Edmund R. Krause

Edmund R. Krause (August 15, 1859 - July 2, 1935) was an architect in Chicago, Illinois. Krause was born in Thorn in the German Empire and moved to Chicago in 1885.

He married Lara A. Faber in 1887 and married Katherine Davis in 1891, becoming parents to Edmund F. and Lydia F. in the latter marriage. It is not known whether his first wife died or they divorced. Apart from a short partnership with Frederick W. Perkins in 1896, he mostly worked as a sole practitioner. He lived in Edgewater, including a lengthy stay at the Edgewater Beach Hotel, and for six years in Evanston.

He designed buildings for E. J. Lehman and Fair Department Store.

Krause designed several buildings in Chicago's Surf-Pine Grove District which was designated a Chicago Landmark in 2007.

Works Hoffman House (1890), Surf-Pine Grove District Kedzie Building (1892), 81-92 W Randolph, demolished Lessing Apartments (1898) and Annex, now known as The Commodore (550-569 W Surf in the Surf-Pine Grove District) Clock Building (1906), demolished 1500-1506 N. LaSalle Drive Krause - Pistroud House (1898), 6212 N Winthrop in Edgewater, demolished Edmund Krause Home, originally 3059 N Kenmore (modern 6332 N Kenmore) in Edgewater, owned for a time by Emmanuel Rothchild, demolished by Loyola University along with the Myron Church House, 6338 N Kenmore