George Feick Jr. - Adam's nephew has buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places under Purcell, Feick and Elmslie - "George Feick did not completely share the intense dedication of Purcell and Elmslie to the new architecture, and in 1913 left Minneapolis to rejoin his father's business in Sandusky, Ohio." - http://www.factbites.com/topics/George-Grant-Elmslie

"In 1905 Purcell moved farther up the coast to Seattle, Washington, where he worked for several months in the office of A. Warren Gould. Purcell's father, who was afraid of the effects of the region's weather on the health of his son, offered to send him on a year-long tour of Europe. Accepting the offer, Purcell contacted his former classmate, George Feick, Jr., and two men agreed to meet in New York.

"In April,1906 Purcell and Feick were greeted upon their landing at Naples, Italy, by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. After visiting Florence and Venice, they traveled across Greece to Constantinople and by June had returned to western Europe. Purcell was keen to seek out the best contemporary design and, remembering a suggestion made by Elmslie he stopped in Holland to visit the architect H. P. Berlage. Berlage received him warmly and the two established a long-lasting friendship. Purcell was also successful in his efforts to reach Scandinavia, where he met progressive architects Ferdinand Boberg and M. Nyrop. These contacts added to his growing desire to commence his own work and shortly after returning to the United States, Purcell moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota, to open an office in partnership with George Feick, Jr."

Purcell, Feick and Elmslie/Purcell and Elmslie Firms: Historical Note - http://special.lib.umn.edu/findaid/xml/naa003.xml

"Early in 1907, Purcell and George Feick traveled by train from Chicago and after arriving in Minneapolis they took rooms in a boardinghouse, rented an office on the tenth floor of the New York Life Building, and mailed out engraved cards announcing the new architectural partnership of Purcell & Feick. For the next two and a half years, they worked to establish their credentials as earnest practitioners of the Sullivan derived "function and form," or organic, architecture. ...

"Many early business relations sprang from contacts with friends of his father or grandfather. This growing network of small town businessmen, especially bankers, would eventually broaden opportunities for commissions in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, and the Dakotas. From contacts in his home town of Sandusky, George Feick, Jr., brought business to the office from Ohio, particularly speculative houses and an office building done for his father, a construction contractor..."

http://www.prairiestyles.com/purcell.htm

"In 1906 he returned to Oak Park for a short stay and shortly thereafter left for Europe and Asia with former college classmate George Feick Jr. [Nephew of Adam Feick]

"Upon their return to the United States in 1907, Purcell and Feick established their partnership in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The firm was known for designing churches, residences and various types of civic and commercial buildings throughout California, Connecticut, Massachusetts and the Midwest. They received their first bank commission in 1907, the unrealized First National Bank in Winona, Minnesota. Their design for the bank, which was derived from Wright’s Unity Temple, was rejected for a more classical design. It was not until 1911 that Purcell, Feick & Elmslie (who had joined the firm in 1909) got their chance to execute a bank in Winnona, the Merchants Bank Of Winona. Over the course of a decade the firm had executed over 70 buildings along with numerous other unrealized designs, making them the most productive of the Prairie School architects.

"In 1913 George Feick Jr. left the firm, while Purcell and Elmslie continued their partnership officially until 1922."

"The Minneapolis Institute of the Arts Unified Vision website.  Beautifully crafted online exhibit on Prairie Style architecture in Minnesota, including works by Louis Sullivan, Frank Lloyd Wright, George Washington Maher, and the partnership of William Gray Purcell, George Grant Elmslie, and George Feick.  Includes detailed tour maps for those interested in visiting the sites in person, as well as an excellent virtual tour of the Purcell's own house in Minneapolis."