Johann Heinrich Bartholomäus Walther | |
Birth Date: | 1737 |
Birth Place: | Rostock |
Death Date: | 1802 |
Death Place: | Tartu |
Nationality: | Baltic German |
Johann Heinrich Bartholomäus Walther (1737–1802) was a Baltic German architect, working in Tartu where he produced a number of buildings including Tartu Town Hall.
Walther was born in Rostock in 1737. He moved to Tartu in the Russian Empire where he was a master builder. Following the Great Fire of Tartu in 1775 he designed Tartu Town Hall and the Von Bock House in the centre of the city.[1]
Walther was buried in Tartu on 2 April 1802.