But his father was taken sick and died, and the trip was postponed till the following year, when they came to the United States and settled near Willmar, Minnesota.

About ten months were spent abroad, during which he visited England, Scotland, France, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Denmark, Sweden and Norway.

Returning in 1890, he secured a position with Wilson Bros. & Co., Philadelphia, who were then making plans for the new Pennsylvania School for the Deaf at Mt.

But, being resolved to follow his chosen profession of architecture, he opened an office in Faribault, where he was engaged in business on his own account for about three years.

He engaged on a public school building for the city of Faribault, which was won in competition with about twenty architects.