S.F. Franco (1872-1931) Salomon F. Franco was born in Tiel in 1872. He studied in Delft and worked for some time at the Landsgebouwen service (the forerunner of the Rijksgebouwendienst). In 1914 he associated himself with the Hague architect J.A.G. van der Steur Sr. Around 1919, Franco took over the firm because Van der Steur was going to devote himself entirely to his professorship. Not much is known about Franco's architectural activities. During his time at the Department of National Buildings, he was involved with H.Th. Teeuwisse in the design for the Central Warehouse for Telephone and Telegraph Equipment and the Central Bureau of Statistics in The Hague. In 1921 Franco entered a competition for the Westerveld crematorium in Velzen. His design was not executed. What was executed was the interior of the Maçonnik temple of the Union Royale in The Hague (1925). Furthermore, it is only known that Franco designed several funerary monuments and a house on Avenue Leo Errera 41 in Brussels. Franco died in 1931. Note: S.F. Franco's oeuvre has not been (fully) inventoried.