Henry F. Brauns

Henry F. Brauns (October 4, 1845 – May 7, 1917) was an architect based in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. He was a son of Ferdinand L. (consul general of the Kingdoms of Saxony, Württemberg, Bavaria and Prussia[1][2][3]) and Henrietta Brauns (born Focke) and was one of ten brothers and sisters. His grandfather C.W. Brauns had fought during the Revolutionary War in a Hessian regiment.[4] Among his brothers were Rev. F.W. Brauns a Presbyterian minister, Ferdinand L. Brauns an accountant of local repute.[5] Brauns came from the German Brauns family from Lower Saxony (one of his ancestors, Johann Brauns, was a councilor of George I.[6][7]) and was also a descendant of Benjamin Edes and Peter Tufts.[8][9][10] He started his practice at the age of 18. He was a charter member of the Baltimore Chapter of the Archaeological Institute of America in December 1870.[11]

Henry F. Brauns
BornOctober 4, 1845
DiedMay 7, 1917
Betterton, Maryland
NationalityUnited States
OccupationArchitect
BuildingsBrown's Arcade
coat of arms Brauns, Hannover (Lower Saxony, Germany)

Many of Brauns’s known works were industrial buildings, most of which are now destroyed, and various buildings for Baltimore city’s water and sewer works. Among these was the Mount Royal Pumping Station at the corner of North Avenue and McMechen Street in Baltimore, designs of which were completed in 1897.[12] In keeping with the times, these structures were highly ornamental. In summer 1894, he completed design of the Pratt Street Power-House for the City and Suburban Railway Company in Baltimore.[13] He also designed the Romanesque Revival tower and facade of Holy Cross Polish National Catholic Church in 1902.[11]

Brauns interest and expertise in public work led him to champion "the latest and best methods of school building architecture", as paraphrased by the Baltimore Sun coverage of a symposium November 12, 1898, in Easton, Maryland, where he presented and participated.[14]

He died in 1917 at the summer resort of Betterton, Maryland, and is buried in Lorraine Park Cemetery[15] with his wife, Isabella Stewart, and five other family members[11] rather than at the family[16] lot in Greenmount Cemetery in Baltimore.[17] Emilia Brauns, his last surviving sibling, died after him on August 6, 1917.

Selected works
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References
  1. "Ernennung des Ferdinand Ludwig Brauns zum württembergischen Generalkonsul in Baltimore, Beeidigung, Krankheit, Tod, Bewerbungen um seine Nachfolge, Beibehaltung des Generalkonsulats in Baltimore - Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek". www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de (in German). Retrieved 2018-10-21.
  2. (Kingdom), Württemberg (1843). Regierungs-Blatt für das Königreich Württemberg (in German). G. Hasselbrink.
  3. (Regierungsbezirk), Pfalz (1847). Königlich bayerisches Amts- und Intelligenzblatt für die Pfalz: 1847 (in German). Ferdinand Ludwig Braunsbaltimore focke.
  4. Neuer nekrolog der Deutschen ... (in German). B.F. Voigt. 1848.
  5. Obituary, Miss Emilia M. Brauns, The Sun (1837-1985); August 6, 1917; ProQuest Historical Newspapers The Baltimore Sun (1837-1985) pg. 5
  6. "NLA HA Dep. 125 Acc. 2001/016 Nr. 233 - Das von Lenthesche Afterleh... - Arcinsys detail page". www.arcinsys.niedersachsen.de. Archived from the original on 2018-10-18. Retrieved 2018-10-22.
  7. Hannoverische gelehrte Anzeigen: vom Jahre ... (in German). Schlüter. 1755.
  8. Sons of the American Revolution Magazine. Sons of the American Revolution. 1919.
  9. Daughters of the American Revolution. cn (1899). Lineage book. Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center. Washington, D.C. : The Society ; Harrisburg, Pa. : Harrisburg Pub. Co.
  10. "Sir Benefield Ichabod Davis, Northamptonshire b. 1569 Northamptonshire, England d. 1603 Benefield, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom". permenter.info. Retrieved 2018-10-22.
  11. "Baltimore Architecture Foundation " Henry F. Brauns". Henry F. Brauns. Baltimore Architecture Foundation. 2009-03-17.
  12. Proposals, The Sun (1837-1985); Aug 18, 1897; ProQuest Historical Newspapers The Baltimore Sun (1837-1985) pg. 5
  13. A Great Power-House, The Sun (1837-1985); May 10, 1894; ProQuest Historical Newspapers The Baltimore Sun (1837-1985) pg. 8
  14. Health Of Children, Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun, The Sun (1837-1985); Nov 12, 1898; ProQuest Historical Newspapers The Baltimore Sun (1837-1985) pg. 9
  15. "Henry Frederick Brauns grave". Archived from the original on 2018-10-22.
  16. The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography: Being the History of the United States as Illustrated in the Lives of the Founders, Builders, and Defenders of the Republic, and of the Men and Women who are Doing the Work and Moulding the Thought of the Present Time. University Microfilms. 1967.
  17. "Ferdinand L. Brauns grave". Archived from the original on 2018-10-22.
  18. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
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