Carl Bartberger

Carl Frederic Bartberger (born May 29, 1824 in Karlsruhe , † August 19, 1896 in Pittsburgh ) was a German-American architect .

Life

Carl Bartberger graduated from the Karlsruhe Polytechnic in 1843, where he became a member of the Teutonia fraternity . Two years later he moved to the United States and settled in Pittsburgh. There he pursued his profession as an architect. From 1885 he worked with the architect Ernest G. W. Dietrich and later with his son Charles Matthias B. (1850–1939).

Bartberger planned more than 200 public buildings in the United States, including well-known buildings such as the Saint Michael's Roman Catholic Church & Rectory , the St. Paul of the Cross Monastery, and the Mount de Chantal Visitation Academy . He was a member of the American Institute of Architects .

Carl Bartberger died in Western Pennsylvania Hospital from injuries sustained in a traffic accident.

literature

Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume II: Artists. Winter, Heidelberg 2018, ISBN 978-3-8253-6813-5 , pp. 31–33.
Francis William Wynn Kervick: Architects in America of Catholic Tradition , 1962. Google Books
John W. Leonard, Albert Nelson Marquis: Who Was Who in America , 1967.
Xenia Riemann: Duration and change: Festschrift for Harold Hammer-Schenk on his 60th birthday , 2004. Google Books
HF Withey, ER Withey: Biographical dictionary of American architects (deceased) , 1956.
Obituary. In: Architecture and building . Vol XXV, 1896, page 104.
To Architect's misfortune . In: New York Times , 1882; nytimes.com

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personal data
SURNAME	Bartberger, Carl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Bartberger, Carl Frederic (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German-American architect
DATE OF BIRTH	May 29, 1824
PLACE OF BIRTH	Karlsruhe
DATE OF DEATH	August 19, 1896
Place of death	Pittsburgh