Frederick Kees

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Frederick G. Kees was born in Maryland in 1852. He eventually settled in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1880 after working as a draftsman.[1] In 1885, Kees partnered with Franklin B. Long to form the architectural firm Long and Kees. After designing more than 13 buildings (including the Minneapolis City Hall), Kees ended the partnership.[2] He went on to partner with Serenus Colburn to create the firm Kees and Colburn which survived until 1925, the year of Colburn's death.[3] Kees died two years later, in 1927.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Millett, Larry (1992). Lost Twin Cities. Minnesota Historical Society. ISBN 978-0873512732. 
  2. ^ Long and Kees (2007).
  3. ^ Kees and Colburn (2007).