Anton Eyssen

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Villa Merton
1883, Frankfurt, Bockenheimer Anlage 33, architect Anton Eyssen
1886, Frankfurt, Unterlindau 1 / Bockenheimer Landstrasse 22, architect Anton Eyssen

Anton Eyssen (born September 2, 1849 in Frankfurt am Main ; † April 20, 1928 there ) was a German architect in Frankfurt am Main. As a former representative of late historicist architecture, he turned to modernism from the late 1920s.

His best-known building is the late Baroque Villa Merton in Frankfurt-Bockenheim , which he designed for the manufacturer Richard Merton in 1927 . The Villa Hirsch , built for Robert von Hirsch in Friedrichstrasse in the Westend only one year later, was already a typical example of classical modernism . The building, which is not listed, was demolished in June 2010 in order to build a new residential complex. In 1936 Eyssen donated his own house at Lessingstrasse 5 to the Frankfurt Städel .

His design from 1883 for the now listed double dwelling in the neo-renaissance style with a richly structured sandstone facade and structural elements by means of balustrades, pilasters and half-column positions as well as hermen pilasters in the Bockenheimer Anlage 33/35 also survived the World War II. His tenement house in Frankfurt Unterlindau 1 / Bockenheimer Landstrasse 22, designed in 1886, also in the Neo-Renaissance style with richly structured facades has been preserved and is a listed building. The building is centered via a gabled axial projection and corner bay windows under turrets.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Heinz Schomann, Albert Speer, Jutta Hoffmann: The Frankfurt station district and the Kaiserstraße. A contribution to town planning and the art of historicism. Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart 1988, p. 309. (Mention of Anton Eyssen with date of birth in the register of persons)
  2. ^ Registry office I: death register (entries 1-599) 01.01.1928-23.05.1928, 1928 (ISG Frankfurt am Main Best.STA 12/697), entry 475
  3. ↑ Photo of the demolished Hirsch Villa
  4. ^ Controversy over the Hirsch Villa. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung of April 2, 2009. (online)
  5. ^ Bruno Müller, Hans-Otto Schembs: Foundations in Frankfurt am Main. History and Effects. Waldemar Kramer, Frankfurt am Main 2006, ISBN 3-7829-0570-9 , p. 179.
personal data
SURNAME Eyssen, Anton
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect
DATE OF BIRTH September 2, 1849
PLACE OF BIRTH Frankfurt am Main
DATE OF DEATH 1928
Place of death Frankfurt am Main