Background
Robert S. Roeschlaub was born in 1843 in Munich, Germany. He was brought to the U. S. in childhood.
Robert S. Roeschlaub was born in 1843 in Munich, Germany. He was brought to the U. S. in childhood.
The boy received an early education in Quincy, Ill., where his parents established a home.
At the age of eighteen he enlisted with the Illinois Volunteers of the U.S. Army and served under General Sherman until the close of the Civil War.
Returning to Quincy Mr. Roeschlaub began architectural study, but did not practice until after he moved to Denver in 1875. In that city he served as Architect of the School Board for twenty years, and in addition to the numerous school buildings he designed, prepared plans for University Hall, the first building erected at the University of Colorado; the King Building, 1907, and the Foster Building, 1911-14, both in Denver, also many business blocks and residences in other locations.
After retiring in 1913 Mr. Roeschlaub spent his remaining years in California and died in San Diego at the age of eighty. A son, Frank Roeschlaub, who had been associated with him after 1902, succeeded to his practice in Denver.