Joseph Jacobberger (March 19, 1869March 18, 1930) was an American architect based in Portland, Oregon. He partnered with Alfred H. Smith in the firm Jacobberger and Smith.
Early life Jacobberger was born on March 19, 1869, in Lautenbach, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France to cousins Hubert Jacobberger and Josephine Jacobberger.Archives du Haut-Rhin, Lautenbach, Naissances, 1863-1872, p. 91, https://archives.haut-rhin.fr/ark:/naan/a011455803220OAt3EJ/674d49a646 The Jacobbergers immigrated to the United States in 1872.New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957, http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=nypl&h=13837821&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=ptJacobberger's obituary in The Oregonian stated that he was 62 years old at his death in 1930 and that his family immigrated when he was two years old. Another view is that his family immigrated in 1871 after the Franco-Prussian War, and he died one day before his sixty-first birthday. However, the obituary contains other information that is undisputed. The family moved to Omaha, Nebraska, where Hubert Jacobberger became a building contractor. Joseph Jacobberger later attended Creighton University, graduating c1887.
He worked briefly in Minneapolis then worked with A.R. Saunders in Tacoma prior to settling in Portland in 1890. In Portland, Jacobberger began as a draftsman in the firm Whidden & Lewis.
Career Jacobberger left Portland in the 1890s and worked with Frank Chamberlain Clark in the Los Angeles offices of Frank Roehrig. He returned to Portland in 1900 and began to build his own practice.
An early contract was the campus design at the University of Portland, known in 1901 as Columbia University. Jacobberger began an association with the Catholic Archdiocese of Portland that resulted in several design projects, although during his first decade as an independent architect in Portland, Jacobberger preferred residential designs and small commercial projects.
In 1912 Jacobberger formed a partnership with Alfred H. Smith that would continue until 1930. The firm Jacobberger and Smith was responsible for many buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Death Jacobberger suffered a heart attack in 1930. While recovering, he had another attack and died one day before his 61st birthday.
Works A partial list of Jacobberger's and the firm's works include (with individual or joint attribution): Josef Jacobberger House (1906–07), 1502 SW. Upper Hall St. Portland, Oregon (Jacobberger, Josef), NRHP-listed Daniel J. Malarkey House (1909), 2141 SW Hillcrest Pl., Portland, (Jacobberger, Joseph), NRHP-listed Boschke-Boyd House (1910), 2211 NE Thompson St. Portland, (Jacobberger and Smith), NRHP-listed Markle-Pittock House (1928 renovation), 1816 SW Hawthorne Terr., Portland, (Jacobberger & Smith), NRHP-listed
Auto Rest Garage, 925-935 10th Ave., SW, Portland, (Jacobberger & Smith), NRHP-listed Calumet Hotel, 620 SW Park St., Portland, (Jacobberger, Jacob), NRHP-listed James C. and Mary A. Costello House, 2043 NE Tillamook, Portland, (Jacobberger, Joseph), NRHP-listed Frank E. Dooly House, 2670 NW Lovejoy St., Portland, (Jacobberger, Josef), NRHP-listed Giesy-Failing House, 1965 SW. Montgomery Pl., Portland, (Jacobberger & Smith; Jacobberger, Joseph), NRHP-listed Hibernian Hall, 128 NE Russell, Portland, (Jacobberger, Joseph & Smith, Alfred), NRHP-listed Joseph Jacobberger Country House, 5545 SW Sweetbriar Street, near Portland, NRHP-listed Lombard Automobile Buildings, 123-35 NW Broadway;134 NW 8th Ave., Portland, (Jacobberger, Joseph), NRHP-listed McDougall-Campbell House, 3846 N.W. Thurman St., Portland, (Jacobberger, Joseph), NRHP-listed Monastery of the Precious Blood, 1208 SE 76th, Portland, (Jacobberger & Smith), NRHP-listed Jacques and Amelia Reinhart House, 7821 S.E. Thirtieth Ave., Portland, (Jacobberger & Smith), NRHP-listed Dr. James Rosenfeld House, 2125 SW Twenty-first Ave., Portland, (Jacobberger, Joseph), NRHP-listed St. Mary Roman Catholic Church (Eugene, Oregon), 1062 Charnelton St., Eugene, Oregon (Jacobberger, Joseph).Gimpl, Sr. Caroline, S.N.J.M. et al. St. Mary Parish Centennial: St. Mary Catholic Church 1887-1987. Express Press Printing and Graphics, Eugene, Oregon, 1987. p. 17. Alfred H. and Mary E. Smith House, 1806 SW High St., Portland, (Jacobberger, Joseph), NRHP-listed Walter V. Smith House, 1943 SW. Montgomery Dr., Portland, (Jacobberger, Joseph), NRHP-listed Villa St. Rose, 597 N. Dekum St., Portland, (Jacobberger, Joseph), NRHP-listed Frank M. Warren House, 2545 NW. Westover Rd., Portland, (Jacobberger, Joseph), NRHP-listed Aquinas Hall, B.P. John Administrative Building, and Flavia Hall, Marylhurst University Emma Austin House, 49 Briarwood Rd., Lake Oswego, (Jacobberger, Joseph, attributed), Classic Houses of Portland, Oregon, William Hawkins III. Timber Press Inc., 2005. Page
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