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
- Kathryn Bishop Eckert The sandstone architecture of the Lake Superior region pages 16, 17
- 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
- Jennifer Watson Schumacher German Milwaukee pages 12, 13
- https://www.loc.gov/item/wi0030/ Iron Block