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Omeyer & Thori

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Omeyer & Thori was an architectural partnership of Diedrik A. Omeyer (1850-1907) and Martin P. Thori (1864-1905). The two were immigrants from Norway.[1]: 68 

Headquartered in St Paul, a number of the firm's and its individual partners' works are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[2]

By 1905, Omeyer had retired from the firm due to disability and Thori was suffering from tuberculosis; in January 1905 the firm was renamed Thori, Alban & Fisher with the promotion of William L. Alban (1873-1961) and James E. Fisher to a named partners.[3] Thori died from tuberculosis in February 1905.[4]

Works include (with attribution):

References

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  1. ^ a b Hess, Jeffrey A. & Paul Clifford Larson (2006). St. Paul's Architecture. University of Minnesota Press. ISBN 9781452904818.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  3. ^ "Now a Partner." Stevens Point Journal, January 15, 1905.
  4. ^ "Martin P. Thori Dead," The Saint Paul Globe, February 9, 1905.