William Butts Ittner was an architect in St. Louis, Missouri

Missouri

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. He designed many school buil­dings in Missouri and other areas, was president of the St. Louis Chapter of the American Institute of Architects

American Institute of Architects

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 from 1893–95, was awar­ded an ho­no­rary de­gree by the Uni­ver­sity of Mis­souri in 1930, ser­ved as pre­si­dent of the Ar­chi­tec­tu­ral Le­ague of Ame­rica during 1903–04, and at the time of his death was pre­si­dent of the St. Louis Plaza Com­mis­sion, a fel­low and life mem­ber of the Ame­ri­can In­sti­tute of Ar­chi­tects, and a thirty-third de­gree Mason

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. He was described as the most influential man in school architecture in the United States and has a star on the St. Louis Walk of Fame

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He was appointed St. Louis School Board commissioner in 1897 and is said to have designed open buildings that featured "natural lighting, inviting exteriors, and classrooms tailored to specific needs."

Background

His parents were Anthony F. and Mary Butts Ittner. His father worked at a lead plant and then as a bricklayer before founding Ittner Bros. with his brother Conrad in 1859. William Ittner's father (later a U.S. Congressman) helped establish the trade school from which his son graduated in 1884 "with the first class granted diplomas by Washington University's Manual Training School." He also graduated with a degree in architecture from Cornell University

Cornell University

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, traveled in Europe and married Lottie Crane Allen in St. Louis. He worked in the office of Eames & Young between 1889 and 1891, then practiced alone "before entering brief partnerships, first with William Foster and then with T. C. Link and Alfred Rosenheim

Alfred Rosenheim

Alfred Faist Rosenheim, F.A.I.A. was an American architect and a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects. He was one of the leading architects in Los Angeles, California in the early part of the 20th Century. His major works include the H.W...

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He was elected to the new office of Commissioner of School Buildings for the Board of Education in 1897 and remained in the position until he resigned in 1910. He continued as "consulting architect" to the Board until October 1914. His first school design was Eliot School (1898–99) and his last was Bryan Mullanphy (1914–15).

He is credited with the design of over 430 schools nationwide and has over 35 buildings on the National Register of Historic Places. E shaped schools were said to be his trademark.

Residences

(Still in existence)

• 1891 house at 6034 West Cabanne Place.
• Three Compton Heights houses:
  • 3439 Longfellow (1893)
  • 3013 Hawthorne (1894)
  • 3435 Hawthorne (with Link & Rosenheim in 1895)
• Brick flats at 2137-39 California (1893), built for an estimated $7,000

Schools

• Wyman Elementary, St. Louis (1901)
• Sumner High, St. Louis (1908)
• McClain High School (1915) Georgian Revival with Frank R. Harris at 200 North 5th Street Greenfield, Ohio
  Greenfield, Ohio
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• Central High School, Columbus, Ohio (1924)
• Greenfield Educational Complex Greenfield, Ohio
  Greenfield, Ohio
  Greenfield is a village in Highland, Fayette, and Ross counties in the U.S. state of Ohio, along Paint Creek. The population was 4,906 at the 2000 census...
  
  
• Normandy High School
  Normandy High School (Missouri)
  Normandy High School, is a high school in the town of Normandy, Missouri, in St. Louis County, Missouri.-History:Normandy High was founded in 1923 by a group of educators whose goal was "the ideal high school." They planned a six-year school, from 7th through 12 grades, with plans to add the first...
  
   (1923) in St. Louis
• St. Louis Colored Orphans Home 2612 Annie Malone Drive in St. Louis (Independent City) Missouri
• Charles Sumner High School 4248 W. Cottage Avenue in St. Louis (Independent City) Missouri
• Simmons Colored School 4306-4318 St. Louis Avenue in St. Louis (Independent City) Missouri
• Shelbyville High School at the Junction of Second and Tompkins Streets Shelbyville Indiana
• Missouri State Teachers Association 407 South 6th Street Columbia Missouri
• Park City Junior High School 523 Bertrand Street in Knoxville, Tennessee
• Principia Page-Park YMCA Gymnasium 5569 Minerva Avenue in St. Louis (Independent City) Missouri
• Ramsey High School
  Ramsay High School (Birmingham, Alabama)
  Ramsay Alternative High School is a magnet high school serving about 600 students in the Birmingham City Schools system. It is situated near 12th Avenue South and 20th Street. The school building's site, on a ridge just north of the crest of Red Mountain, near the Five Points South area...
  
   (1930) in Birmingham, Alabama
• Rock Spring School 3974 Sarpy Avenue in St. Louis (Independent City) Missouri
• Robert Alexander Long High School 2903 Nichols Boulevard in Longview, Washington
• Horace Mann School, Missouri 4047 Juniata St. Louis (Independent City) Missouri
• Marshall School 4342 Aldine Ave. St. Louis (Independent City) Missouri
• Missouri Athletic Club
  Missouri Athletic Club
  The Missouri Athletic Club , founded in 1903, is a traditional gentlemen's club and athletic club in Downtown St. Louis, Missouri, USA, with a separate athletic campus in the St. Louis County suburb of Town and Country. The MAC awards the annual Hermann Trophy, the highest award in American...
  
