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If you have found this file through a source other than the MNArchives Table Of Contents you can find other Minnesota related Archives at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/mn/mnfiles.htm Please note the county and type of file at the top of this page to find the submitter information or other files for this county. FileFormat by Terri--MNArchives Made available to The USGenWeb Archives by: Laura Pruden Submitted: June 2003 ========================================================================= Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ======================================================== submitted by Laura Pruden, email Raisndustbunys@aol.com ======================================================== EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical AUGUSTUS JOHN ARCHAMBO - Vol III, pg 184-187 In the passing of Augustus John Archambo, on the llth of April, 1923, Minneapolis lost one of her representative citizens and one who had contributed in marked degree to the development and improvement of the city. His birth occurred in Fulton, New York, on the 13th of August, 1860, his parents being Augustus and Caroline (Pratt) Archambo, both of whom were natives of the Empire state. The father, who was born in 1831, died in 1885, while the mother, whose natal year was 1837, was called to her final rest in 1920. In the acquirement of his early education Augustus John Archambo attended the public schools of his native city and subsequently enrolled in Syracuse University of New York. He took an engineering course and after putting aside his textbooks was employed as a civil engineer by the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad, the New York, West Shore and Buffalo Railroad, the Great Northern and the Great Western railroads. On the latter two roads he was chief of the civil engineering department. In 1884 and 1885 Mr. Archambo learned the heating business and in 1886 went into partnership with the Martin & Taft Company. In 1889 he established the Archambo, Broadbent & Morse Company, which later became the Archambo & Morse Company and in 1892 became the Archambo Heating Company, with Mr. Archambo as president. In the year 1906 the facilities for the installation of all mechanical equipment, including steam turbines, plumbing, ventilating apparatus, such as mammoth fans, blowers, etc., and all electrical appliances for hotels, etc., was-added and the firm name was changed to the Archanvbo Heating & Plumbing Company. This company is now one of the oldest and best known of its kind in Minneapolis. Following is a list typical of the buildings in which Mr. Archambo installed the mechanical equipment: the Leamington Hotel, McKnight building, Central Public Library, City Hospital buildings, Curtiss Court buildings, new North West Bell Telephone building, West high school, South high school and many other public schools, Western Electric Company building, Deere-Weober building, St. Paul Seminary buildings, Alice Shevlin Hall and other buildings at the University of Minnesota, many buildings at Fort Snelling and numerous smaller buildings, such as apartments and residences. He likewise installed mechanical equipment in many federal buildings and other structures, extending throughout all the states in the Northwest and also in Montana and Wyoming. Mr. Archambo erected for himself in Minneapolis the Archambo building, a three-story structure located at Nos. 315-17-19-21 Fifth avenue South. He was also owner and builder of a forty-five apartment building at No. 225 West Fifteenth street, known as the Archambo apartments. Mr. Archambo lived with his family at No. 302 Oak Grove street, which residence he purchased from ex-Lieutenant Governor Ray Jones. On the 25th of June, 1890, at Baraboo, Wisconsin, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Archambo and Miss Sarah Evison Bell, a daughter of William and Mary Carmen Bell. Her father was a native of England, in which country he was reared to manhood, and the mother was born in Pennsylvania. To Mr. and Mrs. Archambo the following, children were born: Maybell, who is now the wife of Robert R. Cahn; Esther, who is deceased; Erna; and Robert John. The Archambo family are consistent members of the Westminster Presbyterian church. After attaining his majority Mr. Archambo gave his political allegiance to the republican party and the principles for which it stands. He maintained an active interest in party affairs, although he never sought nor desired political preferment. Along the line of his profession Mr. Archambcr'won prominence. He was one of, the organizers of the Builders and Traders Exchange, now known as the Builders Exchange, and he was one of the first officers of that organization. He was likewise identified with the Master Plumbers & Fitters Association and with the Society of Heating & Ventilating Engineers. The success that he achieved was well merited, for it was the result of his own intelligently directed efforts, keen foresight and stanch determination. He stood high among the foremost business men of Minneapolis and was accorded the confidence and esteem of all who knew him, and his memory will ever be cherished in the hearts of his family and friends.