Henry Gibel

{{short description|American architect}} {{Infobox person | name = Henry Gibel | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = June 1858<ref>''1900 United States Federal Census''</ref> | birth_place = Zürich, Switzerland | death_date = August 23, 1906 (aged 48) | death_place = Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. | death_cause = | resting_place = Mount Olivet Cemetery | resting_place_coordinates = | nationality = | other_names = | known_for = | education = | alma_mater = Polytechnic School, Zurich | employer = | occupation = Architect | title = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | political_party = | boards = | spouse = Louise Jeck | children = 3 daughters | parents = | relatives = }}

'''Henry Gibel''' (June 1858 – August 23, 1906) was a Swiss-born American architect. He designed many buildings in Tennessee, some of which are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

==Early life== Henry Gibel was born in Zürich, Switzerland.<ref name="connellyjstor">{{cite journal|last1=Connelly|first1=John Lawrence|title=Old North Nashville and Germantown|journal=Tennessee Historical Quarterly|date=Summer 1980|volume=39|issue=2|pages=115–148|jstor=42626068}}</ref><ref name=nrhpdoc-ThirdBaptist>{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=79002427}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Third Baptist Church / Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church and Parsonage |publisher=National Park Service|author=David H. Paine |date=August 1979 |accessdate=December 13, 2017}} With {{NRHP url|id=79002427|photos=y|title=eight photos from 1979}}.</ref> He graduated from the Polytechnic School, Zurich.<ref name="patrick184">{{cite book|last1=Patrick|first1=James|title=Architecture in Tennessee, 1768-1897|date=1981|publisher=University of Tennessee Press|location=Knoxville, Tennessee|isbn=9780870496318|oclc=43699123|page=184|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JOIMXAKnCfAC&q=Henry+Gibel&pg=PA184}}</ref> He emigrated to the United States, settling in Nashville in the 1880s.<ref name=nrhpdoc-ThirdBaptist/> thumb|right|The Third Baptist Church in Nashville, designed by Gibel. thumb|right|The Knights of Pythias Pavilion in Franklin, designed by Gibel.

==Career== Gibel became an architect in Tennessee. He designed churches in North Nashville, including the Second Presbyterian Church on the corner of 9th and Monroe Streets, or the Third Baptist Church, at 906 and 908 Monroe St. in Nashville, Tennessee, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.<ref name="connellyjstor"/><ref name=nrhpdoc-ThirdBaptist/> He also designed houses like the one on the corner of Monroe Street and Arthur Avenue.<ref name="connellyjstor"/> In Franklin, he designed the Knights of Pythias Pavilion, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.<ref name="npsform">{{cite web|title=Historic Resources of Williamson County: Knights of Pythias Pavilion|url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/b04d8da1-27fe-480a-b994-372f58bee57d|website=National Park Service|publisher=United States Department of the Interior|accessdate=December 13, 2017}}</ref>

As a partner in the architectural firm Thompson, Gibel, and Asmus,<ref name="dissolution">{{cite news|title=DISSOLUTION|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/119570471/?terms=%22Henry%2BGibel%22|accessdate=December 14, 2017|work=The Tennessean|date=May 18, 1906|page=11|via=Newspapers.com|url-access=registration }}</ref> Gibel designed the Mitchell House in Lebanon, Tennessee.<ref name="npsmitchell">{{cite web|title=Mitchell House|url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/AssetDetail?assetID=684e2b61-d90e-4440-b05d-d076bb1c46e6|website=National Park Service|publisher=United States Department of the Interior|accessdate=December 14, 2017}}</ref> They also designed the Nashville Arcade,<ref name=nrhpdoc-ThirdBaptist/> the American National Bank Building, and the Gray & Dudley Hardware Company Building in Nashville.<ref name="henrygibelaugust24">{{cite news|title=Henry Gibel.|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/118867257/?terms=%22Henry%2BGibel%22|accessdate=December 13, 2017|work=The Tennessean|date=August 24, 1906|page=6|via=Newspapers.com|url-access=registration }}</ref>

Gibel advertised his services in the ''Confederate Veteran''.<ref name="confederateveteran1897">{{cite journal|title=Architecture.|journal=Confederate Veteran|date=1897|volume=5|pages=189; 228; 333|publisher=Sumner Archibald Cunningham|location=Nashville, Tennessee|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Zx9EAQAAMAAJ&q=Henry+Gibel}}</ref>

==Personal life and death== On May 26, 1887, Gibel married Louise Jeck, who was born in Hessen, Germany and moved to Nashville at 18.<ref name="wifesobit">{{cite news|title=Mrs Louise Gibel Dies; Funeral Today|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/108995623/?terms=%22Henry%2BGibel%22|accessdate=December 14, 2017|work=The Tennessean|date=April 12, 1949|page=26|via=Newspapers.com|url-access=registration }}</ref> They had three daughters,<ref name="wifesobit"/> and they resided at 1215 7th Avenue, North in Nashville, Tennessee.<ref name="henrygibelaugust24"/><ref name="obituaryaugust25">{{cite news|title=Obituary. Henry Gibel.|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/118867409/?terms=%22Henry%2BGibel%22|accessdate=December 13, 2017|work=The Tennessean|date=August 25, 1906|page=6|via=Newspapers.com|url-access=registration }}</ref>

Gibel died on August 23, 1906.<ref name="henrygibelaugust24"/> His funeral was held at the German Methodist Episcopal Church, and he was buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery.<ref name="henrygibelaugust24"/><ref name="obituaryaugust25"/> His widow died in 1949.<ref name="wifesobit"/>

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