Fritz Georg Martin Clausen

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The Clausen and Lischer families with Fritz Clausen in front, around 1890

Fritz Georg Martin Clausen (born February 13, 1848 or May 1, 1848 in Eckernförde ; † June 9, 1940 in Davenport (Iowa) ) was a Danish-German-American architect . Alternative names include the following: Frederick George Clausen , Friedrich Georg Clausen , FG Clausen , Frederick George "Fritz" Clausen .

Life

Fritz Georg Martin Clausen grew up in Eckernförde. The architect Johann Rudolph Clausen († March 28, 1910), who was also born in Eckernförde on May 4, 1850 and worked in Hamburg , could have been a brother or cousin of Fritz Georg Clausen. The study time at a building trade school was usually three to four semesters. A high school diploma was not a prerequisite for taking up a degree in architecture at a building trade school or later at a technical college (the elementary or secondary school leaving certificate was sufficient, the secondary school leaving certificate at the beginning of the 1970s), so Fritz Georg Clausen already did 1864 could have been a trained architect. Neither him nor Johann Rudolph Clausen are currently assigned individual buildings in Eckernförde or the surrounding area.

In 1869 FG Clausen moved to Davenport, where he initially found employment as a draftsman with the architect Thomas McClalland . In 1871 he founded his own architectural company.

At the same time, so only in 1871, Clausen submitted his application to emigrate to the Eckernförde district ; it is noted in the files: Has been in Davenport America for two years .

In Davenport, and here in particular in the Davenport district of Hamburg , whose old building fabric is now recognized as the overall cultural monument of the Hamburg Historic District , many emigrants from Germany settled in the second half, and in particular an above-average number from Schleswig-Holstein , followed by emigrants from Bavaria , Hamburg , Mecklenburg and from the Kingdom of Hanover . In Schleswig-Holstein, after the armed conflict with Denmark over the country (see: Schleswig-Holstein Uprising and German-Danish War ), Davenport associations of comrades-in-arms from the Schleswig-Holstein wars of liberation were formed in several cities, including Eckernförde itself , campaigning for a settlement in the city on the Mississippi River .

In 1873, Fritz Georg Clausen married Johanna Lischer (1854–1935) from the neighboring and befriended Lischer family, for whom FG Clausen designed a villa around 1871 - the Henry Lischer House . The two children Olga Helen Clausen (1876–1958) and Rudolph J. Clausen , called Rudy (1878–1961), descended from the marriage . Rudy became an architect like his father.

Fritz Georg Martin Clausen worked primarily - but not exclusively - in his new hometown of Davenport. There he is considered one of the most important architects. The architectural historian Martha H. Bowers described him as a “premier 19th century architect” Davenport. A whole series of the buildings he created alone or in collaboration with other architects are now listed as historical monuments , either as parts of overall monuments - such as u. a. Hamburg Historic District or Riverview Tarrace Historic District - or as individual buildings that are protected under the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).

Clausen created, among other things, villas, church buildings, department stores, school buildings. Clausen's style varied: in his early days in Davenport, his buildings and a. in neoclassical style (including styles like Italianate architecture and the Greek Revival style) as in the Romanesque Revival style designed. The style classifications are standardized in the United States and partly deviate from the terms and classifications commonly used in Germany. In later years, Clausen added architectural styles which, according to the US nomenclature, are called Gothic Revival , Colonial Revival , Classic Revival , Spanish Revival , Early Commercial , Commercial Romanesque .

Company history

Fritz Georg Clausen founded his architectural company in 1871. Clausen entered into a partnership with the architect Parke Burrows in 1896 ; the company name changed from CF Clausen to Clausen & Burrows . After Burrows left the architectural firm in 1904, FG Clausen's son Rudolph J. Clausen ( Rudy ) joined as a new partner ( Clausen & Clausen ). In 1914, Fritz Georg Clausen ended his permanent work as an architect, but also created individual buildings at a later time. Rudy Clausen continued to run the company in 1914, initially alone and later with his partners Walter O. "Stub" Kruse and Carrol Klein (company name last with Rudy Clausen: Clausen, Kruse & Klein ). After various renaming, the architectural firm still exists today as Scholtz Gowey Gere Marolf (SGGM) .

