page_title: Frederick Corser
hierarchical_section_title: Frederick Corser
caption_attribution_description: English: Former North Branch of Minneapolis Public Library, 1834 Emerson Ave. N, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. Viewed from the west, lightly corrected for tilt distortion. This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 77000743
context_page_description: Frederick Gardner Corser was an American architect of homes and public buildings in the U.S. states of Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota, especially in the Minneapolis, Minnesota area.
  He studied architecture at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Corser "served as the editor of Western Architect, as architect for the Minneapolis Fire Department for an unspecified period of time, and was a charter member of the Western Association of Architects, a forerunner of the state AIA organization."
  He died at his home in Minneapolis on September 3, 1924.
  Buildings that he designed include:
  Church of St. Stephen, 1888-1889, Minneapolis
  Wesbrook Hall, University of Minnesota, 1895–1896, Minneapolis
  Little Sisters of the Poor Home for the Aged, 1895, Minneapolis
  Minneapolis Public Library, North Branch
  Kenneseth Israel Synagogue, Minneapolis
  Frank Griswold residence, ca. 1885, Minneapolis,
  Fargo Central High School, 1882, Fargo, North Dakota
  Emerson Cole residence
  The first four are buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Griswold residence, on Nicollet Island, is part of the Saint Anthony Falls Historic District on the National Register.
context_section_description: Frederick Gardner Corser (June 12, 1849 – September 3, 1924) was an American architect of homes and public buildings in the U.S. states of Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota, especially in the Minneapolis, Minnesota area.
  He studied architecture at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  Corser "served as the editor of Western Architect (1902-1905), as architect for the Minneapolis Fire Department for an unspecified period of time, and was a charter member of the Western Association of Architects (1884), a forerunner of the state AIA organization."
  He died at his home in Minneapolis on September 3, 1924.
  Buildings that he designed include:
  Church of St. Stephen, 1888-1889 (built in 1891), Minneapolis
  Wesbrook Hall, University of Minnesota, 1895–1896, Minneapolis
  Little Sisters of the Poor Home for the Aged, 1895, Minneapolis
  Minneapolis Public Library, North Branch
  Kenneseth Israel Synagogue, Minneapolis
  Frank Griswold residence, ca. 1885, Minneapolis,
  Fargo Central High School, 1882, Fargo, North Dakota
  Emerson Cole residence
  The first four are buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places.  The Griswold residence, on Nicollet Island, is part of the Saint Anthony Falls Historic District on the National Register.
caption: Minneapolis Public Library, North Branch
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