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Childs & Smith was an American architectural firm active in Chicago from 1912 until 1970, when it was acquired by Welton Becket & Associates of Los Angeles. The founders and named partners of the firm were Frank A. Childs and William Jones Smith.

History and biography

 * https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Construction_News/YN9aAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0 (partnership announcement and bios)
 * https://archive.org/details/sim_architectural-record_1932-06_71_6/page/n107/mode/2up?q=%22O.+H.+Breidert%22
 * https://archive.org/details/sim_inland-architect_1958-04_1_8/page/n9/mode/2up?q=%22O.+H.+Breidert%22 (Smith obit)
 * https://archive.org/details/sim_interiors_1970-03_129_8/page/30/mode/2up?q=%22and+expand+childs%22 (merger)


 * 1912 office established in Peoples Gas Building, 122 S Michigan
 * 1919 office moved to Steinway Hall, 64 E Van Buren
 * 1924 office moved to 720 N Michigan
 * 1934 office moved to 430 N Michigan
 * 1947 office moves to Civic Opera Building, 20 N Wacker
 * 1965 David J. Tamminga appointed vice president
 * 1966 Stuermer leaves firm
 * 1974 office moves to 200 W Adams
 * 1974 December 5 Kuglin replaced as director by George S. Hammond, Becket employee since 1958

Mechanical engineer Charles R. Kuglin was admitted to the partnership in 1953.

In 1960 the firm was incorporated with Breidert as president and Childs as chairman of the board of directors. Over the next few years new principals were added: Ray Stuermer in 1962, William J. Scheidemantel in 1964 and David J. Tamminga in 1965. Childs died in 1965 and Stuermer and Scheidemantel left in 1966 and 1969, respectively. In 1970 the firm was acquired by Welton Becket & Associates, a large firm based in Los Angeles, and was reorganized as its Chicago office. Kuglin and Tamminga became senior vice presidents of the Becket firm, with Kuglin being appointed director of the Chicago office and Tamminga as director of production. In 1974 the firm moved from its long-time home in the Civic Opera Building to the 200 West Monroe Building, an office building which the office had completed in 1973. Shortly thereafter Kuglin retired as director and was replaced by George S. Hammond, a Becket employee since 1958. In 1976 Tamminga, the last remaining principal of Childs & Smith, left to join Burnham & Hammond.

Architectural works

 * 1917 Russell Sage Hall, Lawrence University, Appleton, Wisconsin
 * 1919 Lawrence Memorial Chapel, Lawrence University, Appleton, Wisconsin
 * 1920 Willard D. Purdy Junior High and Vocational School, 110 W 3rd St, Marshfield, Wisconsin
 * NRHP-listed
 * 1922 Hardware Mutual Insurance Companies Building, 1421 Strongs Ave, Stevens Point, Wisconsin
 * NRHP-listed
 * 1923 First National Bank Building, 201 W 2nd St, Davenport, Iowa
 * NRHP-listed
 * 1925 First United Methodist Church, 325 E Franklin St, Appleton, Wisconsin
 * 1926 C. B. Clark Jr. house, 617 E Wisconsin Ave, Neenah, Wisconsin
 * 1926 Northern States Life Insurance Company office building, 5935 Hohman Ave, Hammond, Indiana
 * NRHP-listed
 * 1927 Apartment building, 1448 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago
 * 1927 Jackson High School, 544 Wildwood Ave, Jackson, Michigan
 * 1929 American Bankers Insurance Company Building, 43 E Ohio St, Chicago
 * Demolished
 * 1930 Gary United Methodist Church, 224 N Main St, Wheaton, Illinois
 * 1931 Bartlett Hall, Alfred University, Alfred, New York
 * 1931 Lincoln High School, 311 Lincoln St, Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin
 * 1932 Binns-Merrill Hall, Alfred University, Alfred, New York
 * 1933 Seidlin Hall, Alfred University, Alfred, New York
 * 1936 Campana Factory, 901 N Batavia Ave, Batavia, Illinois
 * NRHP-listed
 * 1938 Valentine Chicago Boys Club, 3400 S Emerald Ave, Chicago
 * 1941 Employers Mutual Liability Company office building, 407 Grant St, Wausau, Wisconsin
 * 1952 Mather Home, 1615 Hinman Ave, Evanston, Illinois
 * Demolished
 * 1952 Wauconda High School, 555 N Main St, Wauconda, Illinois
 * 1953 Libertyville High School, 708 W Park Ave, Libertyville, Illinois
 * 1954 Utica Mutual Insurance Company office building, 180 Genesee St, New Hartford, New York
 * 1955 Marathon County Courthouse, 500 Forest St, Wausau, Wisconsin
 * 1956 Eleanor Residence, 1550 N Dearborn Pkwy, Chicago
 * Demolished
 * 1956 Michigan Millers Mutual Insurance Company office building, 2425 E Grand River Ave, Lansing, Michigan
 * 1957 Broad Meadows Middle School, 50 Calvin Rd, Quincy, Massachusetts
 * 1959 Maine West High School, 1755 S Wolf Rd, Des Plaines, Illinois
 * 1961 St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company office building, 385 Washington St, St. Paul, Minnesota
 * 1967 George S. Parker High School, 3125 Mineral Point Ave, Janesville, Wisconsin
 * 1968 Building 223, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois
 * 1971 Kemper Insurance Companies office building, 1 Corporate Dr, Lake Zurich, Illinois
 * 1973 200 West Monroe Building, 200 W Monroe St, Chicago