STEINMANN, Herman (1860-1905), an American architect who specialized in the design of brewery buildings in both the United States and Canada. Born in Germany, he emigrated to America in early 1883 and was active in St. Louis, Mo. in 1883-87. He then moved to Seattle where he designed several landmarks including the Squire Building (1888; demol.), the Bay View Brewery (1889; demol.), and the Terry-Kittinger Block (1889-90). In Canada, he can be credited with substantial brewery buildings in Victoria, B.C. (1892), and in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan (1899). He later moved to New York City in 1898 where he designed the Southern Brewery Co. complex in Boston, and the Lipsius Brewery in Brooklyn (1899-1900). His career ended abruptly in April 1905 when he committed suicide (obituary, New York Daily Tribune, 15 April 1905, 10; biog. Jeffrey K. Ochsner, Shaping Seattle Architecture, 2014, 477; D.S. Francis, Architects in Practice New York City 1840-1900, 1979, 72; inf. Susan K. Appel, Champaign, Ill.).
Herman STEINMANN (works in Canada)
(with John Teague, local supervising architect) VICTORIA, B.C., Lowen & Erb Brewery Ltd., also known as the Victoria Brewing Co., Government Street at Discovery Street, 1892; demol. 1982 (Victoria Daily Times, 25 Jan. 1892, 5, detailed descrip.; Daily Colonist [Victoria], 12 March 1892, 7, detailed descrip.; Western Brewer [Chicago], xvii, June 1892, 1283; Victoria Heritage Foundation, This Old House: Victoria's Heritage Neighbourhoods, Vol. 3, 2021, 32, illus. & descrip.)
PRINCE ALBERT, SASK., new brew house for K. Wittemann, 1899 (Western Brewer [Chicago], xxiv, Sept. 1899, 360; Oct. 1899, 390)