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JOHN FREDERICK STANTON.
John Frederick Stanton, Kansas State architect, one of the leaders in his profession with years of exacting experience behind him, has been a resident of Topeka since 1887. Mr. Stanton was born July 29, 1862, at Manchester, New Hampshire, and is a son of John M. and Meribah F. (Pike) Stanton.

Mr. Stanton is a descendant of the early New England settlers, his ancestors having come to this country from England in 1636 and located at Salisbury. His father was born at Brookfield, Maine, and his mother at Plymouth, New Hampshire. After completing common and high school courses at Manchester, he took a special course in civil engineering under Joseph B. Sawyer. While interested in this line, before turning his attention to the particular field of art in which he has been so successful, he served two years as assistant city engineer at Manchester, and later was for some time connected with the engineering department of the Stark Corporation in the same city.

With the idea of supplementing his engineering knowledge he took a course of study in architecture, combining both the technical and practical phases of the profession. Later a partnership was formed with W. M. Butterfield and Mr. Stanton began the practice of architecture as a profession; during the following three years they designed some of the best public and private buildings in the State.

In 1887 Mr. Stanton came to Kansas and located at Topeka, taking charge of the office work for J. G. Haskell, at that time the leading architect in the State. For six years he occupied this position and then became a partner. The firm of Haskell & Stanton during the following two years planned many of the best buildings erected, not only in Kansas, but also in Nebraska, Oklahoma, Indian Territory and Missouri.

In 1895 Mr. Stanton was appointed superintendent and assistant State House architect, having in charge the work of finishing the rooms on the first and second stories of the Capitol Building at Topeka.

In 1897 when the Populist party came into power, he was removed for political reasons and immediately entered upon the independent practice of his profession, which he successfully conducted until July, 1899, when the Republican party again took control of State affairs and Mr. Stanton was appointed State House architect. During the succeeding four years he successfully filled this important position and completed the magnificent State Capitol Building. In July, 1903, the State Executive Council appointed him State architect, having in charge the architectural work for all of the various State institutions. This work he so satisfactorily conducted that later when the Legislature changed the law, vesting the appointive power in the Governor, he was, in 1905, again appointed for a term of two years, by Governor Hoch, the appointment being one of the most popular made.

Mr. Stanton was married at St. Joseph, Missouri, on the 24th of November, 1892, to Julia M. Lamb, a daughter of William P. and Margaret Lamb. They have one child, a beautiful little girl named Mildred who with them enjoys the comforts of a substantial home at No. 1211 Western avenue, Topeka. Politically, Mr. Stanton is a stanch Republican and served two terms as president of the Topeka Republican Flambeau Club.