Louis H. Giele

Louis Heinrick Giele, AIA (1861–1932) was a German-born American architect, who designed a number of Catholic churches, schools, convents and rectories in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, and elsewhere.

Personal life Giele was born "Ludwig Heinrich Giele" in Hanover and emigrated to the United States in January 1882 as a carpenter. He married Linda Holder in July 1884 in Jersey City and set up an architectural practice there.

Architectural practice

Although Giele was not a particularly prolific architect, his buildings were highly regarded, and at least two are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Works include St Charles Borromeo Church, Brooklyn, New York St. Josephat School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania St. John the Baptist Church, Allentown, Pennsylvania St. Casimir Church, Yonkers, New York Sacred Heart Hospital, Allentown, Pennsylvania St. Augustine Church, Bronx, New York St. Anne Church, Jersey City, NJ St. Anthony of Padua Church, Jersey City, New Jersey Sisters of Peace building, Jersey City, New Jersey Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, New Bedford, Massachusetts St. John Cantius Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania St. Adalbert Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania St. Adalbert School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Assisium Institute, New York, New York Christ Temple of the Apostolic Faith, Harlem, New York