Résumé

Draftsman / architectural designer, Bakewell and Brown, San Francisco, CA, 1913-1919, 1923-1927.

Partner, Bakewell and Weihe, Architects, San Francisco, CA, 1928-1941.

Partner, Weihe, Frick and Kruse, Architects, San Francisco, CA, 1941-1965.

Professional Activties

Member, American Institute of Architects, 1934- c. 1965. (See "Northern California Chapter," Architect and Engineer, vol. 138, no. 3, p. 69.)

Archives

Some papers created by Ernest Weihe are contained in the Weihe, Frick and Kruse Collection maintained at the University of California, Berkeley (UCB), College of Environmental Design (CED) Archives, Berkeley, CA. The CED web site said of this collection: "The bulk of the Weihe, Frick & Kruse collection consists of records documenting Weihe, Frick & Kruse projects. The collection also contains records from predecessor firms of Brown & Frick, and Bakewell & Weihe, as well as material created by the successor firm of William B. Fox. Materials include a few student drawings by Edward Frick and project files and drawings of Frick, and Bakewell & Weihe. Project files and drawings also document Weihe, Frick & Kruse projects, as well as Grace Cathedral, the largest project in the collection." (See University of California, Berkeley (UCB), College of Environmental Design Archives, "Weihe, Frick & Kruse," accessed -7/11/2019.)

College

Weihe was a high school graduate, as noted in the 1940 US Census. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1940; Census Place: San Francisco, San Francisco, California; Roll: m-t0627-00303; Page: 11B; Enumeration District: 38-129, accessed 02/26/2024.)

Coursework, Beaux-Arts Institute of Design (BAID).

Dipl., École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France, 1919-1923. Wiehe won 8 medals while at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris.

College Awards

Recipient, Lloyd Warren Scholarship,1919.

Recipient, 12th Paris Prize from the Society of Beaux-Arts Architects, New York, NY, 1919.

Weihe won the prestigious 12th Paris Prize from the Society of Beaux-Arts Architects, New York, 1919; he won for "The Capitol Building of the League of Nations Building." Weihe was working at the San Francisco Architectural Club at the time, with the patrons, Arthur Brown, Jr., (1874-1957). Harvey Wiley Corbett (1873-1954), and Maurice J. Prévôt (b. 1874).Prévôt won the 1er Second Grand Prix in 1901 and taught at Cornell University between 1904-1906. He later maintained the Atelier Prévôt in New York, NY, until 1912. The program for the competition was developed by Raymond M. Hood. (See Society of Beaux-Art Architects, New York, Winning Designs 1904-1927 Paris Prize in Architecture Lloyd Warren Memorial, [New York: Pencil Points, Incorporated, 1928], plate 12.) Weihe placed first in the competition, with Duncan McLachlan, Jr., second. McLachlan would come in first the following year for his "Great War Memorial for the City of New York" in 1920.

Relocation

Ernest Edward Weihe was born on 04/15/1892 in Winters, CA, a small Yolo County town on the western edge of the Sacramento Valley. Some sources listed his date of birth as 04/15/1893. Because his younger sister Grace was born on 09/12/1893, it is much more likely that Ernest had been born in 1892. This is unless Grace was adopted or very premature, then the correct date could have been 1893.

The Weihes moved from Winters to San Francisco, CA, sometime between 1893 and 1899. It is possible that the severe recession after 1893 necessitated a move.

In 1910, Ernest lived with his parents and three sisters at 1671 Golden Gate Avenue in San Francisco, CA. Four of Ernest's immediate neighbors lived on their "own income." Two of the people were elderly and retired, two were middle-aged. This area of Russian Hill likely had a number of wealthier residents at the time. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1910; Census Place: San Francisco Assembly District 38, San Francisco, California; Roll: T624_99; Page: 3a; Enumeration District: 0199; FHL microfilm: 1374112, accessed 02/26/2024.)

A year after his marriage to Jeannette Lichtenstein, they resided at 1385 Clay Street in San Francisco. (See San Francisco, California, City Directory, 1915, p. 1970.)

On 06/05/1917, Weihe resided at 575 41st Avenue in San Francisco, CA. On his draft registration card, Weihe reported that he had had one month of military service at a training camp near Monterey, CA. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Registration State: California; Registration County: San Francisco Source Information Ancestry.com. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005, accessed 02/14/2024.)

Weihe traveled to Europe in 07/1920 to attend the École des Beaux-Arts. He was here in Paris when his wife applied for a US passport on 10/20/1921 in order to visit him the following month. According to Jeannette's application, She and Ernest planned to visitFrance, the British Isles, Italy, Holland, Belgium and Switzerland and expected to be in Europe for up to one-and-a-half years. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington D.C.; NARA Series: Passport Applications, January 2, 1906 - March 31, 1925; Roll #: 1766; Volume #: Roll 1766 - Certificates: 93750-94125, 27 Oct 1921-28 Oct 1921, accessed 02/22/2024.)

In 1920, Jeannette and Ernest rented an apartment at 148 3rd Avenue in San Francisco. As noted on the 1920 US Census form, Jeannette worked as a public school kindergarten teacher. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1920; Census Place: San Francisco Assembly District 28, San Francisco, California; Roll: T625_140; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 277, accessed 02/22/2024.)

Weihe divorced his first wife sometime in the 1930s. By 1940, he resided with his second wife Nell Barlow in an apartment at 970 Chestnut Street in San Francisco's Russian Hill neighborhood. They paid $53 per month in rent. Nell's mother Julia Barlow (born c. 1860 in England), lived with them at that time. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1940; Census Place: San Francisco, San Francisco, California; Roll: m-t0627-00303; Page: 11B; Enumeration District: 38-129, accessed 02/26/2024.)

