Frederick German
Frederick George German (November 9, 1863 – October 13, 1937) was a Canadian-American architect who designed a number of notable buildings in Duluth, Minnesota. Biography German was born in Bath, Ontario, on November 9, 1863, and attended the University of Toronto and Brentford College Institute. He moved to Detroit, Michigan, and worked there as an architect, later working with McKim, Mead & White, McKim, Mead, & White in New York City for a time. Upon moving to Duluth in 1889, he worked as a draftsman for prominent architects Oliver G. Traphagen, Oliver Traphagen and Francis W. Fitzpatrick, Francis Wilford Fitzpatrick, including on the designs for the 1889 Duluth City Hall and the Oppel Block. He then worked for the Lakeside Land Company and partnered briefly with John De Waard, John de Waard. In 1905, he started a partnership, German & Lignell, with Anton Werner Lignell, with whom he was most known for working. The two would go on to design a number of buildings togethe ...
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