American architect
Walter William Ahlschlager |
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| Born | (1887-07-19)July 19, 1887
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| Died | March 28, 1965(1965-03-28) (aged 77)
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| Alma mater | Lewis Institute, Armour Institute,Art Institute of Chicago |
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| Occupation | Architect |
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| Spouse | Jennie Ahlschlager[1] |
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| Children | Walter Ahlschlager Junior |
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Walter William Ahlschlager (July 19, 1887 – March 28, 1965) was a 20th-century American architect. After living inChicago for many years, he established an office inDallas in 1940. He died on March 28, 1965 in Dallas.[2][3][4]
- Davis Theater, Chicago (1918)[citation needed]
- Sovereign Hotel,Edgewater, Chicago on theNorth 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 includingRiis Park,Simons Park andKelvyn 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 inCastle Hills, Texas, anenclave city southwest ofNew Braunfels (1965)[5]
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.[6]
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