Frederick Albert Hale

Frederick Albert Hale (December 25, 1855 – September 6, 1934)[1] was an American architect who practiced in states including Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming.

He worked for two years after graduating high school as a teacher before enrolling in Cornell University in Ithaca, New York in April 1875.

He was allowed to skip the general curriculum classes with permission from the head of the architecture department, so he only stayed at Cornell for two years until 1877, again working for local architects during his summer breaks.

After receiving his degree, he got a job working as an assistant to James Goold Cutler, a Rochester architect.

[14] A fourth child (and third son) was born on March 17, 1895, when the family was in Salt Lake City, Utah.

[9] He also designed at least one hospital, a courthouse, a baseball park, a power station, two banks, three schools, eight churches, several dorms for the University of Colorado, and eight commercial blocks.

"[6] Hale remained active in Colorado until 1890, when he moved to Salt Lake City, Utah, after being called to design the Commercial National Bank Building.

[4][11] He became partners with Richard K. A. Kletting and Walter E. Ware during his practice in Salt Lake City and was very popular among the wealthy there.

[8] Hale was the director of the Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce and served on the Board of Public Works.