Background
Semsch, Otto Francis was born on September 26, 1872 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Francis and Aurelia (Sieber) Semsch.
Semsch, Otto Francis was born on September 26, 1872 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Francis and Aurelia (Sieber) Semsch.
Student Technology U., Karlsruhe, Germany, 1891-1892, Technology U., Charlottenburg-Berlin, Germany, 1892-1894.
May. Began as architectural engineer, 1894. Designer of foundations, structural and mechanical engineering of Mills Hotel, Singer, Bourne, Scribner, Furness-Withy and International Merchantile Marine office buildings, New York, Gwynne Building, Cincinnati, O., First National Bank, Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Building, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland., St. Luke’s Hospital, New York, St. Margaret’s Memorial Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Naval Hospital, Washington, District of Columbia. Architect Montclair (New Jersey) Municipal Building.
Designer of wind-bracing of the Singer Tower. Registered architect New York and New Jersey. Licensed professional engineer, New York.
Member of the board of education, Montclair, New Jersey. Member Society American Military Engineers.
Married Gertrude Luedeke (died November 15, 1935).