Brinkman and Lenon
| Fred Brinkman | |
|---|---|
| Born |
November 23, 1892 Spokane, Washington |
| Died | October 8, 1961 (aged 68) Flathead County, Montana |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Buildings | Anderson Style Shop, Charles Boles House, Brice Apartments, City Water Department, Cornelius Hedges Elementary School, and Russell School |
| Projects | Several buildings at Montana State University |
Frederick Adolph Brinkman (November 23, 1892 – October 8, 1961) was an American architect based in Kalispell, Montana, and Brinkman and Lenon is a partnership in which he worked. More than a dozen of Brinkman's extant works in and around Kalispell have been listed on the National Register of Historic Places, including the Anderson Style Shop, Charles Boles House, Brice Apartments, City Water Department, Cornelius Hedges Elementary School, Russell School, Linderman School, the Montgomery Ward Store in Kalispell, and the O'Neil Print Shop.
Brinkman was born in Spokane, Washington in November 1892. His father, Gustave A. Brinkman, emigrated from Germany in 1880 and worked as a carpenter. His mother, Amalia (Wagenknecht) Brinkman, emigrated from Germany in 1881. His family moved to Montana while Brinkman was still an infant. Brinkman's father developed a reputation as a master carpenter and cabinetmaker and was reported to have built the first house in Kalispell. At the time of the 1900 United States Census, the family remained in Kalispell. Brinkman also had two younger brothers, Charles E. (born November 1894 in Montana) and Conrad W. (born June 1897 in Montana). The family continued to reside in Kalispell at the time of the 1910 United States Census. Brinkman attended Flathead High School as part of the Class of 1912.
Brinkman attended the University of Wisconsin from 1912 to 1913 and the University of Michigan from 1913 to 1916. He received a Bachelor of Science in Architecture degree from the University of Michigan College of Engineering in 1916. While attending Michigan, he was a member of Tau Sigma Delta and won the AIA Scholastic Medal. In 1916, he began working as an architectural draftsman for Louis Kamper, one of the leading architects of the time in Detroit, Michigan. In a June 1917 draft registration card, Brinkman wrote that he was living in Detroit and was employed as an architect by Kamper. During World War I, he worked on the Panama Canal as a Civil Service Architect while serving as a Lieutenant in the Army Engineers, which he left in 1919.
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