Walter W. Ahlschlager
Walter William Ahlschlager (July 19, 1887 – March 28, 1965) was a 20th-century American architect. After living in Chicago for many years, he established an office in Dallas in 1940. He died on March 28, 1965 in Dallas.
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Walter W. Ahlschlager
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- Name
- Walter William Ahlschlager
- Born
- 19 July 1887
- Birthplace
- Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
- Died
- 28 March 1965
- Place of death
- Dallas, Texas
- Education
- Lewis Institute, Armour Institute, Art Institute of Chicago
- Spouse
- Jennie Ahlschlager
- Occupation
- Architect
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
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Walter William Ahlschlager (July 19, 1887 – March 28, 1965) was a 20th-century American architect. After living in Chicago for many years, he established an office in Dallas in 1940. He died on March 28, 1965 in Dallas.
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Walter W. Ahlschlager (1887–1965) was an architect, of American nationality. The architect was born in Chicago and died in Dallas County. Walter W. Ahlschlager was educated at Illinois Institute of Technology.
Languages used include English. Works are held at Art Institute of Chicago.
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• Name — Walter William Ahlschlager • Born — 19 July 1887 • Birthplace — Chicago, Illinois, U.S. • Died — 28 March 1965 • Place of death — Dallas, Texas • Education — Lewis Institute, Armour Institute, Art Institute of Chicago • Spouse — Jennie Ahlschlager • Children — Walter Ahlschlager Junior • Occupation — Architect
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• Davis Theater, Chicago (1918) • Sovereign Hotel, Edgewater, Chicago on the North Side of the city (1920) • Sheridan Plaza Hotel, Uptown Chicago (1921) • Peabody Hotel, Memphis, Tennessee (1926) • Uptown Broadway Building, Uptown Chicago (1926) • The fieldhouses at several Chicago public parks including Riis Park, Simons Park and Kelvyn Park • Roxy Theatre, New York City (1927) • Irvin Cobb Hotel, Paducah, Kentucky (1929) • Medinah Athletic Club (now InterContinental Chicago), Chicago (1929) • Beacon Hotel and Theatre, Manhattan, New York (1929) • Carew Tower, Cincinnati, Ohio (1930) • City Place Tower, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (1931) • Mercantile National Bank Building, Dallas (1943) • Wichita Plaza Building, Wichita, Kansas (1962) • The Wedgwood in Castle Hills, Texas, an enclave city southwest of New Braunfels (1965)
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Ahlschlager was born to John and Louise Ahlschlager, German Jews, and had one sister named Ella. John Ahlschlager and his brother, Frederick, were both prominent architects in Chicago.
The Wedgwood apartment building in San Antonio, Texas, United States was built in 1965. The modern style building was designed by Walter W. Ahlschlager, Sr. The building is currently called Ensemble and is for 55+ residents only. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on Febuary 21, 2017.
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1887
Walter W. Ahlschlager was born on 19 July 1887.
1965
Walter W. Ahlschlager died on 1 January 1965.
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- 1.ancestry.com. Walter W Ahlschlager in the 1940 Census.
- 2.thechicagoloop.org. Walter W. Ahlschlager.
- 3.compassrose.org. The Work of Walter W. Ahlschlager from American Builder Magazine, 1921. Compass Rose.
- 4.in.com. WALTER W. AHLSCHLAGER BIO.
- 5.Pfeiffer, Maria Watson. The Wedgwood - National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2017.
- 6."Chicago’s Jewish Architects: A Legacy of Modernism." Julia Bachrach Consulting, LLC. Published February 1, 2018. Accessed July 8, 2020.
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