DEATH INFORMATION:
Obituary from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, USA) on Sunday, November 11, 2012:
Deceased Name: Eschweiler, Thomas L.
Passed away with loving family by his side on Thursday November 8, 2012, at the age of 56. Loving husband of Maureen Catania (Nee Peters). Loving dad of Angela, Mary Grace and Elizabeth. Beloved son of Janice Ramsey and the late Nicholas Catania. Dear brother of John Catania (Charles Ignacio). Nick is further survived by other relatives and friends. Visitation will be held on Tuesday November 13 from 4PM until Memorial Service at 6PM at ST. LUKES CATHOLIC CHURCH, 16000 W. Greenfield Ave. In lieu of flowers, memorials to the family appreciated. December 3, 1921 to November 2, 2012 Thomas L. Eschweiler passed away peacefully on Nov. 2, 2012, a month shy of his 91st birthday. He was born Dec. 3, 1921 to Alexander C. and Dorothy (Adams) Eschweiler Jr., part of the large Eschweiler family of architects in Milwaukee. Alexander C. Eschweiler Sr. was his grandfather. He grew up on the East Side with his four brothers before attending the Phillips Exeter Academy where he graduated in 1940. He attended Cornell University until WWII broke out, at which time he left to serve in the Army Air Corps. as navigator in B-24 bombers. Returning to college after the war, he transferred into the Cornell School of Architecture, the same school from which his architect father, uncles and grandfather had graduated. Thereafter, he spent several years working in and around New York City before returning to Milwaukee in 1954 to join the Eschweiler & Eschweiler architectural firm. At this time, he also traveled to Koblenz, Germany to visit a German friend who coincidentally had the same last name. There he met and soon married the family's daughter, Gabriele A. Eschweiler. For the next 58 years, Milwaukee was their home.
TLE then worked for the architecture firm Herbst, Jacoby & Herbst, followed by a 15 year service at the Milwaukee Public Schools as Director of Construction. He also worked to establish the UWMSchool of Architecture and Regional Planning, as well as creating the family-sponsored Professorship in Design. Mr. Eschweiler was also a long time member of the Wisconsin Chapter of the American Institute of Architects and a founding member of the Milwaukee Chapter of the Construction Specifications Institute. Mr. Eschweiler's most significant legacy will be his founding of the Wisconsin Architectural Archives in 1979. He used the drawings of the defunct Eschweiler & Eschweiler firm as the core collection. In 1983, he and his wife Gabi began what would become a 25 year volunteer commitment at the WAA, continuously adding plans from other Wisconsin architects and significant Wisconsin buildings. They researched missing information and created a fourpoint cross reference index. By 2004, the WAA contained work 460 architects and nearly 10, 500 drawings, the oldest of which dates to 1851. The WAA is now part of the Milwaukee Public Library.
Mr. Eschweiler loved working. When not at the archives or office, he joyfully labored outdoors at the family summer cottage in Chenequa, Wisconsin with his beloved Jeep Willy truck and tools. Friends and relatives will long remember him for his great breadth of interests and mischievous wit. He delighted in irreverent teasing but softened it with a broad grin and twinkling eyes.
Mr. Eschweiler is survived by his daughters, Liesel Lavery and Andrea (John S.) Rendleman and seven grandchildren: Lt. Alexander C. Lavery, Caroline A. Lavery, John Lavery, Margaret Rendleman, Eleanore C. Rendleman, Alison Rendleman, and Jane Q. Rendleman. The family will have a memorial service on Saturday, January 26, 2013, 2 PM, at the Charles Allis Art Museum, 1801 N. Prospect Ave., Milwaukee.
Donations in Mr. Eschweiler's name can be made to either Milwaukee Public Library Foundation, (Memo: W. A. A.), 814 W. Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53233 or the Charles Allis/Villa Terrace Museums, (Memo: TLE-Allis Legacy Fund), 1801 N. Prospect Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53202.
Obituary from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, USA) on Tuesday, November 13, 2012:
Deceased Name: Thomas Eschweiler kept building on rich architectural foundation
Thomas Eschweiler, the grandson of famed Milwaukee architect Alexander Eschweiler, died Nov. 2. He was 90.
Eschweiler attended the Cornell School of Architecture, like his grandfather and father, who was also an architect. In 1954, he joined the family architectural firm - Eschweiler and Eschweiler. Alexander Eschweiler was founder of the firm responsible for what's now the Charles Allis Art Museum, the Wisconsin Gas Co. building and many more Milwaukee landmarks.
Later, Thomas served as director of construction for the Milwaukee Public Schools, a position he held for 15 years. In 1979, he founded the Wisconsin Architectural Archives, incorporating many of the family firm's drawings in the collection. The archive, which includes the work of 460 architects and more than 10,000 drawings, is now a part of the Milwaukee Public Library.
He is survived by his daughters, Liesel Lavery and Andrea Rendleman, and seven grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Jan. 26 at the Charles Allis Art Museum, 1801 N. Prospect Ave. The Tudor mansion was designed in 1911 by Eschweiler's grandfather.
Memorials in his name to the Milwaukee Public Library Foundation (W.A.A.), 814 W. Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53233; or the Charles Allis/Villa Terrace Museums, (TLE-Allis Legacy Fund), 1801 N. Prospect Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53202, are suggested.
Obituary from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, USA) on Thursday, November 15, 2012:
Deceased Name: Thomas Eschweiler: Architect kept building on rich foundation
Thomas Eschweiler, the grandson of famed Milwaukee architect Alexander Eschweiler, died Nov. 2. He was 90.
Eschweiler attended the Cornell School of Architecture, like his grandfather and father, who was also an architect. In 1954, he joined the family architectural firm - Eschweiler and Eschweiler.
Alexander Eschweiler was founder of the firm responsible for what's now the Charles Allis Art Museum, the Wisconsin Gas Co. building and many more Milwaukee landmarks.
Later, Thomas served as director of construction for the Milwaukee Public Schools, a position he held for 15 years.
In 1979, he founded the Wisconsin Architectural Archives, incorporating many of the family firm's drawings in the collection.
The archive, which includes the work of 460 architects and more than 10,000 drawings, is now a part of the Milwaukee Public Library.
