Louis H. Giele Explained
Louis H. Giele |
Birth Date: | May 1861 |
Birth Place: | Hanover, Kingdom of Hanover |
Death Date: | [1] |
Death Place: | Jersey City, New Jersey |
Nationality: | German, American |
Known For: | church architecture |
Louis Heinrick Giele, AIA (1861–1932) was a German-born American architect, who designed a number of Catholic churches, schools, convents and rectories in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, and elsewhere.
Personal life
Giele was born "Ludwig Heinrich Giele" in Hanover and emigrated to the United States in January 1882 as a carpenter.[2] He married Linda Holder in July 1884 in Jersey City[3] and set up an architectural practice there.
Architectural practice
Although Giele was not an especially prolific architect, the buildings he designed were very well appreciated and at least two of them are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[4] [5]
Works include
- St Charles Borromeo Church, Brooklyn, New York
- St. Josephat School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- St. John the Baptist Church, Allentown, Pennsylvania
- St. Casimir Church, Yonkers, New York[6]
- Sacred Heart Hospital, Allentown, Pennsylvania
- St. Augustine Church, Bronx, New York[7]
- St. Anne Church, Jersey City, NJ[8]
- St. Anthony of Padua Church, Jersey City, New Jersey[9]
- Sisters of Peace building, Jersey City, New Jersey
- Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, New Bedford, Massachusetts
- St. John Cantius Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- St. Adalbert Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania[10]
- St. Adalbert School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Assisium Institute, New York, New York
- Christ Temple of the Apostolic Faith, Harlem, New York[11]
Notes and References
- "Obituary: LOUIS H. GIELE. Architect Designed Many Churches in New York and Vicinity.", New York Times, October 6, 1932 ("Louis H. Giele, architect, who designed many Catholic churches and buildings for ...")
- https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KD3L-WZL Ludwig Giele
- https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ2C-DZB Louis H. Giele and Linda Holder
- http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/NJ/Hudson/state2.html NRHP-1
- http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/NJ/Middlesex/districts.html NRHP-2
- Web site: Archived copy . 2011-02-16 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110708122832/http://www.casimirchurch.com/St._Casimir_Church/History.html . 2011-07-08 . Giele named as St Casimir architect
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- Web site: Archived copy . 2011-02-10 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110719035603/http://www.ettc.net/njarts/details.cfm?ID=1029 . 2011-07-19 . Stained Glass in St. Anne Church
- https://www.flickr.com/photos/yukonblizzard/2418151294/ pictures of St. Anthony of Padua Church
- Web site: Orthodox News . 2011-02-10 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110727154018/http://www.orthodoxnews.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=editorialsopinion.one&content_id=17312&CFID=23007755&CFTOKEN=29751934&tp_preview=true . 2011-07-27 . article on St. Adalbert
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