Louis Singleton Curtiss (July 1 1865 – June 24 1924) was a Canadian-born American architect. Notable as a pioneer of the curtain wall design he was once described as the Frank Lloyd Wright of Kansas City Missouri. In his career he designed more than 200 buildings though not all were realized. There are approximately 30 examples of his work still extant in Kansas City Missouri where Curtiss spent his career including his best known design the Boley Clothing Company Building.
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birth date
1865-07-01
birth place
Belleville Ontario
death date
1924-06-24
death place
Kansas City Missouri, Missouri
significant building
Missouri, Tarrant County Courthouse, World's Columbian Exposition, Boley Building, Gage County Nebraska, Henry County Missouri, William Rockhill Nelson
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