Works

in chronological order:

1871–1896 (FG Clausen)

  • Henry Lischer House , 624 W. 6th St., Davenport (1871), Hamburg Historic District - monument protection (see above)
  • Burtis Opera House and Burtis-Kimbal House Hotel , 210 E. 4th Street, Davenport (1874), Hotel: NRHP - Monument Protection , the original opera house burned down in the 1920s
  • Forrest Block , 401 Brady St., Davenport (1875), NRHP listed
  • Northwest Davenport Turner Society Hall , 1602 Washington St., Davenport, (1882) NRHP listed building
  • Christian and Elfrieda Mueller Home , 530 Ripley St., Davenport (approx. 1885), Hamburg Historic District - Monument Protection
  • Max Petersen House , 1607 W. 12th St. Davenport (1888), NRHP listed building
  • Hibernia Hall , also: Hibernian Hall , 421 Brady St, Davenport (1891), NRHP listed building
  • Davenport Crematorium , 3902 Rockingham Rd., Davenport, NRHP Historic Monument
  • JHC Petersen's Sons' Store , also: Redstone Building , 123-131 W. 2nd St., Davenport (1892), NRHP listed building
  • Scott County Jail , 428 Ripley St., Davenport (1897), NRHP listed

  • Henry Lischer House

  • Burtis-Kimball House Hotel and to the left the Burtis Opera House

  • Forrest block

  • Northwest Davenport Turner Society Hall

  • Max Petersen House

  • Hibernian Hall

  • Davenport Crematorium

  • JHC Petersen's Sons' Store

  • JHC Petersen's Sons' Store, detail

  • Scott County Jail

1896–1904 (Clausen & Burrows)

  • Taylor School , 1400 Warren St., Davenport (1897/98), NRHP -Denkmalschutz
  • Argyle Flats , 732 Brady St., Davenport (1900), NRHP listed building
  • St. Mary's School and Convent of St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church Complex , 516, 519, 522, and 525 Fillmore St., Davenport (finished in 1901), NRHP Listed
  • Selma Schricker House , 1430 Clay St., Davenport (1902), NRHP listed and listed as part of the Riverview Tarrace Historic District
  • Dr. George McLelland Middleton House and Garage , 1221 Scott St., Davenport, (1903), NRHP-listed, nA designed by FG ​​Clausen alone
  • St. John's United Methodist Church , 1325–1329 Brady St. Davenport (1903), NRHP listed building, nA designed by FG ​​Clausen alone
  • Buchanan School , 2104 W. 6th St. Davenport (1904), NRHP listed building
  • Robert Wagner House , 904 23rd St., Rock Island, Illinois (1904), NRHP-listed and listed as US Historic district , nA designed by FG ​​Clausen alone
  • Davenport Central High School , 1120 Main St, Davenport (1905), NRHP listed and listed as College Square Historic District ; Clausen & Burrows and HB Water Construction Co. of Danville

  • Tayler School

  • Argyle flats

  • St. Mary's School of St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church

  • Selma Schricker House

  • Dr. George McLelland Middleton House and Garage

  • St. John's United Methodist Church

  • Buchanan School

  • Robert Wagner House in Rock Island (IL)

  • Davenport Central High School

1904–1914 (Clausen & Clausen)

