Northwood Central Avenue Historic District, roughly, Central Ave. W near 5th St. to 9th St. on the East Northwood, IA (Omeyer & Thori), NRHP-listed