Weiss, Leon C.

Submitted by Mike Miller

Weiss, Leon C., B. E., M. E., Ala., 621 Maison Blanche building, New Orleans, La., was born at Farmersville, Union parish, La., Dec. 10, 1882; son of Theodore and Lena (Silverstein) Weiss, the former of whom was born at Ingwiller, Alsace, German Empire, and the latter at New Orleans, La. Leon C. Weiss was educated at the public schools of New Orleans, including the boys' high school, and Tulane university, of that city, graduating with distinction from the latter institution in mechanical-electrical engineering, with the degree of B. E., in 1903, followed by the degree of M. E. in 1905. He was engaged in teaching in the department of technology at Tulane university during the year 1904-1905. Following the date of the latter degree, Mr. Weiss was associated with Mr. Keenan, under the firm name of Keenan & Weiss, Architects, for about 7 years, but since 1912 has followed his profession under his own name alone. In the course of his professional experience Mr. Weiss has designed many of the most modern and architecturally perfect structures that have been erected in New Orleans and the adjacent territory in recent years, among which it may not be amiss to mention the Jewish synagogue at Alexandria, La.; home buildings for the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks at Clarksdale, Miss., and at Vicksburg, the same state; the Hancock county courthouse at Bay St. Louis, Miss.; the Mexican Gulf hotel at Pass Christian, Miss., the Alexandria, Fern, Arcadia and Washington apartment houses at New Orleans, and a number of the handsomest and most commodious residences in New Orleans, Vicksburg and surrounding country, in addition to various important mercantile buildings, warehouses and factory structures. Mr. Weiss is a member of New Orleans Lodge, No. 30, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Tulane college alumni association, alumni association of Tulane university of Louisiana, New Orleans Association of Commerce, and Louisiana Chapter American Institute of Architects, being a member of the committee on public information and the executive and judiciary committees, and also treasurer in the latter organization, likewise being a member of the national body of the American Institute of Architects. Dec. 30, 1908, Mr. Weiss was married to Miss Berta Evelyn Hirsh, a daughter of Joseph and Emma (Gotthelf) Hirsh, of Vicksburg, Miss. Theodore Joseph Weiss, their son, was born Nov. 29, 1909.

Louisiana: Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form (volume 3), pp. 459-460. Edited by Alcée Fortier, Lit.D. Published in 1914, by Century Historical Association.