Exhibit
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Esenwein & Johnson
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Early Buildings
Images from
Art Nouveau and Other Expressions: Rediscovering the Architecture of Esenwein and
Johnson
A 2005 Exhibit at the Buffalo
and Erie County Historical Society Museum
Curated by Martin Wachadlo
TEXT Beneath Illustrations
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Prior to Partnership |
Prior to Partnership |
Prior to Partnership |
Prior to Partnership |
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August C. Esenwein (1856-1926) |
Buffalo Music Hall. August C. Esenwein |
German-American Brewery and Hall August C. Esenwein |
Alfred Schoellkopf Residence. |
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James A. Johnson (1865-1939) |
Colonial
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Service Building, Pan-American
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Interior- Temple of Music |
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Private dining room, apartment house for Messrs. Mead and Co., Delaware and Johnson Park |
Mayer & Weill Building |
Charles Mosier House (1905) |
Charles Mosier House (1905) |
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August C. Esenwein (1856-1926)
August C. Esenwein , a German immigrant, trained in architecture at the Stuttgart Technical School. He settled in Buffalo in 1880 and opened his own office two years later, after winning the design competition for the original Buffalo Music Hall.
Esenwein practiced independently for the next fifteen years. he worked in a variety of styles, including Queen Anne, Richardsonian Romanesque, Italian Renaissance, and Colonial Revival.
James A. Johnson (1865-1939)
James A. Johnson was a native of central New York. He trained in several architectural offices including those of McKim, Mead & White and Richard Morris Hunt. Johnson practiced with James Marling (1892-1895) and William H. Boughton (1895-1897) working primarily in the Colonial Revival style.
Partnership
Esenwein and Johnson formed their partnership in 1897. The firm was immensely successful. It produced over 1,000 designs, ranging from mantels to multi-building complexes, including such local icons as the Elephant House (1912) at the Buffalo Zoo, the Colonel Ward Pumping Station (1912-1916) and the Buffalo Museum of Science (1925-1929).
