Frederick Ausfeld (1860 – c. 1930) was a US-based, German-born architect. He designed buildings in

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, some of which are listed on the

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Early life

Frederick Ausfeld was born in 1860 in

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, Germany. Jefferson Davis Hotel 02

Career

Ausfeld worked as an architect in Philadelphia by 1890. He designed buildings alongside fellow architect Ausfeld moved to Alabama. With Chapman, he designed the Sumter County Courthouse in Livington in 1903. He also designed the Bell Building in Montgomery in 1907. By 1916, he designed the Covington County Courthouse in

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with Frank Lockwood. He designed the

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in Montgomery in 1928. He also designed the Shepherd Building in Montgomery in 1922. With . Additionally, he designed the

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in Montgomery. Several of his buildings are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Works include (with attribution): * Bell Building, 207 Montgomery St.,

Montgomery, AL Montgomery is the capital city of the U.S. state of Alabama and the county seat of Montgomery County. Named for the Irish soldier Richard Montgomery, it stands beside the Alabama River, on the coastal Plain of the Gulf of Mexico. In the 202 ...

(Ausfeld & Blount), NRHP-listed * Covington County Courthouse and Jail, 101 N. Court Sq., Andalusia, AL (Ausfeld, Fredrick), NRHP-listed *

, Catoma and Montgomery Sts.,

(Ausfeld, Frederick), NRHP-listed * Shepherd Building (1922), 312 Montgomery St.,

(Ausfeld, Frederick), NRHP-listed * Sumter County Courthouse, US 11,

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(Ausfeld & Chapman), NRHP-listed *

, Montgomery, Alabama

Death

Ausfeld died circa 1930.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ausfeld, Frederick 1860 births 1930s deaths People from Kirchen People from Montgomery, Alabama Emigrants from the German Empire to the United States 19th-century German architects Architects from Alabama 20th-century German architects