Leonard Schmidtner Explained

Leonard A. Schmidtner, born Leonard Kowalski, was a Polish architect who moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin and designed the former Milwaukee County Courthouse,[1] [2] a clock tower for Holy Trinity Church (1862) on South Fourth and West Bruce Streets, and St. Stanislaus Catholic Church[3] He was one of the first Poles in the city and spoke German and adopted the name Schmidtner to help establish himself.

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Notes and References

  1. Kathryn Bishop Eckert The sandstone architecture of the Lake Superior region pages 16, 17
  2. Thaddeus Borun [We, the Milwaukee Poles: the history of Milwaukeeans of Polish descent and a record of their contributions to the greatness of Milwaukee] Editor Thaddeus Borun Compiled by Thaddeus Borun Publisher Nowiny Pub. Co., 1946, Original from the University of Michigan Digitized Sep 24, 2008, 290 pages
  3. Jennifer Watson Schumacher German Milwaukee pages 12, 13
  4. https://www.loc.gov/item/wi0030/ Iron Block