Memorials in his name to the Milwaukee Public Library Foundation (W.A.A.), 814 W. Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53233; or the Charles Allis/Villa Terrace Museums, (TLE-Allis Legacy Fund), 1801 N. Prospect Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53202, are suggested.
He is survived by his daughters, Liesel Lavery and Andrea Rendleman, and seven grandchildren.
***
THOMAS ESCHWEILER
A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Jan. 26 at the Charles Allis Art Museum, 1801 N. Prospect Ave. The Tudor mansion was designed in 1911 by Eschweiler's grandfather.
Obituary from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, USA) on Friday, November 16, 2012:
Deceased Name: Eschweiler built on a rich foundation | OBITUARY
Thomas Eschweiler, the grandson of famed Milwaukee architect Alexander Eschweiler, died Nov. 2. He was 90.
Eschweiler attended the Cornell School of Architecture, like his grandfather and father, who was also an architect. In 1954, he joined the family architectural firm - Eschweiler and Eschweiler.
Alexander Eschweiler was founder of the firm responsible for what's now the Charles Allis Art Museum, the Wisconsin Gas Co. building and many more Milwaukee landmarks.
Later, Thomas served as director of construction for the Milwaukee Public Schools, a position he held for 15 years.
In 1979, he founded the Wisconsin Architectural Archives, incorporating many of the family firm's drawings in the collection.
The archive, which includes the work of 460 architects and more than 10, 000 drawings, is now a part of the Milwaukee Public Library.
Memorials in his name to the Milwaukee Public Library Foundation (W.A.A.), 814 W. Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53233; or the Charles Allis/Villa Terrace Museums, (TLE-Allis Legacy Fund), 1801 N. Prospect Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53202, are suggested.
He is survived by his daughters, Liesel Lavery and Andrea Rendleman, and seven grandchildren. THOMAS ESCHWEILER A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Jan. 26 at the Charles Allis Art Museum, 1801 N. Prospect Ave. The Tudor mansion was designed in 1911 by Eschweiler's grandfather.
Obituary from the Daily Reporter (Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, USA) on Friday, November 16, 2012:
Deceased Name: Thomas Eschweiler: Memorial service set for Milwaukee architect Eschweiler
A memorial service for Thomas Eschweiler, the noted architect who founded the Wisconsin Architectural Archives in 1979, will be held Jan. 26.
Eschweiler died Nov. 2 at the age of 90, according to an obituary prepared by Feerick Funeral Home. Eschweiler was director of construction for Milwaukee Public Schools for 15 years and helped establish the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's School of Architecture and Regional Planning, according to the obituary. Eschweiler was the grandson of architect Alexander Eschweiler.
The memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. at the Charles Allis Art Museum, 1801 N. Prospect Ave. Donations in Eschweiler's memory can be made to the Charles Allis/Villa Terrace Museums or the Milwaukee Public Library Foundation.
Obituary from the North Shore NOW (Bayside, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, USA) on Thursday, November 22, 2012:
Deceased Name: Thomas L. Eschweiler
December 3, 1921 to November 2, 2012. Thomas L. Eschweiler passed away peacefully on Nov. 2, 2012, a month shy of his 91st birthday. He was born Dec 3, 1921 to Alexander C. and Dorothy (Adams) Eschweiler Jr., part of the large Eschweiler family of architects in Milwaukee. Alexander C. Eschweiler Sr. was his grandfather. He grew up on the East Side with his four brothers before attending the Phillips Exeter Academy where he graduated in 1940.
He attended Cornell University until WWII broke out, at which time he left to serve in the Army Air Corps. as navigator in B-24 bombers. Returning to college after the war, he transferred into the Cornell School of Architecture, the same school from which his architect father, uncles, and grandfather had graduated. Thereafter, he spent several years working in and around New York City before returning to Milwaukee in 1954 to join the Eschweiler & Eschweiler architectural firm.
At this time, he also traveled to Koblenz, Germany to visit a German friend who coincidentally had the same last name. There he met and soon married the family's daughter, Gabriele A. Eschweiler. For the next 58 years, Milwaukee was their home.
TLE then worked for the architecture firm Herbst, Jacoby & Herbst, followed by a 15 year service at the Milwaukee Public Schools as Director of Construction. He also worked to establish the UWM-School of Architecture and Regional Planning, as well as creating the family-sponsored Professorship in Design. Mr. Eschweiler was also a long time member of the Wisconsin Chapter of the American Institute of Architects and a founding member of the Milwaukee Chapter of the Construction Specifications Institute.
Mr. Eschweiler's most significant legacy will be his founding of the Wisconsin Architectural Archives in 1979. He used the drawings of the defunct Eschweiler & Eschweiler firm as the core collection. In 1983, he and his wife Gabi began what would become a 25 year volunteer commitment at the WAA, continuously adding plans from other Wisconsin architects and significant Wisconsin buildings. They researched missing information and created a four-point cross reference index. By 2004, the WAA contained work 460 architects and nearly 10, 500 drawings, the oldest of which dates to 1851. The WAA is now part of the Milwaukee Public Library.
Mr. Eschweiler loved working. When not at the archives or office, he joyfully labored outdoors at the family summer cottage in Chenequa, Wisconsin with his beloved Jeep Willy truck and tools. Friends and relatives will long remember him for his great breadth of interests and mischievous wit. He delighted in irreverent teasing but softened it with a broad grin and twinkling eyes.
Mr. Eschweiler is survived by his daughters, Liesel Lavery and Andrea (John S.) Rendleman, and seven grandchildren: Lt. Alexander C. Lavery, Caroline A. Lavery, John Lavery, Margaret Rendleman, Eleanore C. Rendleman, Alison Rendleman, and Jane Q. Rendleman.
The family will have a memorial service on Saturday, January 26, 2013, 2 pm, at the Charles Allis Art Museum, 1801 N. Prospect Ave., Milwaukee.
Donations in Mr. Eschweiler's name can be made to either Milwaukee Public Library Foundation, (Memo: W. A. A.), 814 W. Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53233 or the Charles Allis/Villa Terrace Museums, (Memo: TLE-Allis Legacy Fund), 1801 N. Prospect Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53202.