   Building 405-409 Washington Ave. St. Louis (Independent City) Missouri
• Jackson School 1632 Hogan St. St. Louis (Independent City) Missouri
• Lincoln School 815 N. Sherman Aenue in Springfiled Missouri
• Former Niagara Falls High School
  Former Niagara Falls High School
  Former Niagara Falls High School is a historic high school located at Niagara Falls in Niagara County, New York, USA. It was built in 1923-1924 and added to the existing gymnasium structure, and designed by local architect Simon Larke, who also designed the James G. Marshall House. The original...
  
   1201 Pine Avenue in Niagara Falls New York NRHP listed
• Franklin School 814 North 19th Street in St. Louis (Independence City) Missouri NRHP listed
• Grant School, St Louis 3009 Pennsylvania Ave. St. Louis (Independent City) Missouri NRHP listed
• Harris Teachers College 1517 South Theresa in St. Louis (Independent City) Missouri NRHP listed
• Hempstead School 5872 Minerva Avenue in St. Louis (Independent City) Missouri NRHP listed
• Hume-Fogg High School
  Hume-Fogg High School
  Hume-Fogg Academic High School is a public magnet high school located in downtown Nashville, Tennessee, teaching grades 9-12.-History:Hume-Fogg's original incarnation, Hume High School, which opened in 1855 on Eighth Avenue and Broad, was the first public school in Nashville.In 1875 Fogg High...
  
   700 Broad St. Nashville, Tennessee
  Tennessee
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    NRHP listed
• Eliot School 4242 Grove in St. Louis (Independent City) Missouri NRHP listed
• Ralph Waldo Emerson School
  Ralph Waldo Emerson School (Gary, Indiana)
  The Ralph Waldo Emerson School in Gary, Indiana, also known as Gary High School, was built in 1908. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995....
  
   716 E. 7th Avenue in Gary, Indiana
  Gary, Indiana
  Gary is a city in Lake County, Indiana, United States. The city is in the southeastern portion of the Chicago metropolitan area and is 25 miles from downtown Chicago. The population is 80,294 at the 2010 census, making it the seventh-largest city in the state. It borders Lake Michigan and is known...
  
   NRHP listed
• Ralph Waldo Emerson School 5415 Page Boulevard in St. Louis (Independent City) Missouri NRHP listed
• Fairmont Senior High School
  Fairmont Senior High School
  Fairmont Senior High School is a historic secondary school located in Fairmont, West Virginia, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The school serves grades nine through twelve and is part of the Marion County School District...
  
   1 Loop Park Fairmont West Virginia NRHP listed
• Eugene Field School 4466 Olive St. Louis (Independent City) Missouri NRHP listed
• Delaney School 6138 Virginia Avenue in St. Louis (Independent City) Missouri NRHP listed
• St. Petersburg High School
  St. Petersburg High School
  St. Petersburg High School, founded in 1898, is a secondary school located in St. Petersburg, Florida. The school's current building, a historic landmark, was built in 1926 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. The school was billed as the nation's first million dollar...
  
  , St. Petersburg Florida built in 1926. 2501 5th Avenue North in St. Petersburg, Florida NRHP listed
• Soldan High School, 918 Union Boulevard, St. Louis (opened 1927)
• Central High School & Boys Vocational School 115 North James Court South Bend, Indiana NRHP listed
• Central Institute for the Deaf Clinic and Research Building 909 S. Taylor Ave. St. Louis (Independent City) NRHP listed
• Carr School 1419 Carr Street in St. Louis (Independent City)NRHP listed
• Arlington School 1617 Burd Avenue in St. Louis (Independent City) NRHP listed
• Board of Education Building 901-911 Locust St. and 401-409 N. Ninth Street in St. Louis (Independent City) NRHP listed
• Francis L. Cardozo Senior High School at the Junction of 13th and Clifton Streets in Northwest Washington D.C. NRHP listed
• Morton High School (now CIGNA building), Richmond, Indiana
  Richmond, Indiana
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Other buildings

• Missouri Athletic Club
  Missouri Athletic Club
  The Missouri Athletic Club , founded in 1903, is a traditional gentlemen's club and athletic club in Downtown St. Louis, Missouri, USA, with a separate athletic campus in the St. Louis County suburb of Town and Country. The MAC awards the annual Hermann Trophy, the highest award in American...
  
   (building 1916), designed with G. F. A. Brueggeman, at 405 Washington Avenue.
• Scottish Rite Cathedral, St. Louis (1921) at 3633 Lindell Boulevard
• Continental Life Building (1929) at 3615 Olive Street