  • Central Office Building , 230 W. 3rd St., Davenport (1904 and 1906), NRHP monument protection
  • Schick's Express and Transfer Co. , 118-120 W. River Dr., Davenport, (1905), NRHP listed building
  • Hillside , 1 Prospect Dr., Davenport (1906), NRHP listed building
  • Bethel AME Church , 325 W. 11th St. Davenport (1909) NRHP - listed building
  • Louis P. and Clara K. Best Residence and Auto House , 627 Ripley St., Davenport (1910) NRHP listed building
  • Smith Wildman and Jennie (Hearne) Brookhart House , 1203 East Washington, Washington, Illinois (1910), NRHP listed building
  • JHC Petersen's Sons' Wholesale Building , 122-124 W. River Dr., Davenport (1910), NRHP listed building
  • John Schricker House , 5418 Chapel Hill Rd., Davenport (1910), NRHP listed building
  • First First Church of Christ, Scientist , 636 Kirkwood Blvd., Davenport (1912), NRHP-listed building and Hamburg Historic District -Denkmalschutz
  • Saengerfest Halle (also: Saengerfesthalle , Coliseum and The Col Ballroom ), 1012 W. 4th St., Davenport (1914), NRHP monument protection

  • Central Office Building

  • Hillside

  • Bethel AME Church

  • Louis P. and Clara K. Best Residence and Auto House

  • Smith Wildman and Jennie (Hearne) Brookhart House

  • John Schricker House

  • First Church of Christ, Scientist

  • Saengerfesthalle

FG Clausen after 1914

  • Lend-A-Hand Club , 105 Main St., Davenport (1922), NRHP monument protection

See also

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ name according AGGSH eV: Emigration from among Eckernförde in the 19th century ; see bibliography
  2. ↑ Feb. 13 after AGGSH eV: Emigration from among Eckernförde in the 19th century
  3. ↑ May 1 after Find A Grave: Frederick George "Fritz" Clausen ; see bibliography
  4. ^ According to Find A Grave: Frederick George "Fritz" Clausen
  5. ↑ Eckernförde belonged to the entire state of Denmark (but not to the Kingdom of Denmark ) until 1864 - to be precise, Clausen was a member of the entire Danish state from 1848–1864, belonged to the Austro-Prussian condominium in Schleswig-Holstein from 1864–1866 , had Prussian citizenship from 1867 –1871 ( German citizenship has only existed since 1913) and then US citizenship
  6. ↑ or http://www.online-ofb.de/famreport.php?ofb=NLF&ID=I73199&nachname=CLAUSEN&modus=&lang=nl Johann Rudolph Clausen on online-ofb.de
  7. ↑ Peter Genz: The building school in Eckernförde , In: Yearbook of the home community Eckernförde eV 1993, Eckernförde 1993, pages 35 ff., 35, 38
  8. ↑ AGGSH eV: Emigration from among Eckernförde in the 19th century
  9. ↑ Marlys A. Svendsen; Martha H. Bowers: Davenport where the Mississippi runs west: A Survey of Davenport History & Architecture , Davenport, 1982, pp. 1 ff.
  10. ↑ Stefan Deiters: The Davenport Association of Comrades-in-arms , In: Kieler Nachrichten , Eckernförder Nachrichten edition of July 3, 2004
  11. ↑ Find A Grave: Johanna Lischer Clausen
  12. ↑ see page on Henry Lischer House
  13. ↑ Henry Lischer (1828-1903) was u. a. together with his partner Theodor Olshausen since 1856 publisher of the German-language newspaper Der Demokratie in Davenport and in 1869 together with partner HH Anderson co-founder of the German Savings Bank in Davenport and then vice-president of the bank
  14. ^ Text of the Davenport Department of Community Development - Iowa Office of Historic Preservation, page 2
  15. ^ NRHP Multiple Resource Assessment: Historical and Architectural Resources of Davenport
  16. ↑ The overall monuments such as u. a. the Hamburg Historic District itself is registered as a monument both under the Davenport Register of Historic Properties (see: Contributing Property ) and the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP)
  17. ↑ see: National Register of Historic Places architectural style categories on the English language Wikipedia
personal data
SURNAME Clausen, Fritz Georg Martin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Clausen, Frederick George; Clausen, Friedrich Georg; Clausen, FG; Clausen, Fritz; Clausen, Frederick G .; Clausen, Fritz Georg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish-German-American architect
DATE OF BIRTH February 13, 1848 or May 1, 1848
PLACE OF BIRTH Eckernförde
DATE OF DEATH June 9, 1940
Place of death Davenport, Iowa