Henry Geilfuss | |
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Born | 1850 Thurin, Germany |
Died | May 10, 1922 |
Henry Geilfuss (July 1850 – May 10, 1922) also known as Heinrich Geilfuss, was a German-born American architect. He designed approximately 400 homes in the San Francisco Bay Area.
He was born in Thuringia in 1850. He studied architecture in Erfurt, Weimar and Berlin and he first practiced architecture in Berlin designing railroad bridges. [1]
Geilfuss moved to San Francisco in 1876. He designed many buildings in the Italian Villa style and in the Eastlake style of architecture. [2] He designed approximately 400 homes in the San Francisco area. [3] One of the more prominent homes he designed was for confectioner William Westerfeld. It is now on the National Register of Historic Places and it is referred to as the William Westerfeld House. [4]
In 1900 Henry Geilfuss' son Carl joined the architecture firm. [2] Henry remained in practice until at least 1910. [5]