Hermann J. Gaul

• Name — Hermann J. Gaul • Born — 1869 • Birthplace — Cologne, Germany • Died — 1949 • Place of death — Chicago, Illinois, United States

Born in Cologne, Germany in 1869 Gaul came to the U.S. at the turn of the 20th century. He settled in Chicago, Illinois and, after apprenticing for a time with noted Chicago architect Louis Sullivan, established an architectural firm under his own name in 1902. During his long and distinguished career he designed many landmark buildings for Roman Catholic clients throughout the Midwest. Gaul’s son Michael F. Gaul (1913-1996) joined his father’s firm, now known as Hermann J. Gaul and Son, in the early 1930s and carried on the practice after his father’s retirement in 1948. Several of Gaul’s buildings have been placed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.

• Sacred Heart Church, Whiting, Indiana • St. John the Baptist Church, Hammond, Indiana • St. Benedict Church, Chicago, Illinois • St. Mary Church and Academy, Indianapolis, Indiana • Holy Hill National Shrine of Mary, Help of Christians, Hubertus, Wisconsin • Angel Guardian Orphanage, (now Misericordia North), Chicago, Illinois • St. Michael Church, Old Town, Chicago, Illinois (extensive exterior remodeling of original 1873 church, carried out in 1913) • St. Peter and Paul Church, Naperville, Illinois • St Nicholas Church, Evanston, Illinois • Notre Dame Roman Catholic Convent, Waterdown, Ontario. Canada • Greystone Mansion, Logan Square, Chicago, Illinois • Former Mallinckrodt College, Wilmette, Illinois • St. Philomena Church, Chicago, Illinois • Immaculate Conception Church (now Monastery of the Holy Cross) Bridgeport, Chicago, Illinois • Divine Word Monastery, Chapel of the Holy Spirit, Techny, Illinois • St. Joseph School, Wilmette, Illinois • St. Mary Church, Decatur, Indiana • St. Margaret Church, Lake Henry, Minnesota • St. Monica Church, Mishawaka, Indiana • St. Mary Church, New Ulm, Minnesota (1922) • Our Lady of Good Counsel Chapel, Mankato, Minnesota (1924) • Holy Rosary Church, North Mankato, Minnesota (1924)

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The following works and productions are recorded by name or by count. Gaul is recorded with the occupation architect. Institutional cataloguing adds that hermann J. Gaul is recorded as a citizen of United States. Institutional cataloguing adds that hermann J. Gaul is recorded with the gender male. It is also recorded that hermann J. Gaul was born on 30 July 1869. Gaul died on 24 November 1949.