Obituary from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, USA) on Sunday, November 11, 2012:
Deceased Name: Eschweiler, Thomas L.
Passed away with loving family by his side on Thursday November 8, 2012, at the age of 56. Loving husband of Maureen Catania (Nee Peters). Loving dad of Angela, Mary Grace and Elizabeth. Beloved son of Janice Ramsey and the late Nicholas Catania. Dear brother of John Catania (Charles Ignacio). Nick is further survived by other relatives and friends. Visitation will be held on Tuesday November 13 from 4PM until Memorial Service at 6PM at ST. LUKES CATHOLIC CHURCH, 16000 W. Greenfield Ave. In lieu of flowers, memorials to the family appreciated. December 3, 1921 to November 2, 2012 Thomas L. Eschweiler passed away peacefully on Nov. 2, 2012, a month shy of his 91st birthday. He was born Dec. 3, 1921 to Alexander C. and Dorothy (Adams) Eschweiler Jr., part of the large Eschweiler family of architects in Milwaukee. Alexander C. Eschweiler Sr. was his grandfather. He grew up on the East Side with his four brothers before attending the Phillips Exeter Academy where he graduated in 1940. He attended Cornell University until WWII broke out, at which time he left to serve in the Army Air Corps. as navigator in B-24 bombers. Returning to college after the war, he transferred into the Cornell School of Architecture, the same school from which his architect father, uncles and grandfather had graduated. Thereafter, he spent several years working in and around New York City before returning to Milwaukee in 1954 to join the Eschweiler & Eschweiler architectural firm. At this time, he also traveled to Koblenz, Germany to visit a German friend who coincidentally had the same last name. There he met and soon married the family's daughter, Gabriele A. Eschweiler. For the next 58 years, Milwaukee was their home.
TLE then worked for the architecture firm Herbst, Jacoby & Herbst, followed by a 15 year service at the Milwaukee Public Schools as Director of Construction. He also worked to establish the UWMSchool of Architecture and Regional Planning, as well as creating the family-sponsored Professorship in Design. Mr. Eschweiler was also a long time member of the Wisconsin Chapter of the American Institute of Architects and a founding member of the Milwaukee Chapter of the Construction Specifications Institute. Mr. Eschweiler's most significant legacy will be his founding of the Wisconsin Architectural Archives in 1979. He used the drawings of the defunct Eschweiler & Eschweiler firm as the core collection. In 1983, he and his wife Gabi began what would become a 25 year volunteer commitment at the WAA, continuously adding plans from other Wisconsin architects and significant Wisconsin buildings. They researched missing information and created a fourpoint cross reference index. By 2004, the WAA contained work 460 architects and nearly 10, 500 drawings, the oldest of which dates to 1851. The WAA is now part of the Milwaukee Public Library.
Mr. Eschweiler loved working. When not at the archives or office, he joyfully labored outdoors at the family summer cottage in Chenequa, Wisconsin with his beloved Jeep Willy truck and tools. Friends and relatives will long remember him for his great breadth of interests and mischievous wit. He delighted in irreverent teasing but softened it with a broad grin and twinkling eyes.
Mr. Eschweiler is survived by his daughters, Liesel Lavery and Andrea (John S.) Rendleman and seven grandchildren: Lt. Alexander C. Lavery, Caroline A. Lavery, John Lavery, Margaret Rendleman, Eleanore C. Rendleman, Alison Rendleman, and Jane Q. Rendleman. The family will have a memorial service on Saturday, January 26, 2013, 2 PM, at the Charles Allis Art Museum, 1801 N. Prospect Ave., Milwaukee.
Donations in Mr. Eschweiler's name can be made to either Milwaukee Public Library Foundation, (Memo: W. A. A.), 814 W. Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53233 or the Charles Allis/Villa Terrace Museums, (Memo: TLE-Allis Legacy Fund), 1801 N. Prospect Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53202.
Obituary from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, USA) on Tuesday, November 13, 2012:
Deceased Name: Thomas Eschweiler kept building on rich architectural foundation
Thomas Eschweiler, the grandson of famed Milwaukee architect Alexander Eschweiler, died Nov. 2. He was 90.
Eschweiler attended the Cornell School of Architecture, like his grandfather and father, who was also an architect. In 1954, he joined the family architectural firm - Eschweiler and Eschweiler. Alexander Eschweiler was founder of the firm responsible for what's now the Charles Allis Art Museum, the Wisconsin Gas Co. building and many more Milwaukee landmarks.
Later, Thomas served as director of construction for the Milwaukee Public Schools, a position he held for 15 years. In 1979, he founded the Wisconsin Architectural Archives, incorporating many of the family firm's drawings in the collection. The archive, which includes the work of 460 architects and more than 10,000 drawings, is now a part of the Milwaukee Public Library.
He is survived by his daughters, Liesel Lavery and Andrea Rendleman, and seven grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Jan. 26 at the Charles Allis Art Museum, 1801 N. Prospect Ave. The Tudor mansion was designed in 1911 by Eschweiler's grandfather.
Memorials in his name to the Milwaukee Public Library Foundation (W.A.A.), 814 W. Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53233; or the Charles Allis/Villa Terrace Museums, (TLE-Allis Legacy Fund), 1801 N. Prospect Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53202, are suggested.
Obituary from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, USA) on Thursday, November 15, 2012:
Deceased Name: Thomas Eschweiler: Architect kept building on rich foundation
Thomas Eschweiler, the grandson of famed Milwaukee architect Alexander Eschweiler, died Nov. 2. He was 90.
Eschweiler attended the Cornell School of Architecture, like his grandfather and father, who was also an architect. In 1954, he joined the family architectural firm - Eschweiler and Eschweiler.
Alexander Eschweiler was founder of the firm responsible for what's now the Charles Allis Art Museum, the Wisconsin Gas Co. building and many more Milwaukee landmarks.
Later, Thomas served as director of construction for the Milwaukee Public Schools, a position he held for 15 years.
In 1979, he founded the Wisconsin Architectural Archives, incorporating many of the family firm's drawings in the collection.
The archive, which includes the work of 460 architects and more than 10,000 drawings, is now a part of the Milwaukee Public Library.
