Otto Strack
Otto Strack (* 1857 in Röbel ; † October 11, 1935 ) was a German architect .
Life
Otto Strack was born in 1857 in Röbel, a district of Süsel in East Holstein . His parents were August and Emma Strack (née Unger). Later his family moved to Wismar , where he went to school. After graduating from school, Strack trained as a carpenter . In addition, he learned the blacksmith's trade and stone processing before he went to a construction school in Hamburg . After graduating, he attended other schools in Berlin and Vienna and completed his studies in 1879.
Two years later he emigrated to the USA and settled in Chicago , where he accepted his first assignments as a civil engineer and architect .
In 1886 he opened an architecture office. A large part of his first orders came from Milwaukee , an area at that time mainly dominated by German immigrants. He moved there in 1888 and became chief architect of the Pabst Brewing Company , for which he designed his most famous objects nationwide, including the Pabst Brewery, the Pabst Union Hotel in Chicago, as well as other manufacturing facilities and restaurants, and in 1895 - on behalf of the Brewery owner Frederick Pabst - Milwaukee's Pabst Theater , which still operates as a venue today.
In 1892 he opened an architectural office in Milwaukee, but continued to take orders for Pabst. At the turn of the century, Strack moved to New York , where he designed office buildings, factories and shops. At the time he was working for the George A. Fuller Construction Company .
family
Strack married Carrie Yahr on October 10, 1891, with whom he had two children: Emma and Elsbeth.
building
Some of Strack's most famous objects were:
- Blatz Hotel in Milwaukee
- EW Browning Company Building in Manhattan
- Empire State Dairy (1914–1915) in East New York
- Joseph Kalvelage House (1896) in Milwaukee
- Florida and Third Industrial Historic District in Milwaukee
- Metropolitan Hall / Pope Tavern (1890-1891) in Milwaukee ( picture )
- Milwaukee's Gugler Lithographic Company
- Pabst Brewery in Milwaukee
- Pabst Theater (1895) in Milwaukee , National Historic Landmark
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Family Tree Legends: Otto Strack (English), accessed on June 18, 2013
- ↑ a b c d e City of Milwaukee: Historic Designation Study Report: Pabst Tavern / Metropolitan Hall (PDF; 185 kB) 2002, p. 6, (English), accessed on June 18, 2013
- ↑ a b c d Brownstoner: 2840 Atlantic Avenue (English), accessed June 18, 2013
- ↑ Urban Remains: Metropolitan Hall ( Memento of the original from February 10, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English), accessed June 18, 2013
- ↑ Megan E. Daniels: Milwaukee's Early Architecture , p. 52, available online on Google Books , accessed June 18, 2013
- ^ National Register of Historic Places: Wisconsin, Milwaukee County , accessed June 18, 2013
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Strack, Otto |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Uihlein, Alfred Eugene |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1857 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Röbel |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 11, 1935 |