Fred Friedline
Kentland's Renaissance Man
Sources
- American Elevator and Grain Trade, 15 Aug 1902
- Obituary, Lyons Kansas
- John Friedline, nephew
- Various trade publications and search results
His life:
Quick Bio
- Born in Somerset Co. Pennsylvania, 1875
- Died in Chicago hospital 1942
- Lived in Kentland 1911-1922, 1937-1942
- Specialized in reinforced concrete and grain systems
- Kentland Garage and Machine Shop
- His son Fred Jr. lived his whole life in Kentland
Early Life
- His father was a millwright, carpenter, and farmer
- By age 14 he was building things
- Windmill
- Working violin
- Educated as a teacher at Cooper Memorial Institute
- Taught school for several years
- Licensed architect, engineer, and surveyor
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Friedline Family in Kansas, ca. 1895
Galveston, Texas September 8, 1900
- Friedline was there building an elevator
- On the harbor shore
- He had to swim to escape the storm
- His structure was the only one left standing
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Elevator at Galveston TX 1900
Grain Storage Structures
He was in the area by 1904
D. P. Simison & Co. are rebuilding their elevator at Romney, Ind., which burned a few weeks ago.
The new elevator will be metal-clad and have a storage capacity of between 25,000 and 30,000 bushels. It will cost about $30,000 and will be larger and more modern than the burned house.
The engine and boilers will be placed in a separate building, thus lessening the chance of a fire.
Henderson & Friedline of Lafayette, Ind., have the contract.
American Elevator and Grain Trade, 15 Jun 1904
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1912 Grain Trade Magazine
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Elevator at Ade
The Indiana Reformatory
Construction Superintendent
- McCray was in office
- Previous prison at Madison had burned
- Spent two years there, 1922-23
- 1924-1935
- Many corn-based and other food products
- Cedar Rapids and New Orleans
- Oversaw construction and modernization
- Over fifty production facilities in the US
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His work:
Kentland
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Indiana Reformatory at Pendleton
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- Josiah and Stella Shonkwiler Portteus
- Built 1915-1016
- House, barn, "oil house," chicken house, outhouse
- Farmstead dates to 1860s
- Several original structures remain
Features
- Extensive use of reinforced concrete
- Indiana's first central vacuum system
- Elaborate interior work by Herman Diedam
- Integrated well/rain water system
- In-house power plant
- Intended for self-sufficiency
- Apiary
- Orchard
East view
Southeast view
Southwest View
View from northwest barn loft
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View from SR71, northeast
Orchard Lake
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Note the little boy on fence
Kentland Garage and Machine Shop
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American Garage & Auto Dealer, 1916
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Local Newspaper Ad, 1919
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Fred Jr.?
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Rensselaer Residences
- Bert Hopkins
- Maud Spitler (N. Van Rensselaer)
- Willis (now Hoffman) Home Ave.
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Willis Home (now Hoffman) ca. 1936
Did He,
or
Didn't He?
Note arch motif
Lemna Home on 5th
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Former Molter Law office
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