Memorials in his name to the Milwaukee Public Library Foundation (W.A.A.), 814 W. Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53233; or the Charles Allis/Villa Terrace Museums, (TLE-Allis Legacy Fund), 1801 N. Prospect Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53202, are suggested.
He is survived by his daughters, Liesel Lavery and Andrea Rendleman, and seven grandchildren.
***
THOMAS ESCHWEILER
A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Jan. 26 at the Charles Allis Art Museum, 1801 N. Prospect Ave. The Tudor mansion was designed in 1911 by Eschweiler's grandfather.
Obituary from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, USA) on Friday, November 16, 2012:
Deceased Name: Eschweiler built on a rich foundation | OBITUARY
Thomas Eschweiler, the grandson of famed Milwaukee architect Alexander Eschweiler, died Nov. 2. He was 90.
Eschweiler attended the Cornell School of Architecture, like his grandfather and father, who was also an architect. In 1954, he joined the family architectural firm - Eschweiler and Eschweiler.
Alexander Eschweiler was founder of the firm responsible for what's now the Charles Allis Art Museum, the Wisconsin Gas Co. building and many more Milwaukee landmarks.
Later, Thomas served as director of construction for the Milwaukee Public Schools, a position he held for 15 years.
In 1979, he founded the Wisconsin Architectural Archives, incorporating many of the family firm's drawings in the collection.
The archive, which includes the work of 460 architects and more than 10, 000 drawings, is now a part of the Milwaukee Public Library.
Memorials in his name to the Milwaukee Public Library Foundation (W.A.A.), 814 W. Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53233; or the Charles Allis/Villa Terrace Museums, (TLE-Allis Legacy Fund), 1801 N. Prospect Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53202, are suggested.
He is survived by his daughters, Liesel Lavery and Andrea Rendleman, and seven grandchildren. THOMAS ESCHWEILER A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Jan. 26 at the Charles Allis Art Museum, 1801 N. Prospect Ave. The Tudor mansion was designed in 1911 by Eschweiler's grandfather.
Obituary from the Daily Reporter (Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, USA) on Friday, November 16, 2012:
Deceased Name: Thomas Eschweiler: Memorial service set for Milwaukee architect Eschweiler
A memorial service for Thomas Eschweiler, the noted architect who founded the Wisconsin Architectural Archives in 1979, will be held Jan. 26.
Eschweiler died Nov. 2 at the age of 90, according to an obituary prepared by Feerick Funeral Home. Eschweiler was director of construction for Milwaukee Public Schools for 15 years and helped establish the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's School of Architecture and Regional Planning, according to the obituary. Eschweiler was the grandson of architect Alexander Eschweiler.
The memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. at the Charles Allis Art Museum, 1801 N. Prospect Ave. Donations in Eschweiler's memory can be made to the Charles Allis/Villa Terrace Museums or the Milwaukee Public Library Foundation.
Obituary from the North Shore NOW (Bayside, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, USA) on Thursday, November 22, 2012:
Deceased Name: Thomas L. Eschweiler
December 3, 1921 to November 2, 2012. Thomas L. Eschweiler passed away peacefully on Nov. 2, 2012, a month shy of his 91st birthday. He was born Dec 3, 1921 to Alexander C. and Dorothy (Adams) Eschweiler Jr., part of the large Eschweiler family of architects in Milwaukee. Alexander C. Eschweiler Sr. was his grandfather. He grew up on the East Side with his four brothers before attending the Phillips Exeter Academy where he graduated in 1940.
He attended Cornell University until WWII broke out, at which time he left to serve in the Army Air Corps. as navigator in B-24 bombers. Returning to college after the war, he transferred into the Cornell School of Architecture, the same school from which his architect father, uncles, and grandfather had graduated. Thereafter, he spent several years working in and around New York City before returning to Milwaukee in 1954 to join the Eschweiler & Eschweiler architectural firm.
At this time, he also traveled to Koblenz, Germany to visit a German friend who coincidentally had the same last name. There he met and soon married the family's daughter, Gabriele A. Eschweiler. For the next 58 years, Milwaukee was their home.
TLE then worked for the architecture firm Herbst, Jacoby & Herbst, followed by a 15 year service at the Milwaukee Public Schools as Director of Construction. He also worked to establish the UWM-School of Architecture and Regional Planning, as well as creating the family-sponsored Professorship in Design. Mr. Eschweiler was also a long time member of the Wisconsin Chapter of the American Institute of Architects and a founding member of the Milwaukee Chapter of the Construction Specifications Institute.
Mr. Eschweiler's most significant legacy will be his founding of the Wisconsin Architectural Archives in 1979. He used the drawings of the defunct Eschweiler & Eschweiler firm as the core collection. In 1983, he and his wife Gabi began what would become a 25 year volunteer commitment at the WAA, continuously adding plans from other Wisconsin architects and significant Wisconsin buildings. They researched missing information and created a four-point cross reference index. By 2004, the WAA contained work 460 architects and nearly 10, 500 drawings, the oldest of which dates to 1851. The WAA is now part of the Milwaukee Public Library.
Mr. Eschweiler loved working. When not at the archives or office, he joyfully labored outdoors at the family summer cottage in Chenequa, Wisconsin with his beloved Jeep Willy truck and tools. Friends and relatives will long remember him for his great breadth of interests and mischievous wit. He delighted in irreverent teasing but softened it with a broad grin and twinkling eyes.
Mr. Eschweiler is survived by his daughters, Liesel Lavery and Andrea (John S.) Rendleman, and seven grandchildren: Lt. Alexander C. Lavery, Caroline A. Lavery, John Lavery, Margaret Rendleman, Eleanore C. Rendleman, Alison Rendleman, and Jane Q. Rendleman.
The family will have a memorial service on Saturday, January 26, 2013, 2 pm, at the Charles Allis Art Museum, 1801 N. Prospect Ave., Milwaukee.
Donations in Mr. Eschweiler's name can be made to either Milwaukee Public Library Foundation, (Memo: W. A. A.), 814 W. Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53233 or the Charles Allis/Villa Terrace Museums, (Memo: TLE-Allis Legacy Fund), 1801 N. Prospect Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53202.
