Background
Frederick L. Foltz was born in 1843 in Germany.
(The school was never particularly large, graduating only ...)
The school was never particularly large, graduating only 1600 students in its history. They accepted women to its preparatory school regardless of religion, race, or background.
Frederick L. Foltz was born in 1843 in Germany.
Following his arrival in New York Mr. Foltz remained two years in the metropolis, moving from there to Chicago where he opened an architectural office. During the reconstruction period after the great fire of 1871 when all architects were busy, he formed a partnership with the late Samuel Treat, which was continued for more than two decades. The firm’s work included a number of commercial and industrial buildings, although Mr. Foltz personally had a preference for residential work. He devoted much of his time to designing private homes and apartment houses, and among the latter was the first duplex apartment erected in Chicago, built at the southeast corner of Chicago and Michigan Avenues for the Winston Estate. Treat & Foltz were also architects of the Arizona Apartments on Lake Shore Drive: the Martin Ryerson house on Drexel Avenue; the C. B. Farrell residence on Pearson St. just west of Lake Shore Drive built in 1882; the Charles Libby house on Michigan Avenue and the home of George Armour on Prairie Avenue.
In later years Mr. Foltz practiced alone and broadened the scope of his work to include the following buildings: the Alexandria Hotel, Rush and Ohio Streets, Chicago; the Kemper Hall Episcopal School for Girls at Kenosha, Wis., and the Kellogg-Fairbanks residence at Lake Geneva, Wis.