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Architect
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Male
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Birth:
1884
Death:
1952
Education:
University of Illinois system
The details
Biography
Introduction
Lorenz Schmidt or Lorentz Schmidt (1884 - 1952) was a prominent architect in Kansas. He designed the Fresh Air Baby Camp and Woolf Brothers Clothing Company buildings, both listed on the National Register of Historic Places. He was made a fellow of the American Institute of Architects. His firm was Lorentz Schmidt & Co.
He graduated from the University of Illinois in 1913.
Harry Overend worked for his firm.
Work
- Fresh Air Baby Camp
- Woolf Brothers Clothing Company
- Cooper Grade School (1939)
- Irving Elementary (1941)
- Hamilton Junior High
- W.O. Van Arsdale House at 201 N. Broadview. NRHP listed.
- Wichita East High School (built 1922 - 1924)
- Sandra Theatre (1939) Demolished.
- Old Science Hall (1925) at Bethel College in North Newton, Kansas
- C.M. Jackman House at 158 N Roosevelt NRHP listed
- Powell House 330 North Crest Way
- Sunnyside School, 3003 E Kellog
- Clyde School 620 Broadway Street in Clyde, Kansas NRHP listed
- McKinley School, part of the McKinley Residential Historic District in Newton, Kansas