DEATH INFORMATION:
Obituary from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, USA) on Sunday, November 11, 2012:
Deceased Name: Eschweiler, Thomas L.
Passed away with loving family by his side on Thursday November 8, 2012, at the age of 56. Loving husband of Maureen Catania (Nee Peters). Loving dad of Angela, Mary Grace and Elizabeth. Beloved son of Janice Ramsey and the late Nicholas Catania. Dear brother of John Catania (Charles Ignacio). Nick is further survived by other relatives and friends. Visitation will be held on Tuesday November 13 from 4PM until Memorial Service at 6PM at ST. LUKES CATHOLIC CHURCH, 16000 W. Greenfield Ave. In lieu of flowers, memorials to the family appreciated. December 3, 1921 to November 2, 2012 Thomas L. Eschweiler passed away peacefully on Nov. 2, 2012, a month shy of his 91st birthday. He was born Dec. 3, 1921 to Alexander C. and Dorothy (Adams) Eschweiler Jr., part of the large Eschweiler family of architects in Milwaukee. Alexander C. Eschweiler Sr. was his grandfather. He grew up on the East Side with his four brothers before attending the Phillips Exeter Academy where he graduated in 1940. He attended Cornell University until WWII broke out, at which time he left to serve in the Army Air Corps. as navigator in B-24 bombers. Returning to college after the war, he transferred into the Cornell School of Architecture, the same school from which his architect father, uncles and grandfather had graduated. Thereafter, he spent several years working in and around New York City before returning to Milwaukee in 1954 to join the Eschweiler & Eschweiler architectural firm. At this time, he also traveled to Koblenz, Germany to visit a German friend who coincidentally had the same last name. There he met and soon married the family's daughter, Gabriele A. Eschweiler. For the next 58 years, Milwaukee was their home.
TLE then worked for the architecture firm Herbst, Jacoby & Herbst, followed by a 15 year service at the Milwaukee Public Schools as Director of Construction. He also worked to establish the UWMSchool of Architecture and Regional Planning, as well as creating the family-sponsored Professorship in Design. Mr. Eschweiler was also a long time member of the Wisconsin Chapter of the American Institute of Architects and a founding member of the Milwaukee Chapter of the Construction Specifications Institute. Mr. Eschweiler's most significant legacy will be his founding of the Wisconsin Architectural Archives in 1979. He used the drawings of the defunct Eschweiler & Eschweiler firm as the core collection. In 1983, he and his wife Gabi began what would become a 25 year volunteer commitment at the WAA, continuously adding plans from other Wisconsin architects and significant Wisconsin buildings. They researched missing information and created a fourpoint cross reference index. By 2004, the WAA contained work 460 architects and nearly 10, 500 drawings, the oldest of which dates to 1851. The WAA is now part of the Milwaukee Public Library.
Mr. Eschweiler loved working. When not at the archives or office, he joyfully labored outdoors at the family summer cottage in Chenequa, Wisconsin with his beloved Jeep Willy truck and tools. Friends and relatives will long remember him for his great breadth of interests and mischievous wit. He delighted in irreverent teasing but softened it with a broad grin and twinkling eyes.
Mr. Eschweiler is survived by his daughters, Liesel Lavery and Andrea (John S.) Rendleman and seven grandchildren: Lt. Alexander C. Lavery, Caroline A. Lavery, John Lavery, Margaret Rendleman, Eleanore C. Rendleman, Alison Rendleman, and Jane Q. Rendleman. The family will have a memorial service on Saturday, January 26, 2013, 2 PM, at the Charles Allis Art Museum, 1801 N. Prospect Ave., Milwaukee.
Donations in Mr. Eschweiler's name can be made to either Milwaukee Public Library Foundation, (Memo: W. A. A.), 814 W. Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53233 or the Charles Allis/Villa Terrace Museums, (Memo: TLE-Allis Legacy Fund), 1801 N. Prospect Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53202.
Obituary from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, USA) on Tuesday, November 13, 2012:
Deceased Name: Thomas Eschweiler kept building on rich architectural foundation
Thomas Eschweiler, the grandson of famed Milwaukee architect Alexander Eschweiler, died Nov. 2. He was 90.
Eschweiler attended the Cornell School of Architecture, like his grandfather and father, who was also an architect. In 1954, he joined the family architectural firm - Eschweiler and Eschweiler. Alexander Eschweiler was founder of the firm responsible for what's now the Charles Allis Art Museum, the Wisconsin Gas Co. building and many more Milwaukee landmarks.
Later, Thomas served as director of construction for the Milwaukee Public Schools, a position he held for 15 years. In 1979, he founded the Wisconsin Architectural Archives, incorporating many of the family firm's drawings in the collection. The archive, which includes the work of 460 architects and more than 10,000 drawings, is now a part of the Milwaukee Public Library.
He is survived by his daughters, Liesel Lavery and Andrea Rendleman, and seven grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Jan. 26 at the Charles Allis Art Museum, 1801 N. Prospect Ave. The Tudor mansion was designed in 1911 by Eschweiler's grandfather.
Memorials in his name to the Milwaukee Public Library Foundation (W.A.A.), 814 W. Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53233; or the Charles Allis/Villa Terrace Museums, (TLE-Allis Legacy Fund), 1801 N. Prospect Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53202, are suggested.
Obituary from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, USA) on Thursday, November 15, 2012:
Deceased Name: Thomas Eschweiler: Architect kept building on rich foundation
Thomas Eschweiler, the grandson of famed Milwaukee architect Alexander Eschweiler, died Nov. 2. He was 90.
Eschweiler attended the Cornell School of Architecture, like his grandfather and father, who was also an architect. In 1954, he joined the family architectural firm - Eschweiler and Eschweiler.
Alexander Eschweiler was founder of the firm responsible for what's now the Charles Allis Art Museum, the Wisconsin Gas Co. building and many more Milwaukee landmarks.
Later, Thomas served as director of construction for the Milwaukee Public Schools, a position he held for 15 years.
In 1979, he founded the Wisconsin Architectural Archives, incorporating many of the family firm's drawings in the collection.
The archive, which includes the work of 460 architects and more than 10,000 drawings, is now a part of the Milwaukee Public Library.