Weihe lived in Belvedere, CA, in 1943. (See San Francisco, California, City Directory, 1943, p. 1465.)The 1950 US Census listed Ernest living with Nell Barlow at 20 Cove Road in Belvedere, CA. Julia Barlow continued to reside with the couple ten years later. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Belvedere, Marin, California; Roll: 551; Page: 2; Enumeration District: 21-65, accessed 02/26/2014.)

In either late 1964 or 1965, Weihe and his second wife Nell moved from Marin County to Montecito, CA, near Santa Barbara. Between 1965 and his death in 1968, Weihe and his wife Nell resided at 245 Oak Road in Montecito, CA. (See Santa Barbara, California, City Directory, 1965, p. 745 and Santa Barbara, California, City Directory, 1967, p. 818.) He died in Santa Barbara County, CA, at the age of 75 in 1968 and was buried at the Santa Barbara Cemetery.

Parents

His father was Gustav August P. Weihe (born 12/30/1864 in Mokelumne Hill, CA-d. 03/20/1939 in San Francisco, CA). He wed Maude Hall (born 08/02/1867 in Woodland, CA-d. 10/04/1933 in San Francisco, CA) on 12/08/1889 or 12/09/1889 in Madison, Yolo County, CA. In 1910, Gustav worked as a bookkeeper for a "money broker," according to the US Census. By 1915, Gustav worked as a teacher (probably of accounting) at the Gallagher-Marsh Business College in the city. (See San Francisco, California, City Directory, 1915, p. 1970.) Gustav died in 1939 from heart disease. (See Ancestry.com, Source Information Ancestry.com. California, U.S., San Francisco Area Funeral Home Records, 1895-1985 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010, accessed 02/26/2024.) Maude also passed away from a heart ailment, chronic myocarditis.

Maude's parents were Thomas Hall (born 10/28/1828 in Stark, NY-d. 02/05/1920 in Madison, CA), a farmer, and Rosa Fidelia Hutchins (born 10/18/1833 in Hornell, NY-d. 06/05/1916 in Madison, CA). (See Ancestry.com, Source Information Ancestry.com. California, U.S., San Francisco Area Funeral Home Records, 1895-1985 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010, accessed 02/26/2024.)

Gustav's father Edward Weihe (born 1831 in Prussia-d. 1881 in San Francisco, CA) worked as a grocer in 1870 in San Francisco. Edward's wife Minna Trenschel (born 1845 in Saint Louis, MO-d. 01/16/1920 in San Francisco, CA) married him on 11/17/1863 in Calaveras County, CA, and they had six children,

Ernest had the following siblings: Augusta Maude Weihe Gilley (born 10/11/1890 in Winters, CA-d. 12/19/1979 in Redwood City, CA), Grace Golden Weihe Hoffman Baba (born 09/12/1893 in Winters, CA-d. 09/24/1978 in San Mateo, CA) and Martha Miriam Weihe Menary (born 03/27/1899 in San Francisco, CA-d. 06/06/1955 in San Carlos, CA). In 1910, his two sisters Augusta and Grace worked as stenographers, the elder in a law firm, the younger in a piano sales company. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1910; Census Place: San Francisco Assembly District 38, San Francisco, California; Roll: T624_99; Page: 3a; Enumeration District: 0199; FHL microfilm: 1374112, accessed 02/26/2024.) Ernest's second wife Nell Barlow also worked as a stenographer later in 1940.

Spouse

Ernest Weihe married twice. He married Jeannette Lichtenstein (born 08/09/1880 in CA-d. 11/17/1944 in Alameda County, CA) on 05/19/1914 in San Francisco, CA. Jeannette was about 12 years older than Ernest. Her family immigrated to the US from Poland.

He then wed Nell Ladysmith Barlow (born 01/15/1900 in San Francisco, CA-d. 03/04/1978 in Belvedere, CA) on 12/11/1968 in Carson City, NV, although they may have married earlier, as well. (See Ancestry.com, Source Information Ancestry.com. Carson City, Nevada, U.S., Marriage Index, 1855-1985 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015, accessed 02/26/2024.) In 1940, Nell worked as a stenographer in a glass company office.

Biographical Notes

His World War I draft registration card listed Wiehe as Caucasian, with gray eyes and red hair. He was described as tall and slender. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Registration State: California; Registration County: San Francisco Source Information Ancestry.com. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005, accessed 02/14/2024.)

In 1917, Weihe and his wife Jeannette registered to vote in San Francisco. Both declined to indicate what party with which they affiliated. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation California State Library; Sacramento, California; Great Register of Voters, 1917, accessed 02/22/2024.)

On 05/18/1920, Weihe applied for a US passport, indicating his plans to go abroad by 07/01/1920 and stay for two-and-a-half years. He intended to visit The British Isles, Belgium, France, Holland, Italy and Spain. He also planned to study at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He was set to leave aboard the S.S. Rochambeau, a Compagnie Générale Transatlantique (CGT) liner.

On 07/06/1948, Ernest flew on a US Air Force C-54 transport plane from USAF base at Johnston Island to Honolulu, HI. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Series Title: Passenger and Crew Manifests of Airplanes Arriving At Honolulu, Hawaii, Compiled 02/1937 - 11/1954; NAI Number: A3614; Record Group Title: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787 - 2004; Record Group Number: RG 85, accessed 02/22/2024.)

SSN: 567-50-7841.

• Winters, CA (Architect's Birth)
  Winters, CA

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