Edmund R. Krause Explained

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]

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]

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]}

Works

• Hoffman house (1890), Surf-Pine Grove District
• City Hall (1891), Blue Island, Illinois (1891)
• Andrew Leicht House (1891), demolished
• Jacob Gross House (1892) at 632 W. Deming Place in Chicago^[6]
• Kedzie Building (1892), demolished
• Alexandria Hotel (1891) at 542 North Rush Street, demolished^[7]
• Lessing Apartments (1898) now known as The Commodore on Surf and Evanston Street in the Surf-Pine Grove District
• Columbia College Chicago, Lightner Building (1904)
• Lessing Annex (1904) now known as The Green Brier Apartments, Surf-Pine Grove District
• Majestic Building and its CIBC Theatre in Chicago's Loop (1906), interior design of theater by Rapp & Rapp)^[8]
• Clock Building (1906), demolished
• 6212 Winthrop in Edgewater, demolished
• 3059 Kenmore (currently 6332) in Edgewater, owned for a time by Emmanuel Rothchild, demolished by Loyola University along with 6338 Kenmore^[2]

See also

• Rapp and Rapp

Notes and References

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