Liebbe, Nourse & Rasmussen was an architectural firm in the U.S. state of Iowa. They designed Kromer Flats built in 1905. It designed courthouses, commercial buildings, and residences. Several are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
The firm was established in 1899 as a partnership between Henry Frantz Liebbe (1851 -1927), Clinton C. Nourse, and Edward F. Rasmussen (1867 - 1930). Liebbe was born in Germany. He was in Des Moines by 1873. He married Medora Jones in 1879. He served as state architect from 1904 until his death.NP Gallery
Work Wahkonsa Hotel (1910), 927 Central Ave., Fort Dodge, Iowa College Corner Commercial Historic Business District, Euclid Ave., between Second and Third Aves. Des Moines, IA, NRHP-listed Crawford House (1896), 2203 Grand Ave. Des Moines, IA, NRHP-listed Des Moines City Hall (1910) was designed by four architectural firms: Liebbe, Nourse and Rasmussen, Hallett & Rawson, Wetherell & Gage, and Proudfoot & Bird Ericson Public Library (1901), 702 Greene St. Boone, IA, NRHP-listed First National Bank Building (1908), 629 Central Ave. Fort Dodge, IA, NRHP-listed First National Bank of Mason City (1911), 5-7 N. Federal Ave. Mason City, IA, NRHP-listed Hampton Public Library (1905), one of the Carnegie libraries of Iowa Kromer Flats (1905), 1433—1439 6th Ave. Des Moines, IA, NRHP-listed Municipal Building (1916), 420 Kellogg Ave. Ames, IA, NRHP-listed The Oaklands Historic District, Oakland and Arlington Aves. between Franklin and College Aves. Des Moines, IA, NRHP-listed Perry Carnegie Library Building (1904), 1123 Willis Ave. Perry, IA, NRHP-listed Younker Brothers Department Store, 713 Walnut St. Des Moines, IA, NRHP-listed One or more buildings in the Hampton Double Square Historic District, Downtown Hampton, Iowa, NRHP-listed One or more buildings in the Iowa City Downtown Historic District, NRHP-listed One or more buildings in the Washington and Elizabeth Miller Tract-Center-Soll Community Historic District, NRHP-listed
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