Otto Strack (died 1935) was an architect in the United States. Several buildings he designed are listed on the

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. Strack was born in Germany, where he learned carpentry, masonry and blacksmithing. Then he studied architecture at the

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and

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polytechnical schools. In 1881, he came to the U.S. and settled in Chicago. In 1888, he moved to

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and became supervising architect for the Pabst Brewery. During this time, he also designed buildings for other German industrial barons in Milwaukee, many of them in styles reminiscent of their homeland. Strack moved to New York around the turn of the century, but at his death one of his pupils observed, "much of the old-world charm of many older Milwaukee buildings was due to Strack's influence."

Work

* Villa Von Baumbach, at 754 Elkhart Lake Drive in

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, Sheboygan County, NRHP listed Jos Kalvelage House Mar10

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in Milwaukee, NRHP listed * Joseph B. Kalvelage House at 2432 W. Kilbourn Avenue in Milwaukee, 1896-98, NRHP listed. With * Pabst Brewing Company Complex, NRHP listed ( Charles Hoffmann also credited) *One or more buildings in the Florida and Third Industrial Historic District in Milwaukee * Bordens Dairy Factory in East New YorkBuilding of the Day: 2840 Atlantic Avenue
/ref> * E.W. Browning Company Building, 11 W. 17th St, Manhattan

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Strack, Otto Year of birth missing 1935 deaths German emigrants to the United States