S.S. Voigt Explained

Samuel Siegfried Voigt (1885–1937), commonly known as S.S. Voigt, was an architect based in Wichita, Kansas who specialised in churches and school design. He was reported to have designed about 200 churches and more than 400 schools.

He was born in Leipzig, Germany, and came to Wichita at a young age. He worked for architect F.G. McCune in Wichita and later established his own firm. He died unexpectedly after a short illness in 1937.

"Architect S.S. Voigt did not appear to favor a particular style in his school designs but rather embraced thepopular styles of the times. His early school commissions were Progressive Era/Commercial Style buildings ofthe 1920s". He designed several Collegiate Gothic schools, including in 1921, 1928, and 1930. "By the mid-1930s, hisschool designs reflected Modern and Art Deco stylistic influences." "Kansas schools known to have been designed by Voigt are located in: Beeler, Caldwell, Chase, Coffey County, Derby, Elmdale, Harper, Lakin, Lorraine, Lost Springs, Leroy, Medicine Lodge, Moran, Piedmont, and Uttica, in addition to the 1931 Belleville High School."

Works include:

• St. Paul's African Methodist Episcopal Church (1914), in Wichita
• Westside Presbyterian Church (1915), in Wichita
• Barnes Building (1919), Wichita
• Fourth National Bank Building (1919), Wichita
• Salem Evangelical Church (1920), Wichita
• Rural High School District No. 2 (1921), in Lost Springs, Kansas. Collegiate Gothic.
• Orpheum Theater (1922), Wichita^[1]
• Southwestern Osteopathic Sanitarium (1924), Wichita
• University Friends Church (1925), Wichita
• Midian Shrine Temple (1927), Wichita
• Southern Coffey County High School (1928), in LeRoy, Kansas. Collegiate Gothic.
• Hotel Roberts (1930), Pratt, Kansas, NRHP-listed.^[2]
• Belleville High School (1931)in Belleville, Kansas, NRHP-listed^[3]
• St. Mary's American Syrian Orthodox Church (1935), Wichita^[3]
• Stanley African Methodist Episcopal Church (1937), Wichita^[3]
• Anthony Theater, 220 W. Main St. Anthony, Kansas, NRHP-listed
• First Presbyterian Church of Abilene, 300 N. Mulberry St. Abilene, Kansas, NRHP-listed
• Wolf Hotel, 104 E. Santa Fe Ellinwood, Kansas, NRHP-listed
• Eureka Memorial Hall (1924), Eureka, Kansas,^[4]

Notes and References

1. However other sources say that the Orpheum Theater in Wichita was designed by another architect.
2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Registration: Hotel Roberts / Hotel Parrish· KHRI # 151-145 . National Park Service. Deb Sheals . Andrea Herries . November 2014 . November 19, 2017. With 18 photos from 2014.
3. Web site: Spencer. Brenda R.. National Register of Historic Places Registration: Belleville High School. National Park Service. November 19, 2017. February 11, 2013.
4. Web site: Downtown Eureka - Historic Survey 2018 . Spencer Preservation . 2024-07-05 . www.kshs.org . Brenda . Spencer . August 2018.