LONG, LAMOREAUX, & LONG, architects of Minneapolis, Minn. were the designers of the Weyburn Security Bank, 3rd Street at Souris Avenue, WEYBURN, SASK., an exceptional Beaux-Arts landmark and one of the most significant commercial buildings erected in Saskatchewan in the early 20th C. Built in 1910 by American investors as a private banking company, this two storey block was clad in glazed terra cotta, with refined detailing influenced more by American precedents from the Chicago School rather than from the English Edwardian tradition. The architects in Minneapolis sent one of their employees, Benjamin O. Boyum, to supervise the construction of the building, and he remained in Weyburn after completion of the building and operated his own office. The Weyburn Security Bank continued to operate as a private bank until 1931 when it merged with the Imperial Bank of Canada. The building still stands (as of 2016) and is now a provincial designated landmark owned by the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. A complete set of the original architectural drawings for the bank, prepared Long, Lamoreaux & Long and dated 16 April 1910, are held by the regional office of CIBC in Regina.
This Minneapolis firm of architects was founded by Franklin Long (1842-1912) who commenced practise in Minneapolis in 1881, and his firm evolved over the next century with the following partners:
Franklin B. Long, 1881-1884
Long & Kees, 1885 to 1897
Long & Long, 1898 to 1908
Long, Lamoreaux & Long, 1909 to 1912
Long & Lamoreaux, 1912 to 1920
Long & Thorshov, 1920 to 1942
Thorshov & Cerny, 1942 to 1960
The firm can be credited with some of most distinctive Romanesque Revival and Beaux-Arts buildings of Minneapolis including the Masonic Temple (1888, by Long & Long), the Plymouth Office Block (1909-10, by Long, Lamoreaux & Long), and the Central Y.M.C.A. Building (1917, by Long & Lamoreaux). The principal members of the firm of Long, Lamoreaux & Long were:
Franklin Bidwell Long (1842-1912), born in South Bainbridge, New York on 3 March 1842, and trained in the Chicago office of J.C. Cochrane, He moved to Minneapolis in 1868, and later invited his son Louis L. Long to form a partnership in 1898. F.B. Long died at Minneapolis on 24 August 1912 (obituary Western Architect [Minneapolis], xviii, Oct. 1912; biog. Alonzo Phelps, Biographical History of the Northwest, iv, 1890, 71-2; biog. H. Withey, Biographical Dictionary of American Architects, 1956, 378; biog. Alan K. Lathrop, Minnesota Architects: A Biographical Dictionary, 2010, 142-44, illus.).
Lowell A. Lamoreaux (1861-1922), born in Lansing, Minn. on 23 December 1861, he was educated at the University of Minnesota and after graduation he worked in the office of Cass Gilbert, another Minnesota architect who later moved to New York City. He joined the firm of Long & Long in 1899, and was made a full partner in 1909. After the death of F.B. Long in 1912, he continued to practise with his son Louis L. Long until 1920. Lamoreaux died in Minneapolis on 1 February 1922 (obituary Minneapolis Morning Tribune, 2 Feb. 1922, 1; biog. H. Withey, Biographical Dictionary of American Architects, 1956, 361; biog. Alan K. Lathrop, Minnesota Architects: A Biographical Dictionary, 2010, 134-5, illus.).
Louis L. Long (1870-1925), born in Minneapolis in 1870, and the son of F.B. Long. He trained under his father who invited him to form a new partnership of Long & Long in 1898. They were joined by L. A. Lamoreaux in 1909. Louis Long died in California while travelling there on 20 May 1925 (obituary Minneapolis Journal, 21 May 1925, 1; H. Withey, Biographical Dictionary of American Architects, 1956, 378; biog. Alan K. Lathrop, Minnesota Architects: A Biographical Dictionary, 2010, 144, illus.).