Milton Earl Beebe

Milton Earle Beebe (November 27, 1840 – February 3, 1923) was an American architect who designed numerous buildings in Buffalo, New York, in Fargo, North Dakota, and elsewhere. He designed courthouses "at Warren, Smethport, Cambria, and Huntingdon in Pennsylvania, costing $100,000 each." Several are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. He also designed Early Commercial architecture buildings, residences, churches and public buildings.

Biography Beebe was born November 27, 1840, in Cassadaga, New York. Beebe was the third son of Justus Beebe and Harriet (Quigley) Beebe. He was a Private in the Union Army on September 11, 1861, in Stockton, New York, and was assigned to Company K, 9th New York Cavalry on October 2, 1861. He was promoted to Bugler on October 24, 1861, and received a Disability Discharge on June 20, 1862.

After the war he took up the study of architecture and worked for Wilcox and Porter (especially under C.K. Porter) did carpentry work, and went to Chicago where he studied under Gurdon P. Randall for two years.

Beebe left Buffalo to begin a career in North Dakota, locating first in Bismarck, ND. He relocated to Fargo, ND and practiced there from 1899 to 1911. The M.E. Beebe Historic District includes his workshop, where he designed more than eighty buildings in both North Dakota and Minnesota before retiring to San Diego, CA. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015.

Works

Cambria County Courthouse, built 1880 with Second Empire architecture, Center St. Ebensburg, PA (Beebe,M.E. and Shank,Henry), NRHP-listed ), NRHP-listed Pottsville Courthouse (1892) Greene block, corner Washington and North Division Streets Seymour H. Knox house at 414 Porter Avenue in Buffalo Masten Park High School (1897), built with Italian ceramic terra cotta block, poured concrete roof, decorated with red Spanish tile on the outside and slate shingles on the backside. Destroyed by a 1912 fire. Sprinklers were in the basement where the dynamo was located. Moorhead, Minnesota, public library (1906) was funded by Andrew Carnegie. It was demolished in 1963. J. F. Haven Iron Building on Main Street and Seneca Street. Lewis J. Bennett house in Central Park, Buffalo built for Lewis J. Bennett (1833 - 1925) owner of Buffalo Cement Company and developer of the Central Park area of Buffalo. Tucker Building Zink & Hatch Building at Niagara Street and Eagle Street J. C. Jewett Building at 327 Washington Street

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