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Architectural researchers Jim Heuer and Robert Mercer on Saturday morning at the Architectural Heritage Center will deliver an updated lecture: 鈥�Hidden Brilliance: The Residential Architecture of Joseph Jacobberger.鈥�

Jacobberger designed homes in many styles, including American Craftsman, English Cottage and Jacobean, 鈥渇oretelling the Northwest style later practiced by Pietro Belluschi and others,鈥� according to the AHC website.

Jacobberger’s designs 鈥渂ridge the classical era of the late 19th century through early modernism,鈥� Heuer said. He and Mercer pored over hundreds of Jacobberger’s designs and took digital photos of the front elevations and details of about 260 homes, yielding about 675 digital images.

Val Ballestrem, education manager at the Architectural Heritage Center, agrees that Jacobberger was 鈥渙ne of the most significant鈥� early 20th century architects in Portland.

鈥淣obody worked in a vacuum back then, and people were aware of the work of others,鈥� he said. 鈥淐ertainly what Jacobberger did was easily influential just as Belluschi’s was later and then A.E. Doyle’s.鈥�

The difference, Ballestrem said, was that while Jacobberger and some other influential architects stayed in the Portland area, Belluschi and others took on work in places such as Boston and New York. Like some other notable Portland architects, Jacobberger had more influence regionally than nationally because he didn’t receive as much exposure.

鈥淗e was not as well-known, but the quality of his work was fantastic,鈥� Ballestrem said.

Jacobberger has been known mostly for his designs for the Catholic Archdiocese of Portland, including the original design of St. Mary’s Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception at 1715 N.W. Couch St.; it was completed in 1926.

Jacobberger was a devout Catholic and became the Portland diocese’s de facto architect, designing many buildings for the archdiocese but also homes for many of its parishioners.

Saturday’s presentation at the AHC will also include new photos of the exterior and interior of the home that Jacobberger designed for his own family at 1502 S.W. Upper Hall St., Mercer said.

The presentation is scheduled for 10 a.m. More details are available at .