Zick & Sharp

Zick & Sharp

Company type	Architectural practice
Industry	Architecture
Founded	1949
Founder	Walter Zick, Harris Sharp
Defunct	1980
Fate	Partner Walter Zick retired; continued as Harris Sharp & Associates
Headquarters	Las Vegas , United States
Area served	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Key people	Walter Zick, Harris Sharp

Zick & Sharp, formally known as Walter Zick & Howard Sharp, was an architectural practice located in Las Vegas, Nevada, active between 1949 and 1980. The firm was led by partners Walter Zick and Harris Sharp.

Partner biographies

Walter Frederick Zick was born in New York City on May 2, 1905. He obtained a Bachelor of Architecture degree in 1928 and a Master of Education in 1932, both from the University of Southern California. By the late 1930s, he operated an architectural practice in Alhambra, California. In 1945, Zick joined Richard Stadelman & Associates in Las Vegas amid the Flamingo project's growth. After departing from Stadelman in 1948, he chose to remain in Las Vegas and established the firm Zick & Sharp alongside Harris Sharp in November 1949. Zick retired in 1980 and passed away ten years later.

Harris Perry Sharp was born on September 2, 1919, in El Paso, Texas. His education included studies at the University of Arizona and the University of New Mexico, culminating with a Bachelor of Architecture from USC in 1943. Before partnering with Walter Zick, Sharp gained experience at several firms and became a partner at A. Lacey Worswick's office in 1947. The collaboration with Zick began in 1949 under the name Zick & Sharp. Following Zick’s retirement in 1980, the company continued operations as Harris Sharp & Associates.

Zick & Sharp, 1949–1980

• 1952 – Lomie G. Heard Elementary School, located at Nellis Air Force Base, Clark County, Nevada
• 1955 – Moulin Rouge Hotel, situated at 900 W Bonanza Rd, Las Vegas (demolished in 2010)
• 1955 – Twin Lakes Shopping Center, found at 1048 N Rancho Dr, Las Vegas
• 1956 – Maude Frazier Hall at the University of Nevada Las Vegas, demolished in 2008
• 1957 – Hyde Park Middle School, Las Vegas
• 1957 – The Mint Las Vegas casino at 100 Fremont St, Las Vegas
• 1958 – Capehart Housing project at Nellis Air Force Base
• 1958 – Archie C. Grant Hall at University of Nevada, Las Vegas
• 1959 – Boulder City High School in Boulder City, Nevada
• 1961 – Clark County Courthouse in Las Vegas (collaboration with Welton Becket & Associates; now demolished)
• 1965 – Ed W. Clark High School on Pennwood Ave, Las Vegas
• 1966 – Harry C. Levy Gardens residential complex, Las Vegas
• 1966 – Valley High School in Las Vegas
• 1968 – First National Bank of Nevada Building, Las Vegas
• 1970 – Flora Dungan Humanities Building at University of Nevada, Las Vegas
• 1975 – Nevada Savings and Loan Association Building, Las Vegas

Harris Sharp & Associates, from 1980

• 1981 – B. Mahlon Brown Junior High School located at 307 Cannes St, Henderson, Nevada
• 1984 – Nevada Savings Financial Center at 330 W Sahara Ave, Las Vegas, Nevada