John H. Felt

Administration building at Northwest Missouri State University

John H. Felt (1867, Indiana – 1938, Missouri) was an architect who designed many churches, schools, and government buildings in Missouri and Kansas.

He was born in Indiana and moved to St. Joseph, Missouri in 1898 where he formed J.H. Felt & Company.

In 1937 he moved to Kansas City where he was senior at the firm Felt, Dunham & Kriehn, and in 1936 following Mr. Dunham's withdrawal, continued under the name of Felt & Kriehn.[1]

Among the buildings he designed are the Administration Buildings at Northwest Missouri State University and Emporia State University[1] and the Boone County, Missouri Courthouse.[2]

In 1904 he became publisher of Modern Architecture magazine.[3][4]

Buildings on the National Register of Historic Places

Felt has multiple structures in two historic districts, a city hall and two schools on the National Register of Historic Places.[5]

Ref Property Address City Listed
02000817Krug Park Place Historic DistrictRoughly bounded by St. Joseph Ave., Myrtle St., Clark St., and Magnolia Ave.,St. Joseph, Missouri2002-08-01
04000088Hicklin School (Lexington High School)MO 24Lexington, Missouri2004-02-24
85000455Greenfield Courthouse Square Historic DistrictRoughly bounded by North, Hinchman, South and Pennsylvania Sts.Greenfield, Indiana1985-03-07
79001362City HallMO 111Forest City, Missouri1979-06-27
96001381George Washington Carver School909 WestministerFulton, Missouri1996-12-02
08001208 Charles Barr House 25 W. Walnut St.Greenfield, Indiana 2008-12-22

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