Works of J. F. Alexander & Son, Architects, Lafayette, Indiana
The firm of J. F. Alexander & Son. began c.1872 and continued until c.1917-1918. During its five-decade history, the firm became the most prominent in Lafayette and the surrounding area prior to the emergence of the firm of Nicol, Scholer & Hoffman in the 1920s.
Read a history of the firm of J. F. Alexander & Son.
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| Centennial School, 1876 Lafayette, Indiana |
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| John B. Wagner House, 1879 Lafayette, Indiana |
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| Remodeling of interior of Heath Block, 1879 Lafayette, Indiana |
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| Superintendent of Construction for Tippecanoe County Courthouse, 1881-1885 (Elias Max, architect) Lafayette, Indiana |
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| Zimri Dwiggins House, 1882 Oxford, Indiana |
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| Leopold Block, 1882 Rensselaer, Indiana |
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| Northern Lake Ice Co. Ice House, 1884 Lafayette, Indiana |
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| Henry Taylor House, 1884 Lafayette, Indiana |
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| German Methodist Episcopal Church, 1885 Lafayette, Indiana |
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| Addition to Chauncey School (built 1876), 1886-1887 Chauncey (West Lafayette), Indiana |
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| LaFayette High School, 1889 Lafayette, Indiana |
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| Electrical Laboratory Building , 1889 Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana |
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| Columbian School, 1893-1894 Lafayette, Indiana |
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| Oakland School, 1895 Lafayette, Indiana |
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| Fraser & Isham Building, 1895 Fowler, Indiana |
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| Pottlitzer Block, 1895 (later remodeled as the Murdock Building) Lafayette, Indiana (attributed) |
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| Old People’s Home, 1895-1896 Indiana State Soldiers' Home |
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| Dining Hall & Widows' Home, 1895-1896 Indiana State Soldiers' Home |
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| Hospital, 1895-1896 Indiana State Soldiers' Home |
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| Adjutant’s & Quartermaster’s Building, 1895-1896 Indiana State Soldiers' Home |
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| Comissary / Lawrie Library, 1895-1896 / 1909 Indiana State Soldiers' Home |
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| Power & Laundry Building, 1895-1896 Indiana State Soldiers' Home |
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| Prototype Standard Cottages, 1895-1896 Indiana State Soldiers' Home |
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| Chapel & Assembly Hall, 1897 Indiana State Soldiers' Home (attributed) |
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| West Side Methodist Episcopal Church, 1897-1898 West Lafayette, Indiana |
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| Oakwood School , 1898-1899 West Lafayette, Indiana |
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| Elwood City Building, 1899 Elwood, Indiana |
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| Eastern Indiana State Normal School, 1898-1899 (Ball State University) Muncie, Indiana |
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| Stinespring-Murdock Block, c.1900 (Von's and The Chocolate Shop) West Lafayette, Indiana (attributed) |
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| Offices of the Wabash Valley Sanitarium, c.1900 Lafayette, Indiana (attributed) |
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| Potter (Thieme & Schuessler) Building, 1901 Lafayette, Indiana |
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| Washington School , 1900-1901 Lafayette, Indiana |
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| West Lafayette Baptist Church , 1901 West Lafayette, Indiana |
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| Jeptha Crouch School ( Fairfield Twp. No. 6), 1901 Lafayette, Indiana |
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| Remodeling of Grand Opera House, 1901
(built 1872-1873, Edwin May, architect) (later the Dryfus Theater) |
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| George Beasley House, 1902 Lafayette, Indiana (attributed) |
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| Tipton Public Library, 1902-1903 Tipton, Indiana (attributed) |
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| North (First) Ward School, 1903 Frankfort, Indiana |
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| Hoopeston Public Library, 1904-1905 Hoopeston, Illinois |
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| Brook High School, 1904 Brook, Indiana (attributed) |
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| Madison Township (Clinton County) Public School, 1904 Mulberry, Indiana |
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| Madison Township (Montgomery County) Public School, 1905 Linden, Indiana |
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| West Lafayette High School, 1905-1906/1915 West Lafayette, Indiana |
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| Training School, 1905 Indiana State Normal School, Terre Haute, Indiana |
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| Indiana Pythian Building, c.1906-1907 Indianapolis, Indiana |
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| YMCA Building , 1906-1907 Lafayette, Indiana |
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| Plans and Supervision of Addition of Elevator, 1906 Tippecanoe County Court House Lafayette, Indiana |
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| Family Theatre (remodeling of 2nd Presbyterian Church), 1907 Lafayette, Indiana (attributed) |
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| Indiana State Normal Library, 1909-1910 Indiana State Normal School, Terre Haute, Indiana |
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| Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 1909-1911 Lafayette, Indiana (attributed) |
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| F. A. Smith/O. P. Freiburg House, 1913 Lafayette, Indiana |
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| Remodeling of 424 Main Street, July, 1914
(for a Chicago-based restaurant) Lafayette, Indiana |
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| Lafayette Loan & Trust Building , 1914 Lafayette, Indiana |
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| Vinton Building, c.1917 Lafayette, Indiana |
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| Lafayette Life Building, 1918-1919 Lafayette, Indiana |















































