Fridolin Heer

Dubuque County Courthouse

Basilica of St. Francis Xavier

Fridolin Heer (July 30, 1834 – September 19, 1910) was a Swiss born and trained architect who immigrated to the United States in 1864 and set up a practice in Dubuque, Iowa shortly thereafter. He was joined in his practice by his son, Fridolin Heer Jr.

Fridolin Heer Jr. studied architecture in Germany and worked in Chicago in the offices of Adler and Sullivan before returning to Dubuque to work with his father.

Heer died at his home in Dubuque in 1910.^[1]

Works

Buildings by Fridolin Heer and his son include:

• Town Clock Building, Dubuque (1873)^[2]
• Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Dubuque (1888)
• Basilica of St. Francis Xavier, Dyersville, Iowa (1889)^[3]
• Dubuque County Courthouse, Dubuque (1893)^[4]
• Security Building, Dubuque (1896)^[5]
• Jacob Regez, Sr. House, Monroe, Wisconsin (1901)^[6]

Notes

1. American Art Annual, Volume 9. MacMillan Company. 1911. p. 313.
2. James E. Jacobsen. "Town Clock Building" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-01-19.
3. Clarabelle Baum. "Basilica of St. Francis Xavier, Church and Rectory" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-01-19.
4. Mrs. Kenneth E. Mercer. "Dubuque County Courthouse" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-01-19.
5. James E. Jacobsen. "Security Building" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-01-19.
6. David Donath. "Regez, Jacob, Sr. House" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-01-19.

References

• Gebhard, David and Gerald Mansheim, Buildings of Iowa, Oxford University Press, New York, 1993

External links

• Dubuque County Courthouse website