Joseph Jacobberger

Joseph Jacobberger (March 19, 1869 – March 18, 1930) was an American architect based in Portland, Oregon. He partnered with Alfred H. Smith in the firm Jacobberger and Smith.

Early life Jacobberger was born on March 19, 1869, in Lautenbach, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France to cousins Hubert Jacobberger and Josephine Jacobberger. The Jacobbergers immigrated to the United States in 1872. The family moved to Omaha, Nebraska, where Hubert Jacobberger became a building contractor. Joseph Jacobberger later attended Creighton University, graduating c1887.

He worked briefly in Minneapolis then worked with A.R. Saunders in Tacoma prior to settling in Portland in 1890. In Portland, Jacobberger began as a draftsman in the firm Whidden & Lewis. He returned to Portland in 1900 and began to build his own practice.

An early contract was the campus design at the University of Portland, known in 1901 as Columbia University.

Death Jacobberger suffered a heart attack in 1930. While recovering, he had another attack and died one day before his 61st birthday. Alfred H. and Mary E. Smith House, 1806 SW High St., Portland, (Jacobberger, Joseph), NRHP-listed Walter V. Smith House, 1943 SW. Montgomery Dr., Portland, (Jacobberger, Joseph), NRHP-listed Villa St. Rose, 597 N. Dekum St., Portland, (Jacobberger, Joseph), NRHP-listed Frank M. Warren House, 2545 NW. Westover Rd., Portland, (Jacobberger, Joseph), NRHP-listed Aquinas Hall, B.P. John Administrative Building, and Flavia Hall, Marylhurst University Emma Austin House, 49 Briarwood Rd., Lake Oswego, (Jacobberger, Joseph, attributed), Classic Houses of Portland, Oregon, William Hawkins III. Timber Press Inc., 2005. Page