Frederick Gardner Corser (1849–1924) was an American architect of homes and public buildings in the U.S.

United States

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 states of Minnesota

Minnesota

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, North Dakota

North Dakota

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, and South Dakota

South Dakota

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, especially in the Minneapolis, Minnesota

Minneapolis, Minnesota

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 area.

He studied architecture at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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. Corser "served as the editor of Western Architect (1902-1905), as architect for the Minneapolis Fire Department for an unspecified period of time, and was a charter member of the Western Association of Architects (1884), a forerunner of the state AIA organization."

Buildings that he designed include:

• Church of St. Stephen
  Church of Saint Stephen (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
  The Church of Saint Stephen is an historic Roman Catholic church located at 2211 Clinton Avenue South, in the Whittier neighborhood of Minneapolis in the U.S. state of Minnesota. This neighborhood is where entrepreneurs and businessmen built their mansions in the modern-day Washburn-Fair Oaks...
  
  , 1888-1889 (built in 1891), Minneapolis
• Wesbrook Hall, University of Minnesota
  University of Minnesota Old Campus Historic District
  The University of Minnesota Old Campus Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, includes a number of buildings on the Minneapolis campus that date back to the oldest days of the university.-Eddy Hall, 1886:...
  
  , 1895–1896, Minneapolis
• Little Sisters of the Poor Home for the Aged, 1895, Minneapolis
• Minneapolis Public Library, North Branch
  Minneapolis Public Library, North Branch
  The Minneapolis Public Library, North Branch building is a library in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It was designed in 1893 by architect Frederick Corser. When it was opened, it was claimed to be the nation's first branch library to have open shelves so patrons could browse for books on their own,...
  
  
• Kenneseth Israel Synagogue, Minneapolis
• Frank Griswold residence, ca. 1885, Minneapolis,
• Fargo Central High School, 1882, Fargo, North Dakota
• Emerson Cole residence

The first four are buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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. The Griswold residence, on Nicollet Island

Nicollet Island

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, is part of the Saint Anthony Falls Historic District

Saint Anthony Falls

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on the National Register.