About Joseph A. Shannon
Lived 1859 – 1934 (aged 74–75). Joseph A. Shannon was an American architect.
Joseph A. Shannon (1859-1934), known in at least one source as John A. Shannon, was an architect in Devils Lake, North Dakota.
He has been termed "the city's first true architect". He apparently had no formal degree in architecture, yet applied for certification and became one of North Dakota's first licensed architects in 1917. He designed 17 buildings in Devils Lake, of which 15 survived in 2001, of which the Devils Lake Masonic Temple is the "best example".
Works include (with attribution as given in NRHP documents): Devils Lake Carnegie Library, 623 4th Ave. Devils Lake, ND (Shannon, Joseph A.), NRHP-listed That appears to be a misstatement of local architect Joseph A. Shannon's name.
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Who was Joseph A. Shannon?
American architect (1859–1934)
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Joseph A. Shannon was born in 1859.
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Joseph A. Shannon died in 1934.
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Joseph A. Shannon was an architect.
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Joseph A. Shannon was American.
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