SCHROEDER, Julius C. (1850 - c.1914) was recorded as an architect in Washington State and later in British Columbia. He was born in Germany, and arrived in the United States after1870. He was in a successful partnership with William T. Whiteway in Port Townsend, Washington in 1888-1891 (see list of works under Whiteway & Schroeder). By early 1892 he had moved to Canada and was living and working in Victoria, B.C. where his name appears as “architect, with John Teague” in Williams British Columbia Directory, 1892, 499, an indication that he was employed by Teague, and may have received training under him. By 1893 he had formed a partnership with Alexander C. Ewart, as Schroeder & Ewart, but he disappears from Canada after 1894. He is almost certainly the same " Julius C. Schroeder, Architect" who is recorded in the annual City Directory of Cleveland, Ohio from 1874 to 1878 as a draughtsman, and then in Akron, Ohio from c.1879 to 1883. His name was noted there in 1883 when it was reported that "....Julius Schroeder, draughstman in architect Jacob Snyder's office, has accepted a position in the office of a Cleveland architect" (Summit County Beacon [Akron, Ohio], 2 May 1883, 5). He maintained an office under his own name in Cleveland in 1885-87, but likely moved to Washington State in 1888. By 1896 or earlier, Schroeder had returned to Cleveland and was recorded there until at least 1914, likely working for other architects in that city.
SCHROEDER & EWART (works in British Columbia)
OAK BAY, B.C., residence for Mrs. Elizabeth Miller, Oak Bay Avenue, 1893 (Victoria Daily Times, 26 April 1893, 1)
VICTORIA, B.C., Central School, outdoor brick toilet buildings, 1893 (Victoria Daily Times, 31 July 1893, 6)
COMPETITIONS
VICTORIA, B.C., North Ward School and South Ward School, 1893. The firm of Schroeder & Ewart were one of 14 architects from the USA and Canada who submitted plans in this competition (Victoria Daily Times, 13 July 1893, 7, descrip. and list of competitors). The juror was R. Mackay Fripp of Vancouver. Their design, labeled No. 13, was ranked in 6th Place in this competition. The winners were Cornelius J. Soule, and W. Ridgway Wilson.