Nikolai Ludwig Jakob Thamm (also Tamm; June 12, 1867 – December 21, 1948) was an Estonian architect.
Early life and education Nikolai Thamm Jr. was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia, the son of the architect Nikolai Thamm Sr. (1834–1907) and Maria Helene Thamm (née Oelcker, 1841–1894). In 1887 he graduated from Reval Peter the Great Science High School (now Tallinn Secondary School of Science) and in 1895 from the Higher Art School at the Saint Petersburg Academy of Arts.
Career From 1895 to 1907, Thamm worked as a junior engineer in the construction department of the Estonian provincial government and also as a teacher at Peter the Great Science High School. From 1917 to 1919 he worked in Russia, and from 1921 to 1927 he worked as an architect in the construction and apartment department of the Ministry of Defense in Tallinn.
Works 1896–1900: assistant to Mikhail Preobrazhensky in construction of Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Tallinn 1901: Harjumägi Concert Hall in Tallinn (destroyed) 1901–1902: supervised construction work on the Russalka Memorial on Kadriorg Beach in Tallinn 1903: Residential building at 28 in Tallinn 1907: Residential building at 6 in Tallinn 1909: Green Market Chapel at 34A in Tallinn (with Nikolai Kheraskov) 1924: Naval crew barracks at 76 in Tallinn 1931: Tallinn Old Believers Chapel extension at 6 in Tallinn 1932: Residential building at 8 in Tallinn 1934: Rakvere Catholic Church on in Rakvere (demolished in 1973) 1938: Kodasema Catholic Center in Järva County
Awards and recognitions 1903: Order of Saint Anna, third class
Official rank 1913: State councillor
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