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Rock Island (Ill.) -- Genealogy

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

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Collection on Olof Z. Cervin

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Identifier: MSS 77
Abstract Olof Zakarias Cervin graduated from Augustana College in 1887 and went on to study architecture at Columbia University. After working as an architect in various cities, Olof returned to Rock Island and established his own architecture firm on 1 April 1896. Cervin designed several buildings in Rock Island, Moline, and East Moline, Illinois, including schools, churches, and factories. During World War I, Cervin designed four hundred houses to accommodate the growing wartime workforce in the...
Dates: 1894-1983 and undated