page_title: George Feick
section_title: George Feick & Company
hierarchical_section_title: George Feick / George Feick & Company
caption_attribution_description: English: Front of the former Erie County Jail (now a part of the Sandusky Library), located at 204 W. Adams Street in Sandusky, Ohio, United States. Built in 1883, it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
context_page_description: George Feick was a German-American builder in Sandusky and Oberlin, Ohio. His works include the Wyoming State Capitol, multiple buildings at Oberlin College, and numerous office buildings, churches, schools, libraries and residences in and around Sandusky. Several of his works are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
context_section_description: When Adam Feick died in 1893, the brothers' construction business became known as George Feick & Company.  Adam's son, John Adam Feick, became affiliated with the company at that time.  Working with his nephew, Feick continued to build a number of important structures, including First Congregational Church (1895), Zion Lutheran Church (1898), the law building at Ohio State University and three buildings at Oberlin College.  In the early 1900s, Feick's sons Emil Augustus and George, Jr., began working in the business, and the company's name was changed to George Feick and Sons.  Around this time, nephew John Adam Feick left the business and began operating his own construction business.  In 1905, Feick and Sons built the Edwards Gymnasium at Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware, Ohio.  Feick's son, George, Jr., later became an architect in the partnership Purcell, Feick & Elmslie.
  Feick built numerous buildings in Sandusky, including commercial buildings in the city's business district, residences, churches and schools.  He built Sandusky High School in 1915.  In 1916, he built an eight-story office building in downtown Sandusky that is still known as the Feick Building.
  Feick had begun doing construction work for Oberlin College while in partnership with brother Adam.  Oberlin remained one of Feick's most significant clients for more than 25 years.  By 1912, Feick maintained offices in both Sandusky and Oberlin.  In addition to the works constructed in partnership with brother Adam, Feick's further work at Oberlin College includes: Severance Chemical Laboratory, built from 1899 to 1901 at a cost of $75,000; Warner Gymnasium, built from 1900 to 1901; Finney Memorial Chappel, built from 1907 to 1908 at a cost of $135,000; the college's Carnegie Library, built from 1907 to 1908 at a cost of $155,600; Rice Memorial Hall, built from 1909 to 1910 at a cost of $110,000; the Men's Building, built from 1909 to 1911 at a cost of $460,000; Keep Cottage, built from 1911 to 1913 at a cost of $45,500; and the Jacob Dolson Cox Administration Building, built from 1913 to 1915.
  Feick also built libraries in several communities in northern Ohio, including New London, Milan, Norwalk, Shelby, and Mansfield.  He also built the station for the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway in Painesville, Ohio.  Other works include the Savings Bank and Mohican blocks at Mansfield, Ohio, the Hotel and Administration Building for the Lakeside Association at Lakeside, Ohio, and the St. Joseph's Church at Marblehead, Ohio.  Following his death, the Sandusky newspaper wrote:
  In the days of George Feick, the builder was an artist.  The stone was hewn to an exactitude ... Men like George Feick, Sr., to whom building was in a way the product of their artistic selves, regret the passing of this phase of building.  They miss the beauty put into them.
  Several of Feick's works are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
  In addition to his construction business, Feick was also a Mason, a Sandusky city councilman, president of the Sandusky Telephone Company, and a director of the Citizen's Banking Company in Sandusky.
caption: Erie County Jail
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