A. C. Schweinfurth
A.C. Schweinfurth American (1864–1900) architect born Albert Cicero Schweinfurth.
The son of a German engineer who had immigrated to the United States a decade before his son Albert was born. His brothers Charles, Julius and Henry also practiced in the architectural profession.
Schweinfurth began working as an architect in the East, then moving from Boston to Denver and finally to San Francisco. He was associated with the First Bay Tradition.[1] He designed the Unitarian Church, a "landmark in the history of Bay Area architecture" [2] (1898), on the University of California, Berkeley campus, as well as the Moody House situated on Le Roy Avenue in Berkeley, California.
His Hacienda del Pozo de Verona (1894-1898), built for Phoebe Apperson Hearst in Pleasanton, is one of the first American buildings to incorporate features of Pueblo architecture.[3][4]
He died of typhoid fever on September 27, 1900, in Dryden, NY.[5][6]
References
- ^ Brown, Mary (September 30, 2010). "San Francisco Modern Architecture and Landscape Design 1935-1970 Historic Context Statement" (PDF). California Office of Historic Preservation. p. 83. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
- ^ Gebhard and Winter, ‘’A Guide to Architecture in San Francisco and Northern California’’, Peregrine Smith Books, Salt Lake City, UT, 1985 p.272
- ^ California, Berkeley Daily Planet, Berkeley. "East Bay Then and Now: A Viennese Epicure in the Athens of the West. Category: Home & Garden Columns from The Berkeley Daily Planet". www.berkeleydailyplanet.com. Retrieved 2015-08-23.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Canizaro, Vincent B. (2012-03-20). Architectural Regionalism: Collected Writings on Place, Identity, Modernity, and Tradition. Chronicle Books. p. 198. ISBN 9781616890803.
- ^ Death notice. San Francisco Call, October 10, 1900, p. 11.
- ^ “Well-Known Architect Is Removed By Death.” San Francisco Call, October 10, 1900, p. 12.
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