Robert S. Roeschlaub

Robert Sawers Roeschlaub (July 6, 1843 – October 25, 1923) was a noted Colorado architect.

Biography Roeschlaub was born in Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria to Michael, private physician to the King of Bavaria, and Margaretta, his Scotland-born mother. The family emigrated to the United States in 1845, living in Missouri at first, but settling in Quincy, Illinois.

In August 1862, Robert enlisted from Quincy in the 84th Illinois Infantry - Company E as a sergeant, was promoted to second lieutenant in May 1863, promoted again to first lieutenant in March 1865, and promoted to captain on June 6, 1865 but never mustered with that rank as two days later he mustered out with the rank of first lieutenant. He was wounded twice during the Civil War, first in 1862 during the Battle of Stones River and later in 1863 at the Battle of Chickamauga.

After the war he returned to Quincy, marrying Annie Mary Fisher on September 29, 1868. They had seven children. , Trinity United Methodist Church (1888), Corona School (1889), Chamberlin Observatory (1890) at the University of Denver, Cheyenne County Jail (1894) now a museum, the Hover Mansion (Longmont) (1902) and the First Congregational Church (Manitou Springs) (1882).

He was the subject of the book Robert S. Roeschlaub: Architect of the Emerging West, 1843-1923 by Francine Haber, Kenneth R. Fuller, and David N. Wetzel, originally published in April 1988 by the Colorado Historical Society and republished by the University Press of Colorado in July 1992.

Robert Sawers Roeschlaub died at San Diego, California on October 25, 1923. He is interred at Fairmount Cemetery, Denver.