Julius A. Schweinfurth

Julius Adolphe Schweinfurth (September 20, 1858 – September 29, 1931) was an American architect, artist, and designer.

Biography Julius Adolphe Schweinfurth was born September 20, 1858, in Auburn, New York to German immigrants Charles J. Schweinfurth and Katherine Ammon. His brothers A. C. Schweinfurth and Charles F. Schweinfurth were also architects and his grandfather was Georg August Schweinfurth was a botanist and African explorer. Schweinfurth's father was an engineer and studied at the Stuttgart Polytechnic Institute before immigrating to America in the 1850s.

Schweinfurth attended Auburn Academic High School and graduated in 1876. Afterwards, Schweinfurth moved to Boston, Massachusetts in 1879 and worked for the architectural firm of Peabody and Stearns. Upon his return to the United States in 1886, Schweinfurth rejoined Peabody and Stearns as chief designer.

In 1895, Schweinfurth left Peabody and Stearns to start his own practice. His private practice lasted 33 years until he retired in 1928. He designed over 70 buildings during this period. the Minnesota Statehouse (1895), and the Boston Athenæum (1902).

In 1925, Schweinfurth was elected Fellow of the American Institute of Architects. He was also active in the Boston Society of Architects.

Family and death In 1889, Schweinfurth married Fannie Bellows of Boston. In 1890, Charles Schweinfurth, their son and only child, was born. Schweinfurth died September 29, 1931, at his home in Wellesley, Massachusetts. He was buried at Walnut Hills Cemetery in Brookline, Massachusetts.

Schweinfurth founded the Schweinfurth Art Center in Auburn, New York. Northeastern University now holds the primary collection of Schweinfurth's work. Christ Chapel at George Junior Republic (1900), Freeville, New York — Now on the campus of William George Agency Pierce Grammar School (1901), 32 Pierce St., Brookline, Massachusetts Police Station and Municipal Court Building , Brookline, Massachusetts Wellesley College residential dormitory quadrangle (1903), Wellesley, Massachusetts Beebe Hall (1908), Cazenove Hall (1905), Pomeroy Hall (1904), Shafer Hall (1909), Wilder Hall (1899) Sarah J. Baker School (1905), Boston, Massachusetts Baptist Church (1908), Brookline, Massachusetts Ridgewood Cemetery entrance gate (1909), North Andover, Massachusetts Tod Homestead Cemetery Gate (1909), Belmont Ave., Youngstown, Ohio — Listed on the NRHP High School of Practical Arts (1912), Greenville St., Roxbury, Massachusetts — Was home of Girls' High School from 1954 to 1974 Quincy E. Dickerman School (1915), 206 Magnolia St., Dorchester, Massachusetts Thomas Gardner School (1915), 30 Athol St., Allston, Massachusetts — Now the Gardner Pilot Academy

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