Theatre Architects

Born: 1881 (Arnhem, Netherlands)

Died: 1949 (Lima, Ohio)

Peter Hulsken was born in Arnhem, Netherlands, in September 1881 and attended the Royal Academy, Amsterdam, Netherlands, and later graduated from the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris, France. When he was 24 years of age, Hulsken moved to the United States and worked in the offices of the late Albert Kahn, Detroit. He moved to Lima, Ohio, in 1909 and became a citizen in 1915.

Hulsken was in the architectural profession in Lima, Ohio, for 40 years. His associate, Robert A. Helser, and Mr. Hulsken designed the new Elks lodge in Lima, the Elks home in Bexley, W. Va., and telephone buildings at Delphos, Ottawa, Shelby, Bucyrus and Mt. Vernon. The firm was the associate architects on the new Lima Greyhound bus terminal.

He formerly was co-partner in the Hulsken-Lyman T. Strong firm for 22 years. The organization drafted plans for Coldwater high school, Celina court house, Ohio Power Co. in Lima, Ohio theatre in Lima, theatres in Kenton, Bellefontaine, Wooster, Sandusky and in New York and West Virginia for the Schines Theatrical Co., Inc., and the First National Bank in Findlay.

Hulsken died in early 1949 from complications arising from a broken hip that he sustained in a fall in his house less than two weeks earlier. His wife Elizabeth passed away seven years later, in 1956.

Theatres on this website in which this architect was involved:

Holland Theatre, Bellefontaine, Ohio, USA