Peter Frank Jacobsen

P. Frank Jacobsen, and his younger brother Theodore, were born in Nelson. Their father Johann Sigismund Martin Jacobsen was a builder and designer, and both sons were trained by him in Christchurch. Frank established the partnership of Jacobsen and Peez in c.1880 and moved to Wellington in 1888. The Jacobsen brothers formed a partnership which designed about 20 buildings over a ten year period. The partnership dissolved in c.1890 and Theodore moved to Palmerston North in c.1893. Frank remained in Wellington and designed at least 13 houses, two club buildings, a shop and the Shamrock Hotel.

 

Sources:

Mew, Geoff & Adrian Humphris. “Raupo to Deco: Wellington Styles and Architects 1840 – 1940” (Wellington: Steel Roberts Aotearoa, 2014)