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{{Short description|American architectural partnership}}
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'''Omeyer & Thori''' was an architectural partnership of '''Diedrik A. Omeyer''' (1850-1907) and '''Martin P. Thori''' (1864-1905).  The two were immigrants from Norway.<ref name=hesslarson>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XJpU3PKUiG8C&q=omeyer+thori&pg=PA68 |title=St. Paul's Architecture |author1=Hess, Jeffrey A. |author2=Paul Clifford Larson  |name-list-style=amp |publisher=University of Minnesota Press |year=2006|isbn=9781452904818 }}</ref>{{rp|68}}
Headquartered in St Paul, a number of the firm's and its individual partners' works are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name=nris>{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>
By 1905, Omeyer had retired from the firm due to disability and Thori was suffering from tuberculosis; in January 1905 the firm was renamed Thori, Alban & Fisher with the promotion of William L. Alban (1873-1961) and James E. Fisher to a named partners.<ref>"Now a Partner." ''Stevens Point Journal'', January 15, 1905.</ref> Thori died from tuberculosis in February 1905.<ref name=ThoriCroaks>"Martin P. Thori Dead," ''The Saint Paul Globe'', February 9, 1905.</ref>
Works include (with attribution):
*William H. and Ida Garland House, 846 W. Fairmount Ave., St. Paul "a typically florid production of Norwegian Americans Omeyer and Thori"<ref name=hesslarson/>{{rp|69}}
*[[Arcadia Free Public Library]], 406 E. Main St. [[Arcadia, WI]] (Omeyer, Diedrik A.), NRHP-listed<ref name=nris/>
*[[Bank of Long Prairie]], 262 Central Ave. [[Long Prairie, MN]] (Omeyer & Thori), NRHP-listed<ref name=nris/>
*[[Old Main (Augsburg University)]], 731 21st Ave., S. [[Minneapolis, MN]] (Omeyer, Didrik A.; Thori, Martin P.), NRHP-listed<ref name=nris/>
*[[Norman County Courthouse]], 16 E.3rd Ave. [[Ada, MN]] (Omeyer & Thori), NRHP-listed<ref name=nris/>
*[[Old Main, Augustana Academy]], Lawler and Second Sts. [[Canton, SD]] (Omeyer & Thori), NRHP-listed<ref name=nris/>
*[[Park Region Luther College]], 715 W. Vernon Ave. [[Fergus Falls, MN]] (Omeyer & Thori), NRHP-listed<ref name=nris/>
*[[St. Olaf College#Overview of the campus|Steensland Library-St. Olaf College]], Off St. Olaf Ave. [[Northfield, MN]] (Omeyer & Thori), NRHP-listed<ref name=nris/>
*[[Luther Seminary|United Church Seminary]], 2481 Como Ave. [[St. Paul, MN]] (Omeyer, Didrik A.; Thori, Martin P.), NRHP-listed<ref name=nris/>
*[[Ada Village Hall]], 404 W. Main St. [[Ada, MN]] Thori, Martin P., et al.
*[[William E. Coleman House]], 500 Missouri Ave. [[Deer Lodge, MT]] Ameryre & Thorie
*[[Cottonwood County Courthouse]], 900 3rd Ave. [[Windom, MN]]  Omeyer & Thori
*[[Metropolitan Opera House (Iowa Falls, Iowa)]], 515 Washington St. [[Iowa Falls, IA]] Omeyer & Thori
*[[Nerstrand City Hall]], Main St. [[Nerstrand, MN]] Thori, Alban, & Fisher
*[[St. Olaf College#Overview of the campus|Steensland Library-St. Olaf College]], Off St. Olaf Ave. [[Northfield, MN]] Omeyer & Thori
*One or more works in [[Northwood Central Avenue Historic District]], roughly, Central Ave. W near 5th St. to 9th St. on the East [[Northwood, IA]] (Omeyer & Thori), NRHP-listed<ref name=nris/>
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