Memorials in his name to the Milwaukee Public Library Foundation (W.A.A.), 814 W. Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53233; or the Charles Allis/Villa Terrace Museums, (TLE-Allis Legacy Fund), 1801 N. Prospect Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53202, are suggested.
He is survived by his daughters, Liesel Lavery and Andrea Rendleman, and seven grandchildren.
***
THOMAS ESCHWEILER
A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Jan. 26 at the Charles Allis Art Museum, 1801 N. Prospect Ave. The Tudor mansion was designed in 1911 by Eschweiler's grandfather.
Obituary from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, USA) on Friday, November 16, 2012:
Deceased Name: Eschweiler built on a rich foundation | OBITUARY
Thomas Eschweiler, the grandson of famed Milwaukee architect Alexander Eschweiler, died Nov. 2. He was 90.
Eschweiler attended the Cornell School of Architecture, like his grandfather and father, who was also an architect. In 1954, he joined the family architectural firm - Eschweiler and Eschweiler.
Alexander Eschweiler was founder of the firm responsible for what's now the Charles Allis Art Museum, the Wisconsin Gas Co. building and many more Milwaukee landmarks.
Later, Thomas served as director of construction for the Milwaukee Public Schools, a position he held for 15 years.
In 1979, he founded the Wisconsin Architectural Archives, incorporating many of the family firm's drawings in the collection.
The archive, which includes the work of 460 architects and more than 10, 000 drawings, is now a part of the Milwaukee Public Library.
Memorials in his name to the Milwaukee Public Library Foundation (W.A.A.), 814 W. Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53233; or the Charles Allis/Villa Terrace Museums, (TLE-Allis Legacy Fund), 1801 N. Prospect Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53202, are suggested.
He is survived by his daughters, Liesel Lavery and Andrea Rendleman, and seven grandchildren. THOMAS ESCHWEILER A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Jan. 26 at the Charles Allis Art Museum, 1801 N. Prospect Ave. The Tudor mansion was designed in 1911 by Eschweiler's grandfather.
Obituary from the Daily Reporter (Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, USA) on Friday, November 16, 2012:
Deceased Name: Thomas Eschweiler: Memorial service set for Milwaukee architect Eschweiler
A memorial service for Thomas Eschweiler, the noted architect who founded the Wisconsin Architectural Archives in 1979, will be held Jan. 26.
Eschweiler died Nov. 2 at the age of 90, according to an obituary prepared by Feerick Funeral Home. Eschweiler was director of construction for Milwaukee Public Schools for 15 years and helped establish the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's School of Architecture and Regional Planning, according to the obituary. Eschweiler was the grandson of architect Alexander Eschweiler.
The memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. at the Charles Allis Art Museum, 1801 N. Prospect Ave. Donations in Eschweiler's memory can be made to the Charles Allis/Villa Terrace Museums or the Milwaukee Public Library Foundation.
Obituary from the North Shore NOW (Bayside, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, USA) on Thursday, November 22, 2012:
Deceased Name: Thomas L. Eschweiler
December 3, 1921 to November 2, 2012. Thomas L. Eschweiler passed away peacefully on Nov. 2, 2012, a month shy of his 91st birthday. He was born Dec 3, 1921 to Alexander C. and Dorothy (Adams) Eschweiler Jr., part of the large Eschweiler family of architects in Milwaukee. Alexander C. Eschweiler Sr. was his grandfather. He grew up on the East Side with his four brothers before attending the Phillips Exeter Academy where he graduated in 1940.
He attended Cornell University until WWII broke out, at which time he left to serve in the Army Air Corps. as navigator in B-24 bombers. Returning to college after the war, he transferred into the Cornell School of Architecture, the same school from which his architect father, uncles, and grandfather had graduated. Thereafter, he spent several years working in and around New York City before returning to Milwaukee in 1954 to join the Eschweiler & Eschweiler architectural firm.
At this time, he also traveled to Koblenz, Germany to visit a German friend who coincidentally had the same last name. There he met and soon married the family's daughter, Gabriele A. Eschweiler. For the next 58 years, Milwaukee was their home.
TLE then worked for the architecture firm Herbst, Jacoby & Herbst, followed by a 15 year service at the Milwaukee Public Schools as Director of Construction. He also worked to establish the UWM-School of Architecture and Regional Planning, as well as creating the family-sponsored Professorship in Design. Mr. Eschweiler was also a long time member of the Wisconsin Chapter of the American Institute of Architects and a founding member of the Milwaukee Chapter of the Construction Specifications Institute.
Mr. Eschweiler's most significant legacy will be his founding of the Wisconsin Architectural Archives in 1979. He used the drawings of the defunct Eschweiler & Eschweiler firm as the core collection. In 1983, he and his wife Gabi began what would become a 25 year volunteer commitment at the WAA, continuously adding plans from other Wisconsin architects and significant Wisconsin buildings. They researched missing information and created a four-point cross reference index. By 2004, the WAA contained work 460 architects and nearly 10, 500 drawings, the oldest of which dates to 1851. The WAA is now part of the Milwaukee Public Library.
Mr. Eschweiler loved working. When not at the archives or office, he joyfully labored outdoors at the family summer cottage in Chenequa, Wisconsin with his beloved Jeep Willy truck and tools. Friends and relatives will long remember him for his great breadth of interests and mischievous wit. He delighted in irreverent teasing but softened it with a broad grin and twinkling eyes.
Mr. Eschweiler is survived by his daughters, Liesel Lavery and Andrea (John S.) Rendleman, and seven grandchildren: Lt. Alexander C. Lavery, Caroline A. Lavery, John Lavery, Margaret Rendleman, Eleanore C. Rendleman, Alison Rendleman, and Jane Q. Rendleman.
The family will have a memorial service on Saturday, January 26, 2013, 2 pm, at the Charles Allis Art Museum, 1801 N. Prospect Ave., Milwaukee.
Donations in Mr. Eschweiler's name can be made to either Milwaukee Public Library Foundation, (Memo: W. A. A.), 814 W. Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53233 or the Charles Allis/Villa Terrace Museums, (Memo: TLE-Allis Legacy Fund), 1801 N. Prospect Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53202.
