The National Association of Builders convened in Chicago March 29th,
1887, and continued in session three days. This convention was composed
of representatives of the building trades from almost every section of
the country. They came together for the purpose of perfecting the
organization of a National Association in pursuance of a call which had
been made by a committee which met in Boston the previous January.
Delegates were present from twenty-seven cities, as follows:
Cleveland, Ohio: Thos. Simmons, H. Kickheim, John T. Watterson, S.
W. Watterson.
Milwaukee, Wis.: Thos. Mason, Garrett Dunck, John Laugenberger,
Richard Smith.
Charleston, S. C.: D. A. J. Sullivan, Henry Oliver.
Nashville, Tenn.: Daniel S. Wright.
Detroit, Mich.: Thos. Fairbairn, W. E. Avery, W. J. Stapleton, Jas.
Roche, W. G. Vinton.
Minneapolis, Minn.: Thos. Downs, F. B. Long, H. N. Leighton, Geo.
W. Libby, Herbert Chalker, F. S. Morton.
Baltimore Md.: John Trainor, John J. Purcell, Geo. W. Hetzell, Wm.
H. Anderson, Wm. Ferguson, Philip Walsh, Geo. Mann.
Chicago, Ill.: Geo. Tapper, P. B. Wight, Geo. C. Prussing, W. E.
Frost, F. V. Gindele, A. W. Murray, J. B. Sullivan.
St. Paul, Minn.: Edward E. Scribner, J. B. Chapman, E. F. Osborne,
G. J. Grant, J. H. Donahue, J. S. Burris, J. W. Gregg.
Buffalo, N. Y.: Chas. Berrick, John Feist, Chas. A. Rupp.
Cincinnati, Ohio: J. Milton Blair, L. H. McCammon, I. Graveson,
Jas. Allison, H. L. Thornton, J. C. Harwood, Wm. Schuberth, Jr.
Philadelphia, Pa.: John S. Stevens, Chas. H. Reeves, D. A.
Woelpper, Geo. Watson, Wm. Harkness, Jr., Geo. W. Roydhouse, Wm.
Gray.
Columbus, Ohio: Geo. B. Parmelee.
St. Louis Mo.: Andrew Kerr, H. C. Lindsley, John R. Ahrens, John H.
Dunlap, Anton Wind, Richard Walsh, Wm. Gahl.
Indianapolis, Ind.: John Martin, J. C. Adams, Fred Mack, G. Weaver,
C. Bender, Wm. P. Jungclaus, Peter Rautier.
New Orleans, La.: A. J. Muir, H. Hofield, F. H. West.
Boston, Mass.: Leander Greely, Ira G. Hersey, John A. Emery, Wm.
Lumb, J. Arthur Jacobs, Francis Hayden, Wm. H. Sayward.
New York City: A. J. Campbell, A. G. Bogert, John Byrns, John
McGlensey, Marc Eidlitz, John J. Tucker.
Troy, N. Y.: C. A. Meeker.