Leonard Asheim

Leonard Asheim
Born 1877
Germany
Died 1961
Fairfield, Connecticut
Nationality German-American
Occupation Architect
Buildings Achavath Achim Synagogue, Klein Memorial Auditorium

Leonard Asheim (1877-1961) was an German-American Jewish architect from Connecticut. He was especially noted as an architect of schools.

Born in Germany, Asheim later came to the United States, locating in Waterbury, Connecticut. He worked for Joseph A. Jackson for three years, before going to Boston, where he took evening classes in architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, while working days for architects in that city.[1] Asheim first opened his office in Waterbury in 1898.[2] He quickly began to specialize in school buildings, a part of his practice that continued after his move to Bridgeport in 1909.

In 1945 he went to New Haven, leaving his office in the care of loyal assistant Oliver Wilkins.[2] At this time, Asheim moved to a consulting position. In the 1950s he also went to Florida, but soon returned to Bridgeport. At his death in 1961, he was the oldest architect in the city.[3]

Architectural work

Achavath Achim Synagogue, Bridgeport, 1926.
Klein Memorial Auditorium, Bridgeport, 1938.

References

  1. 1 2 American Architects Directory. 1955.
  2. 1 2 Questionnaire, Asheim and Wilkins. 1946.
  3. "Leonard Asheim". http://public.aia.org/. n.d.
  4. American School Board Journal Aug. 1902: 22.
  5. American Architect 30 Dec. 1908: 19.
  6. Sterner, Daniel. "Leonard Asheim House (1910)". http://historicbuildingsct.com/. 19 Nov. 2012.
  7. American Architect 7 Sept. 1910: 6.
  8. Sterner, Daniel. "B’nai Israel Synagogue (1911)". http://historicbuildingsct.com/. 14 June 2015.
  9. Engineering News 5 Sept. 1912: 158.
  10. American Contractor 8 Jan. 1916: 37.
  11. Engineering News 24 Aug. 1916: 104.
  12. Engineering News 28 Dec. 1916: 321.
  13. American Contractor 9 June 1917: 46.
  14. Engineering News-Record 5 June 1919: 340.
  15. American Architect 9 March 1921: 12.
  16. Architecture 1923: 233.
  17. Bridgeport (CT) Telegram 12 Feb. 1923.
  18. 1 2 Achavath Achim Synagogue NRHP Nomination. 1995.
  19. Fire Engineering 1928: 734.
  20. Engineering News-Record 1936: 240.
  21. Bridgemen's Magazine 1938: 593.
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