John F. Staub

John Fanz Staub (September 12, 1892 – April 13, 1981) was an American residential architect who designed numerous traditionally-styled homes and mansions, mostly in Houston, Texas from the 1920s to 1960s. He was a grandson of Peter Staub, who served as U.S. consul to St. Gallen, Switzerland.

Early life Staub was born on September 12, 1892, in Knoxville, Tennessee, to Frederick and Anna Cornelia (Fanz) Staub.

Staub attended high school in Knoxville. He earned his undergraduate degree at the University of Tennessee where he was a member of the Tennessee Kappa chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon. He earned a master's degree in architecture from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1916. River Oaks Country Club, Houston, Texas (1924, demolished) House for John W. Parker, Houston, Texas (1925–26, NRHP 1979) Heights High School, Houston, Texas (1926–27) Bayou Bend for Ima Hogg, Houston, Texas (1927–28, NRHP 1979) Remodeling of the Forum of Civics, Houston, Texas (1927, NRHP 1988) Parish house, Palmer Memorial Episcopal Church, Houston, Texas (1930) Remodeling of house for Joseph Verlinde Vandenberge, Victoria, Texas (1932, NRHP 1986) Texas Memorial Museum, Austin, Texas (1936–38) Lamar High School, Houston, Texas (1937) House for Andrew Jackson Wray, Houston, Texas (1939, NRHP 1993) House for Hugo N. Dixon, Memphis, Tennessee (1940) Eugenia Williams House, Knoxville, Tennessee (1937-1941) M. D. Anderson Hall, Rice University, Houston, Texas (1947) Abercrombie Engineering Laboratory, Rice University, Houston, Texas (1948, demolished 2021) Batts Hall, Benedict Hall and Mezes Hall, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas (1951) Rayzor Hall, Rice University, Houston, Texas (1962)

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