Alfred Hahn

Alfred A. Hahn (1890–1964) was an architect in Toledo, Ohio and the founder of the Hahn and Hayes architectural firm. He designed the United States Post Office in Oberlin, Ohio (1934) .[1][2] It was designed in neoclassical architecture style and dedicated in 1933.[3] The contract for the post office in Oberlin was $85,000.[1]

Hahn along with Harry Hake and Frank Bail designed the Art Deco style Ohio State Office Building (1929) at 65 Front Street in Columbus, Ohio.[4]

Hahn designed the Hillcrest Hotel, also known as Hillcrest Arms Apartment Hotel, at 1603 Madison Avenue in Toledo with H.J. Spieker. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places for Lucas County.[5] The building was still in use in 2008 and part of a forcelosure effort over a loan default.[6]

Hahn's son Alfred A. Hahn, Jr., was also an architect in Toledo architect and became a partner in the firm in 1940.[1]

Projects

References

  1. 1 2 3 Papers of Other Individuals (Group 30) Oberlin College Archives
  2. page 64 in Wilbur A. Phillips, Oberlin Colony: The Story of a Century (Oberlin, 1993)
  3. http://www.ohiochannel.org/your_state/remarkable_ohio/marker_details.cfm?marker_id=106056&file_id=115456
  4. Ohio State Office Building OhioPix (includes pictures of site, building under construction, and completed building
  5. (added 1998 - Building - #98001179) Lucas County NRHP listings
  6. Toledo Biz.com story
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