Jacques Benedict

Jules Jacques Benois Benedict (April 22, 1879 – January 16, 1948) was one of the most prominent architects in Colorado history, whose works include a number of well-known landmarks and buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Biography Commonly known as Jacques Benedict, he was born in Chicago in 1879, and he studied architecture at the École des Beaux-Arts. He came to Denver in 1909, and became renowned for his many prominent works including homes, churches, academic and public buildings, spanning a range of architectural styles and with a particular gift for melding with natural landscapes. Benedict married June Louise Brown in Denver on February 20, 1912, and was hired to be the architect of the Catholic Archdiocese of Denver, becoming a respected authority on sacred architecture. The architect has been described by his biographer Doris Hulse, as "talented, cultured, eccentric, flamboyant, practical, difficult, opinionated, generous, temperamental, considerate, gentleman farmer, man-about-town", and a number of his works are widely known today.

Benedict died in January 1948 in a Denver hospital.

Works Denver 1901, Park Hill Elementary School, 5050 E. 19th Ave. 1910, McDonough House, 3939 W. 46th Ave 1937, Colorado School of Mines Field House also known as Steinhauer Field House, Illinois and 13th Sts., Golden, Jefferson, also designed Colorado School of Mines emblem

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