Obituary from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, USA) on Sunday, November 11, 2012:
Deceased Name: Eschweiler, Thomas L.
Passed away with loving family by his side on Thursday November 8, 2012, at the age of 56. Loving husband of Maureen Catania (Nee Peters). Loving dad of Angela, Mary Grace and Elizabeth. Beloved son of Janice Ramsey and the late Nicholas Catania. Dear brother of John Catania (Charles Ignacio). Nick is further survived by other relatives and friends. Visitation will be held on Tuesday November 13 from 4PM until Memorial Service at 6PM at ST. LUKES CATHOLIC CHURCH, 16000 W. Greenfield Ave. In lieu of flowers, memorials to the family appreciated. December 3, 1921 to November 2, 2012 Thomas L. Eschweiler passed away peacefully on Nov. 2, 2012, a month shy of his 91st birthday. He was born Dec. 3, 1921 to Alexander C. and Dorothy (Adams) Eschweiler Jr., part of the large Eschweiler family of architects in Milwaukee. Alexander C. Eschweiler Sr. was his grandfather. He grew up on the East Side with his four brothers before attending the Phillips Exeter Academy where he graduated in 1940. He attended Cornell University until WWII broke out, at which time he left to serve in the Army Air Corps. as navigator in B-24 bombers. Returning to college after the war, he transferred into the Cornell School of Architecture, the same school from which his architect father, uncles and grandfather had graduated. Thereafter, he spent several years working in and around New York City before returning to Milwaukee in 1954 to join the Eschweiler & Eschweiler architectural firm. At this time, he also traveled to Koblenz, Germany to visit a German friend who coincidentally had the same last name. There he met and soon married the family's daughter, Gabriele A. Eschweiler. For the next 58 years, Milwaukee was their home.
TLE then worked for the architecture firm Herbst, Jacoby & Herbst, followed by a 15 year service at the Milwaukee Public Schools as Director of Construction. He also worked to establish the UWMSchool of Architecture and Regional Planning, as well as creating the family-sponsored Professorship in Design. Mr. Eschweiler was also a long time member of the Wisconsin Chapter of the American Institute of Architects and a founding member of the Milwaukee Chapter of the Construction Specifications Institute. Mr. Eschweiler's most significant legacy will be his founding of the Wisconsin Architectural Archives in 1979. He used the drawings of the defunct Eschweiler & Eschweiler firm as the core collection. In 1983, he and his wife Gabi began what would become a 25 year volunteer commitment at the WAA, continuously adding plans from other Wisconsin architects and significant Wisconsin buildings. They researched missing information and created a fourpoint cross reference index. By 2004, the WAA contained work 460 architects and nearly 10, 500 drawings, the oldest of which dates to 1851. The WAA is now part of the Milwaukee Public Library.
Mr. Eschweiler loved working. When not at the archives or office, he joyfully labored outdoors at the family summer cottage in Chenequa, Wisconsin with his beloved Jeep Willy truck and tools. Friends and relatives will long remember him for his great breadth of interests and mischievous wit. He delighted in irreverent teasing but softened it with a broad grin and twinkling eyes.
Mr. Eschweiler is survived by his daughters, Liesel Lavery and Andrea (John S.) Rendleman and seven grandchildren: Lt. Alexander C. Lavery, Caroline A. Lavery, John Lavery, Margaret Rendleman, Eleanore C. Rendleman, Alison Rendleman, and Jane Q. Rendleman. The family will have a memorial service on Saturday, January 26, 2013, 2 PM, at the Charles Allis Art Museum, 1801 N. Prospect Ave., Milwaukee.
Donations in Mr. Eschweiler's name can be made to either Milwaukee Public Library Foundation, (Memo: W. A. A.), 814 W. Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53233 or the Charles Allis/Villa Terrace Museums, (Memo: TLE-Allis Legacy Fund), 1801 N. Prospect Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53202.
Obituary from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, USA) on Tuesday, November 13, 2012:
Deceased Name: Thomas Eschweiler kept building on rich architectural foundation
Thomas Eschweiler, the grandson of famed Milwaukee architect Alexander Eschweiler, died Nov. 2. He was 90.
Eschweiler attended the Cornell School of Architecture, like his grandfather and father, who was also an architect. In 1954, he joined the family architectural firm - Eschweiler and Eschweiler. Alexander Eschweiler was founder of the firm responsible for what's now the Charles Allis Art Museum, the Wisconsin Gas Co. building and many more Milwaukee landmarks.
Later, Thomas served as director of construction for the Milwaukee Public Schools, a position he held for 15 years. In 1979, he founded the Wisconsin Architectural Archives, incorporating many of the family firm's drawings in the collection. The archive, which includes the work of 460 architects and more than 10,000 drawings, is now a part of the Milwaukee Public Library.
He is survived by his daughters, Liesel Lavery and Andrea Rendleman, and seven grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Jan. 26 at the Charles Allis Art Museum, 1801 N. Prospect Ave. The Tudor mansion was designed in 1911 by Eschweiler's grandfather.
Memorials in his name to the Milwaukee Public Library Foundation (W.A.A.), 814 W. Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53233; or the Charles Allis/Villa Terrace Museums, (TLE-Allis Legacy Fund), 1801 N. Prospect Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53202, are suggested.
Obituary from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, USA) on Thursday, November 15, 2012:
Deceased Name: Thomas Eschweiler: Architect kept building on rich foundation
Thomas Eschweiler, the grandson of famed Milwaukee architect Alexander Eschweiler, died Nov. 2. He was 90.
Eschweiler attended the Cornell School of Architecture, like his grandfather and father, who was also an architect. In 1954, he joined the family architectural firm - Eschweiler and Eschweiler.
Alexander Eschweiler was founder of the firm responsible for what's now the Charles Allis Art Museum, the Wisconsin Gas Co. building and many more Milwaukee landmarks.
Later, Thomas served as director of construction for the Milwaukee Public Schools, a position he held for 15 years.
In 1979, he founded the Wisconsin Architectural Archives, incorporating many of the family firm's drawings in the collection.
The archive, which includes the work of 460 architects and more than 10,000 drawings, is now a part of the Milwaukee Public Library.
