Benno Janssen

Benno Janssen was an American architect.

Benno Janssen was born in St. Louis, Missouri, the son of Oscar Janssen and Thekla Susenbeth. Janssen studied at the University of Kansas. In 1899, he began working in architecture in Boston, Massachusetts. He also continued his studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 1902, Janssen headed for Paris, France, and further studied at the cole des BeauxArts. In 1905, he returned to the United States to work in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, for the architectural firm MacClure amp Spahr. Janssen left that firm, along with Franklin Abbott, to form their own partnership in 1906, Janssen amp Abbott, which remained active until Abbotts retirement in 1918. Janssen next joined with William York Cocken in 1922, and together they started the architectural firm Janssen amp Cocken.

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