Notes for: Frank Lee Bodine
I think his name was actually Francis.
From Ronny Bodine:
Frank Bodine was a 1899 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania with a B.S. degree in architecture. On 12 Sept 1918, he registered for the World War I draft in Ridley Park, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. In 1920-1940, Frank and Ida Bodine were living in Radnor, Delaware County where Frank was engaged as a draftsman in 1920, an architect in 1930 and an architectural draftsman in 1940. The couple had no children. On 12 May 1913, Frank Bodine applied for a passport for himself and his wife, as residents of Philadelphia, furnishing dates and places of birth. The passport was issued 13 May 1913. (Passport Applications, 1906-1925, no. 5768)
***End of info from Ronny.
The following comes from Wikipedia:
Frank Lee Bodine (April 10, 1874-) was an American architect who practiced in Asbury Park, New Jersey and in Orlando, Florida in the first four decades of the twentieth century.
Bodine was born April 10, 1874 in Bridgeton, New Jersey, the son of Jeremiah Nixon Bodine and Annie Alexander Milliken. J. Nixon Bodine was a prosperous glass manufacturer.
Bodine was an 1899 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania with a B.S. degree in architecture. From offices in Asbury Park, New Jersey, Frank L. Bodine designed a number of passenger depots for the Central Railroad of New Jersey, including the Somerville (NJT station), White House (NJT station) and Westfield (NJT station) Westfield. The Somerville depot is especially notable. The 1890 structure is perhaps the most distinctive station in the Raritan Valley, with its large stone arches, variety of dormers and corner turret with bell-shaped roof.
In addition to the many early New Jersey railroad stations, Bodine designed multiple civic, commercial and major residential commissions in New Jersey, New York, and Florida from 1880s to the 1930s. One of the most notable structures he designed is the office building that housed the offices of Woodrow Wilson at the time of his election to presidency and the site of his acceptance.
Another outstanding example of Bodine's work is the Carnegie Library of Bayonne, New Jersey. The library has been named one of New Jersey's 150 best buildings by the American Institute of Architects New Jersey state chapter. It is a simplified Beaux Arts rectangle with a low hip roof and a central recessed entry flanked by a pair of ionic columns. The clean lines combined with restrained classical details give the small building a sense of strength and grace far beyond its size.
On September 12, 1918, Bodine registered for the World War I draft in Ridley Park, Pennsylvania. In 1920-1930, Frank and Ida H. Bodine were living in Radnor, Delaware County. By the mid-1920s they had also established a winter residence in Orlando, Florida, at 15 E. Amelia Avenue, later moving to 1312 Ferncreek Avenue. His office was at 126 South Orange Avenue. Bodine's was one of only 10 architectural firms listed in Orlando in 1926, the others including: Fred E. Field, David Hyer, Murry S. King, George E. Krug, Howard M. Reynolds, Frederick H. Trimble, Ryan and Roberts (Ida Annah Ryan and Isabel Roberts) and Percy P. Turner. Bodine practiced architecture in both states thereafter. The couple had no children.