A. C. Schweinfurth (1864–1900), born Albert Cicero Schweinfurth, was an

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. He is associated with the

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. The son of a

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woodcarver who had

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to the

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a decade before his son Albert was born. His brothers Charles, Julius and Henry also practiced in the architectural profession. First Unitarian Church (Berkeley, CA)

Schweinfurth began his career in 1879. For the next decade he worked as a draftsman for various firms in Boston, Cleveland, New York, and

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. In 1890, he moved to

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and took a position as Chief Draftsman in the offices of A. Page Brown. In 1894, Schweinfurth established his own architectural practice under the patronage of

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. His

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(1894–1898), built for

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in Pleasanton, was one of the first American buildings to incorporate features of

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. Schweinfurth also designed the First Unitarian Church, a "landmark in the history of Bay Area architecture" (1898), on the

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campus, as well as the Moody House situated on Le Roy Avenue in Berkeley, California. In 1898, Schweinfurth embarked on a two-year tour of Italy and France with his wife, Fanny, and their seven-year-old daughter. Shortly after returning to the United States, he suffered an attack of

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. He died on September 27, 1900, in Dryden, N.Y."Well-Known Architect Is Removed by Death"
''San Francisco Call'', October 10, 1900, p. 12.

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