User:JPRiley/Durrant
{{Infobox architect
|name = Joseph G. Durrant
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|nationality = United States
|birth_date = {{birth date|1907|6|8}}
|birth_place = Chicago
|death_date = {{death date and age|1985|10|19|1907|6|8}}
|death_place = near De Smet, South Dakota
|practice = Joseph G. Durrant;
Durrant & Bergquist;
Durrant-Deininger-Dommer-Kramer & Gordon
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|awards = Fellow, American Institute of Architects (1973)
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File:Cowleyhall.jpg, designed by Durrant & Bergquist and completed in 1965.]]
File:Carverhall.jpg of Iowa State University, designed by Durrant-Deininger-Dommer-Kramer & Gordon and completed in 1969.]]
Joseph G. Durrant {{post-nominals|list=FAIA}} (June 8, 1907 – October 19, 1985) was an American architect. In 1933 Durrant established an independent practice in Boscobel, Wisconsin, and moved it to Dubuque, Iowa in 1948. Durrant retired in 1975 and his practice incorporated as The Durrant Group Inc. in 1977. It grew to become one of the largest in the region before a decline which ended in its dissolution in 2012.
Life and career
Joseph George Durrant was born June 8, 1907, in Chicago to Joseph H. Durrant and Johanna Durrant, née Schmidt. He was educated in the public schools of Maywood, Illinois and at the Armour Institute, now the Illinois Institute of Technology.
He worked for architects in Chicago and Madison, Wisconsin before opening his own office in Boscobel, Wisconsin in 1933.
Durrant closed his office for the duration of World War II. He did not serve in the military but worked for Albert Kahn Associates, superintending the construction of ammunition plants in Delaware and Wisconsin. In 1945 Durrant reestablished his practice in Boscobel in partnership with Raymond G. Bergquist. In 1948 the partners relocated the firm to Dubuque, Iowa, while maintaining a second office in Boscobel, where Durrant continued to live.
In 1959 the partnership was expanded to include George E. Denninger, Jerold W. Dommer, Donovan D. Kramer and Donald P. McGinn."Durrant and Bergquist Architectural Firm Adds Four Partners," Boscobel Dial, April 23, 1959, 1. McGinn withdrew in 1961 and was replaced by Gene P. Gordon."Gordon, Gene P(aul)" in American Architects Directory (New York: R. R. Bowker Company, 1956): 256-257. Bergquist died April 12, 1963, and the firm initially continued without outward change."Death Claims Area Architect," Boscobel Dial, April 18, 1963, 9. A third office in Watertown, Wisconsin was established at the start of 1964,"Durrant & Bergquist Architects Plan Office Expansion," Boscobel Dial, December 12, 1963, 1. and at the end of the year the firm was renamed Durrant-Deininger-Dommer-Kramer & Gordon to reflect all of its partners.La Crosse Tribune, December 26, 1964, 6.
In 1964 a third office was established in Watertown, Wisconsin under the management of Jerold W. Dommer.
Architectural works
=Joseph G. Durrant, 1933–1945=
=Durrant & Bergquist, 1945–1964=
- 1965 – Cowley Hall, University of Wisconsin–La Crosse, La Crosse, Wisconsin
=Durrant-Deininger-Dommer-Kramer & Gordon, from 1964=
Notes
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References
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- 1973: Bio in Iowa Architect for Fellowship https://usmodernist.org/AIAIA/AIAIA-1973-04-05-06.pdf
- 1983: 50th year in business https://www.newspapers.com/image/750524814/?match=1&terms=%22Joseph%20G.%20Durrant%22
- 1985: Wisconsin Architect obit https://usmodernist.org/AIAWI/AIAWI-1985-11.pdf
- 1985: newspaper obit p1 https://www.newspapers.com/image/750509964/?article=e5931256-9024-45a5-bd6c-f17a920238b1&terms=%22Joseph%20G.%20Durrant%22
- 1985: newspaper obit p2 https://www.newspapers.com/image/750510042/?terms=%22Joseph%20G.%20Durrant%22
- Encyclopedia Dubuque https://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php/DURRANT_GROUP_(THE)