Talk:Fisher & Fisher

Name and continuity of company
As far as I can make out from the history section, the company never was known as Fisher & Fisher. That throws the validity of the article title, and the DYK hook, into question. Can anyone clarify? Was there one company from 1892 to 1978, or a series of different legal entities? Kevin McE (talk) 07:39, 14 December 2011 (UTC)
 * I think that you might be the The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest. (Or perhaps "the Boy" if you have gender issues.) Looking these folks up in Noel's Buildings of Colorado I find about every possible combination of names, but when "Fisher and Fisher" is used it is for a generation later than these guys.  For now perhaps writing "for the firm known as William E. Fisher and Arthur A. Fisher which, at this point, to me, seems to have been the firm's name.  Art in Denver, a 1928 publication refers to them variously as "W.E. Fisher and A.A. Fisher" and ''Fisher and Fisher".  This is something we need to look into, for sure.  Einar aka Carptrash (talk) 15:28, 14 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Later sources use Fisher & Fisher (or Fisher and Fisher) or refer to "the Fisher brothers". It was definitely one company - the continuity initially being the founder (sometimes solo, sometimes with other partners, but for most of the time with his brother) and I have the impression that "Fisher and Fisher" was how they were colloquially referred to, but of course I can't document that. Yngvadottir (talk) 15:52, 14 December 2011 (UTC)
 * A Google book search focused on the early 20th century, using the terms "Fisher & Fisher" and "Fisher and Fisher" yields good results, if the UK solicitors of the same name are ignored. Here are a few examples:
 * 1905 2 Years Transportation Progress, regarding a court case in Colorado among architects
 * 1915 "Fort Collins, Col: Plans have been prepared by Fisher & Fisher, architects, Century Building, Denver, for the construction of power house for the State Agricultural College at Fort Collins, to cost about $20000.
 * 1918 "Fisher & Fisher have drawn plans for a $125000 storage warehouse of concrete, to be built at Fifteenth and Wynkoop..."
 * 1921 "The plans for the new $50000 addition to the hospital have been accepted by the Building Committee and advertisement for bids will soon be made by Fisher & Fisher, the architects."
 * 1929 "The finance committee has commissioned Fisher & Fisher, architects of Denver. Colo., to draw plans for the erection of a new plant."
 * 1933 "Terra cotta sculpture on facade of Denver National Bank, Denver, Colorado, collaborating with Fisher and Fisher, Architects."
 * 1937 "The building will be known as the Railway Exchange Bldg. Fisher & Fisher of Denver are the architects..."
 * I think the article name is okay as Fisher & Fisher. Binksternet (talk) 17:30, 14 December 2011 (UTC)

Thanks, B, for doing the math (as that sort of thing is called here). Since I named the article (I think, I get vague about that sort of thing) in the first place I am okay with leaving it as is. Carptrash (talk) 18:25, 14 December 2011 (UTC)
 * I started the article with the NRHP items that were attributed in the NRHP's NRIS database exactly to "Fisher & Fisher" (should have been 9 items). Carptrash, there could possibly be some more NRHP-listed places that could be added here now, if you'd check further, e.g. search "Fisher" in the available tool.  I just added one item to the article that was attributed there to the spelled out names of both architects.  There could be others by either architect. -- do  ncr  am  19:20, 14 December 2011 (UTC)