Emmanuel Louis Masqueray

Emmanuel Louis Masqueray ( born September 10, 1861 in Dieppe in the Seine -Maritime, France, † May 26, 1917 in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States) was a French architect, who emigrated in 1887 to the United States and especially in the state Minnesota important buildings realized.

Life

After childhood years in Dieppe and Rouen Emmanuel Louis Masqueray moved in 1873 with his parents to Paris. The buildings in the city inspired him. In 1879 he was a student of architecture at the Ecole des Beaux -Arts. The eclectic Beaux- Arts style, he remained loyal for life. In Paris he worked for the heritage authority and received first awards.

After moving to the U.S. In 1887, he was first employed by a New York architectural firm. In 1893 he opened his own architecture school, studio Masqueray, and gave the students the aesthetics of the later so-called French " Belle Époque ".

He gained national fame About 1901, when the planning committee of the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis appointed him head architect. With several of his former students, he designed and produced numerous exhibition building.

In 1905 he was awarded by Archbishop John Ireland, the contract for the new Cathedral of Saint Paul in Saint Paul, Minnesota. He relocated to Saint Paul, opened a studio there and created out of the cathedral and the drafts for about a dozen parishes, parochial schools and homes in the region.

Major works

• Cathedral of Saint Paul, Saint Paul
• Basilica of Saint Mary, Minneapolis
• Cathedral of Saint Mary, Wichita (Kansas)
• Cathedral of Saint Joseph, Sioux Falls