Peter J. Linhoff


Peter J. Linhoff was an American architect who designed many houses in St. Paul, Minnesota. He also designed the William J. Fantle House in Yankton, South Dakota, which is individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
He was born in Shakopee, Minnesota, in 1877. He practiced as an architect in St. Paul from about 1903 to 1940. He partnered briefly with Louis Lockwood in 1908, but otherwise worked alone. He died in St. Paul on January 24, 1954.
Works include:
One or more included in Historic Hill District:
Summit East area: Is there a Summit East Historic District, locally listed? Of Linhoff works mentioned in "Summit East" walking tour of the area, five appear not to be in either of the Historic Hill and Summit West historic districts:
  • Donald S. Culver House, 361 Summit Avenue, Elizabethan/Tudor Revival
  • 942 Summit Avenue, Georgian Revival/Colonial Revival
  • Louis Silverstein House, 977 Summit Avenue, Federal Revival/Spanish Colonial Revival
  • Hopewell Clarke House, 1027 Summit Avenue, Georgian Revival and some elements of Prairie Style
  • Anna Busch House, 964 Portland Avenue, Craftsman in style
There are AIA guide listings for a few.