Paul Due

Paul Due (13 August 1835 – 26 February 1919) was a Norwegian architect and significant contributor to the stations built by the Norwegian State Railways.

Biography Paul Due was born in Kristiansand, Norway. He graduated in engineering science at Leibniz University Hannover in the years 1852–1856. After graduating, he traveled to the United States, where he was first assistant in the United States Coast Survey, then from 1857 to 1859 employed at the architectural office in Chicago and then in New York City, where he executed drawings for renovation of City Hall. From 1860 to 1865 he lived in Charleston, Virginia. Among other things he planned fortifications at Richmond, Virginia for the Confederacy during the American Civil War. After ending their cooperation in 1890, Due worked as a railway architect for the Norwegian State Railways until 1912. During this period he designed more than 150 railway stations, including the stations at Hamar, Kristiansand, Levanger and Kornsjø.

Due was co-founder and chairman of the Norwegian Engineering and Architectural Association.

Personal life Paul Due was born in Christiania as the son of Oluf Christian Due and Anna Catharine Vibe, and through his father a nephew of Prime Minister Frederik Due. He married Francisca Wilhelmine Witte (1834–1918) in 1858, while they were living in Texas. They had six children. One of their sons was noted architect Paul Armin Due.

Selected work of Due & Steckmest

1872 - Parkveien 43, Oslo 1873–1875 - the Lykkeberg villa in the Lykkeberg park, Fredrikstad 1873 - Tenements at Inkognitogaten 16, Oslo 1875 - The 'Onsumslottet' building at St. Halvards gate 33, Oslo, 1875 - Due's own villa at Inkognitogaten 14, Oslo 1877 - Parkveien 41a, Oslo 1880–1881 - The buildings at Sehesteds plass, Oslo 1881 - Uranienborg terrasse 11, Oslo 1883 - St. Edmund's Church, Oslo 1885–1889 - The buildings at Solli plass, Oslo 1887 - The 'Ringnesslottet', Colletts gate 43, Oslo 1889 - Uranienborg terrasse 9, Oslo 1889 - Stenersgata 24, Oslo