Herman Schnetzky

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St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Milwaukee

Herman Paul Schnetzky , also HP Schnetzky (* 1850 in Wriezen , Kingdom of Prussia ; † February 21, 1916 in Milwaukee ) was a German-American architect .

Private life

Herman Schnetzky was the son of Ludwig Schnetzky and Louise Kranitz and came to the United States at the age of 18. On September 5, 1876, Schnetzky married Marie Louise Knab in Milwaukee, and the couple had two sons. His son Hugo W. Schnetsky later served as president of the Wisconsin Motor Manufacturing Company .

Career as an architect

From 1869 he worked as a draftsman with the architect George Mygatt , and later he helped Henry Koch design the first school buildings. In 1887 the Greenfield School was built according to Schnetsky's own designs. The building in Romanesque style was added to the register of national historical buildings in 2005.

The buildings of the complex of St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church (1889 to 1890, with Johann Langenberger) are among the most important buildings by Schnetzky. From 1887 Schnetkzy worked together with Eugene Liebert , from 1891 to 1896 as a partner in "Schnetzky and Liebert". During this time, the St. Michaels Church (1892) and the Germania Building (1896), which are today landmarks of Milwaukee, were built. In 1912 Schnetzky was accepted as a member of the American Institute of Architects .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ William George Bruce: History of Milwaukee City and County . Vol. 3, Clarke, 1922, pp. 16f
  2. ↑ Robert Tanzilo: Historic Milwaukee Public School Houses . The History Press, 2012, pp. 40f
  3. ^ National Register of Historic Places . Milwaukee County, # 92000459
  4. ↑ Jennifer Watson Schumacher: German Milwaukee . Arcadia Publishing, 2009, pp. 20-28
  5. ↑ Journal of the American Institute of Architects, Volume 4, p. 122
personal data
SURNAME Schnetzky, Herman
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schnetzky, Herman Paul (full name); Schnetzky, HP
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-American architect
DATE OF BIRTH 1850
PLACE OF BIRTH Wriezen , Kingdom of Prussia
DATE OF DEATH February 21, 1916
Place of death Milwaukee