Edmund R. Krause

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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. [1]

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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. [2]

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Blue Island Village Hall in Blue Island, Illinois

He designed buildings for E. J. Lehman and Fair Department Store. [2] A photograph of the Chicago home he designed and lived in at 425 W. Saint James Pl. is held in the Art Institute of Chicago's library archives. [3]

Krause designed several buildings in Chicago's Surf-Pine Grove District which was designated a Chicago Landmark in 2007. [4] [5]

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  1. 1 2 3 4 Clarke, Jane H. (1990). The Sky's the Limit: A Century of Chicago Skyscrapers. Rizzoli. p. 71. ISBN   978-0-8478-1179-3.
  2. 1 2 3 "Edmund R. Krause - Edgewater Architect | Edgewater Historical Society". www.edgewaterhistory.org.
  3. ↑ "CONTENTdm". artic.contentdm.oclc.org.
  4. 1 2 City of Chicago. City of Chicago Landmark Designation Reports.
  5. ↑ "Chicago Landmarks - Search". webapps1.chicago.gov. Retrieved 2023-10-19.
  6. 1 2 3 4 Petersen, Laurie McGovern (2004). AIA Guide to Chicago. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. pp. 149, 199, 216, 217. ISBN   978-0-15-602908-7.
  7. ↑ Condit, Carl W. (1964). The Chicago School of Architecture: A History of Commercial and Public Building in the Chicago Area, 1875-1925. University of Chicago Press. p. 156. ISBN   978-0-226-11455-2.{{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
  8. ↑ Schiecke, Konrad (2017-02-10). Downtown Chicago's Historic Movie Theatres. McFarland. pp. 86–91. ISBN   978-0-7864-8865-0.
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