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Marshal R. Sanguinet, senior
member of the firm of Sanguinet & Staats, was born in St. Louis,
Missouri on March 18, 1859. He is a son of Marshal P. and Annie E.
(Betts) Sanguinet, of St. Louis, where the father died at the age of
eighty-three. The mother, however, is still living and enjoys
excellent health. Charles Sanguinet, the grandfather of the subject,
was one of the pioneers of St. Louis, and is distinguished as having
been one of the signers of the articles of incorporation which
transformed St. Louis from a village into a city. He lived to reach
the fine old age of ninetyfive years and died in his home city in
1875, esteemed and respected of all who knew him.
In St. Louis, Missouri, Marshal Sanguinet received his early
education, and he supplemented his public school training with
attendance at the St. Louis University and Chatawa College, in Chatawa,
Mississippi, although he did not regularly graduate from either. After
his schooling in these institutions he entered the office of Thomas
Walsh, architect, of St. Louis, and there he took up the study of
architecture in all earnestness, continuing with Mr. Walsh for four
years. He learned much there under the able tutelage of his preceptor,
but recognized the desirability of technical training in a suitable
school, and he accordingly took a course of training at the Washington
University in 1881. His schooling thus completed, the young man went
to Iteming, New Mexico, remaining for six months. He located there in
January, 1883, and in August of the same year he came to Texas,
locating at Fort Worth and starting in business for himself as an
architect. For two years he continued in single harness, then
realizing the advantages to be gathered from a suitable partnership,
began to cast about for a business associate. One Dawson eventually
joined him in business, and the firm of Sanguinet & Dawson came
into being, and continued for three years. He then dissolved the
partnership and joined forces with the well known Major S. B. Haggart,
and the firm became Haggart & Sanguinet. For another three year
period the firm continued thus, after which Mr. Sanguinet became the
associate of Arthur and Howard Messer, the firm becoming known under
the appelation of Messer, Sanguinet & Messer. After two years of
more or less successful association in this connection, the firm was
dissolved by mutual consent and Mr. Sanguinet, for various reasons,
started in business alone, maintaining his position as an independent
operator for six years. He then became the senior member of the firm
of Sanguinet & Staats and the firm has continued for
fourteen years under that name. Success has attended their united
efforts, and no firm of architects and builders in the state has a
better reputation or standing among the public than they.
During
the years of Mr. Sanguinet's activity in his professional character in
this part of the state he has drawn plans for and superintended the
construction of many of the finest buildings in the state of Texas,
notable among which may be mentioned the following: the City National
Bank building; the Joe Brown building; many handsome structures for
Walter Huffman; the Hendricks building; the Fort Worth High School
building; the Eighth Ward School Building; the Arlington Inn; the
Farmers' & Mechanics' National Bank building (six stories); the
First National Bank building a ten-story structure; the State National
Bank building, of twelve stories; the Elks Club; the Thomas Waggoner
residence, built at a cost of $135,000; the Westbrook Hotel,
recognized as one of the handsomest hotel buildings in the state, if
not, indeed, the handsomest; all of these are Fort Worth structures.
In Dallas, the more important of his efforts are the original Wilson
office building, of eight stories; the Carnegie Public Library; the
Wilson office building, of twelve stories; the original Sanger
building, eight stories in height. At Houston may be mentioned the
First National Bank building, an eight story structure; the Carter
Office building, seventeen stories in height; the Y. M. C. A.
building, and the Rosinian Apartments, one of the finest apartment
buildings in the entire south. At Austin may be mentioned the
Scarborough office building, an eight story structure, as a specific
instance of their work in this city, while many another equally
handsome structure has been reared in Austin by this firm. At Waco
their principle effort is the Amicable Life Insurance building,
twenty-two stories in height, and the finest office building to be
found outside of New York City, bar none. At San Antonio the Gibbs
Office building of eight stories, the Frost office building, six
stories, and the Rand Department Store building, another eight floor
structure, comprise their main work, while numerous smaller structures
have been reared under their supervision and planning.
In Fort Worth alone Mr. Sanguinet has built for Winfield.Scott more
than $1,500,0000 worth of buildings, and reaching out into Oklahoma
and Kansas, they have built the Carnegie Library at Oklahoma City and
at Leavenworth, Kansas. The record of achievement of this firm is one
of the fine things of Fort Worth, and any community may well be proud
of the possession of a firm that has added' so much of beauty and
solid development to the country as has the firm of Sanguinet &
Staats.
On
February 6, 1886, Mr. Sanguinet was married to Miss Edna Robinson,
daughter of Dr. W. R. Robinson, and they have three children: Mary
Imogen Sanguinet, born December 16, 1886; Annie Elizabeth Sanguinet,
born September 5, 1888; and Edna Louise Sanguinet, born February 18,
1891. Mr. Sanguinet himself is the eldest son of a family of nine sons
and two daughters, most of whom are yet living. Mr. Sanguinet is a
member of the Catholic church and holds membership in local council
759 Knights of Columbus and B. P. O. E. No. 124 (local lodge). Has
just retired after serving two years as President of Texas State
Association of Architects and he holds membership in American
Institute of Architects and is the president of the Texas chapter of
the same. --
A History of Texas and Texans, Volume 3, Francis
White Johnson, 1914
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