Blake & Zander was a leading firm of American architects, based in Omaha, Nebraska, active in the 19th century, albeit a short-lived practice.Blake & Zander, Architects – Nebraska State Historical SocietyPen and Sunlight Sketches of Omaha and Environs] – Phoenix Publishing Company (1892), p. 135
From 1890 to 1895, the firm consisted of two carpenter-builders, Joseph Stillman Blake (1835–1898)"Joseph Stillman Blake (1835-1898), Architect" – Nebraska State Historical Society and Ozias M. Zander (1848–1940)."Ozias M. Zander (1848-1940), Architect" – Nebraska State Historical Society The two had separately pursued architecture as a profession prior to their moving to Omaha in the late 19th century. Blake, a Vermont native, arrived via Des Moines, Iowa, in 1887, at which time he formed Blake, Miller & Company, which became Blake & Company the following year. Zander, who hailed from Milwaukee, arrived in 1890, and a partnership with Blake was formed on November 13. In 1892, its office was at 519 New York Life Building in Omaha.
Blake died in Omaha on July 1, 1898, aged 63. He was buried in the city's Forest Lawn Cemetery.Joseph Blake obituary, Omaha World-Herald, July 2, 1898
Zander died in Tacoma, Washington, on October 31, 1940, aged 92. He is buried in the city's Acacia Memorial Park.Ozias M. Zander's obituary –Tacoma News Tribune, November 1, 1940
List of selected works Murray Hotel, Omaha (1888)"Tom Murray, the 'Outcast of Omaha'" – Omaha Daily Herald – by Blake & Company P. G. Karbach & Sons Carriage Factory, 1501 Howard Street, Omaha (c. 1892)Chicago Journal of Commerce and Metal Industries, Volume 61 (1892) Rocco Brothers Building, 511 S 11th Street, Omaha – now on the National Register of Historic PlacesNational Register of Historic Places Inventory -- Nomination Form – Old Market Historic District, National Park Service, 1979 Emery House, 204 S 12th Street, Omaha. Its proprietor was J. T. EmeryMcAvoy's Omaha City Directory, Volume 24 (1898), p. 236 Boyd's Opera House, Omaha
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