Background
He was born in Hanover, Germany in 1856 and studied at the University of Hanover"s technical school.
He was born in Hanover, Germany in 1856 and studied at the University of Hanover"s technical school.
He immigrated to the United States in 1886 and designed paper mills in the eastern United States and Canada. In 1893 he came to Ashland and opened a design firm with civil engineer Herman Rettinghaus. There he designed many public buildings in northern Wisconsin.
Works include:
Ashland County Courthouse, 201 West. 2nd Saint Ashland, Wisconsin, designed by Henry Wildhagen and H. West. Buemming, noted for its Classical Revival and Beaux-Arts architecture, NRHP-listed
Ashland Middle School (Ashland, Wisconsin)
Beaser School, 612 Beaser Avenue.
Ashland, Wisconsin (Wildhagen,Henry), NRHP-listed
Ellis School, 310 Stuntz Avenue. Ashland, Wisconsin (Wildhagen,Henry), NRHP-listed
William and Susanna Geenen House, 416 North. Sidney Saint Kimberly, Wisconsin (Wildhagen, Herman), NRHP-listed
Mellen City Hall, Bennett and Main Saints
Ashland, Wisconsin (Wildhagen & Reteauhaus), NRHP-listed
Washburn Public Library, built 1904, Classical Revival, Washington Avenue. and West. 3rd Saint Washburn, Wisconsin (Wildhagen,Henry), NRHP-listed
Wilmarth School, 913 3rd Avenue. West. Ashland, Wisconsin (Wildhagen,Henry), NRHP-listed.