Memorials in his name to the Milwaukee Public Library Foundation (W.A.A.), 814 W. Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53233; or the Charles Allis/Villa Terrace Museums, (TLE-Allis Legacy Fund), 1801 N. Prospect Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53202, are suggested.
He is survived by his daughters, Liesel Lavery and Andrea Rendleman, and seven grandchildren.
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THOMAS ESCHWEILER
A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Jan. 26 at the Charles Allis Art Museum, 1801 N. Prospect Ave. The Tudor mansion was designed in 1911 by Eschweiler's grandfather.
Obituary from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, USA) on Friday, November 16, 2012:
Deceased Name: Eschweiler built on a rich foundation | OBITUARY
Thomas Eschweiler, the grandson of famed Milwaukee architect Alexander Eschweiler, died Nov. 2. He was 90.
Eschweiler attended the Cornell School of Architecture, like his grandfather and father, who was also an architect. In 1954, he joined the family architectural firm - Eschweiler and Eschweiler.
Alexander Eschweiler was founder of the firm responsible for what's now the Charles Allis Art Museum, the Wisconsin Gas Co. building and many more Milwaukee landmarks.
Later, Thomas served as director of construction for the Milwaukee Public Schools, a position he held for 15 years.
In 1979, he founded the Wisconsin Architectural Archives, incorporating many of the family firm's drawings in the collection.
The archive, which includes the work of 460 architects and more than 10, 000 drawings, is now a part of the Milwaukee Public Library.
Memorials in his name to the Milwaukee Public Library Foundation (W.A.A.), 814 W. Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53233; or the Charles Allis/Villa Terrace Museums, (TLE-Allis Legacy Fund), 1801 N. Prospect Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53202, are suggested.
He is survived by his daughters, Liesel Lavery and Andrea Rendleman, and seven grandchildren. THOMAS ESCHWEILER A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Jan. 26 at the Charles Allis Art Museum, 1801 N. Prospect Ave. The Tudor mansion was designed in 1911 by Eschweiler's grandfather.
Obituary from the Daily Reporter (Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, USA) on Friday, November 16, 2012:
Deceased Name: Thomas Eschweiler: Memorial service set for Milwaukee architect Eschweiler
A memorial service for Thomas Eschweiler, the noted architect who founded the Wisconsin Architectural Archives in 1979, will be held Jan. 26.
Eschweiler died Nov. 2 at the age of 90, according to an obituary prepared by Feerick Funeral Home. Eschweiler was director of construction for Milwaukee Public Schools for 15 years and helped establish the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's School of Architecture and Regional Planning, according to the obituary. Eschweiler was the grandson of architect Alexander Eschweiler.
The memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. at the Charles Allis Art Museum, 1801 N. Prospect Ave. Donations in Eschweiler's memory can be made to the Charles Allis/Villa Terrace Museums or the Milwaukee Public Library Foundation.
Obituary from the North Shore NOW (Bayside, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, USA) on Thursday, November 22, 2012:
Deceased Name: Thomas L. Eschweiler
December 3, 1921 to November 2, 2012. Thomas L. Eschweiler passed away peacefully on Nov. 2, 2012, a month shy of his 91st birthday. He was born Dec 3, 1921 to Alexander C. and Dorothy (Adams) Eschweiler Jr., part of the large Eschweiler family of architects in Milwaukee. Alexander C. Eschweiler Sr. was his grandfather. He grew up on the East Side with his four brothers before attending the Phillips Exeter Academy where he graduated in 1940.
He attended Cornell University until WWII broke out, at which time he left to serve in the Army Air Corps. as navigator in B-24 bombers. Returning to college after the war, he transferred into the Cornell School of Architecture, the same school from which his architect father, uncles, and grandfather had graduated. Thereafter, he spent several years working in and around New York City before returning to Milwaukee in 1954 to join the Eschweiler & Eschweiler architectural firm.
At this time, he also traveled to Koblenz, Germany to visit a German friend who coincidentally had the same last name. There he met and soon married the family's daughter, Gabriele A. Eschweiler. For the next 58 years, Milwaukee was their home.
TLE then worked for the architecture firm Herbst, Jacoby & Herbst, followed by a 15 year service at the Milwaukee Public Schools as Director of Construction. He also worked to establish the UWM-School of Architecture and Regional Planning, as well as creating the family-sponsored Professorship in Design. Mr. Eschweiler was also a long time member of the Wisconsin Chapter of the American Institute of Architects and a founding member of the Milwaukee Chapter of the Construction Specifications Institute.
Mr. Eschweiler's most significant legacy will be his founding of the Wisconsin Architectural Archives in 1979. He used the drawings of the defunct Eschweiler & Eschweiler firm as the core collection. In 1983, he and his wife Gabi began what would become a 25 year volunteer commitment at the WAA, continuously adding plans from other Wisconsin architects and significant Wisconsin buildings. They researched missing information and created a four-point cross reference index. By 2004, the WAA contained work 460 architects and nearly 10, 500 drawings, the oldest of which dates to 1851. The WAA is now part of the Milwaukee Public Library.
Mr. Eschweiler loved working. When not at the archives or office, he joyfully labored outdoors at the family summer cottage in Chenequa, Wisconsin with his beloved Jeep Willy truck and tools. Friends and relatives will long remember him for his great breadth of interests and mischievous wit. He delighted in irreverent teasing but softened it with a broad grin and twinkling eyes.
Mr. Eschweiler is survived by his daughters, Liesel Lavery and Andrea (John S.) Rendleman, and seven grandchildren: Lt. Alexander C. Lavery, Caroline A. Lavery, John Lavery, Margaret Rendleman, Eleanore C. Rendleman, Alison Rendleman, and Jane Q. Rendleman.
The family will have a memorial service on Saturday, January 26, 2013, 2 pm, at the Charles Allis Art Museum, 1801 N. Prospect Ave., Milwaukee.
Donations in Mr. Eschweiler's name can be made to either Milwaukee Public Library Foundation, (Memo: W. A. A.), 814 W. Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53233 or the Charles Allis/Villa Terrace Museums, (Memo: TLE-Allis Legacy Fund), 1801 N. Prospect Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53202.
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