Louis Heinrick Giele, AIA (1861–1932) was a German-born American architect, who designed a number of Catholic churches, schools, convents and rectories in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, and elsewhere.
Personal life Giele was born "Ludwig Heinrich Giele" in Hanover and emigrated to the United States in January 1882 as a carpenter.Ludwig Giele on the passenger list of the State Of Alabama He married Linda Holder in July 1884 in Jersey City Louis H. Giele and Linda Holder in New Jersey, Marriages, 1670-1980 and set up an architectural practice there.
Architectural practice
Although Giele was not a particularly prolific architect, his buildings were highly regarded, and at least two are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.https://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/NJ/Hudson/state2.html NRHP-1https://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/NJ/Middlesex/districts.html NRHP-2
Works include St Charles Borromeo Church, Brooklyn, New York St. Josephat School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania St. John the Baptist Church, Allentown, Pennsylvania St. Casimir Church, Yonkers, New York Giele named as St Casimir architect Sacred Heart Hospital, Allentown, Pennsylvania St. Augustine Church, Bronx, New York St. Anne Church, Jersey City, NJ Stained Glass in St. Anne Church St. Anthony of Padua Church, Jersey City, New Jerseyhttps://www.flickr.com/photos/yukonblizzard/2418151294/ pictures of St. Anthony of Padua Church Sisters of Peace building, Jersey City, New Jersey Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, New Bedford, Massachusetts St. John Cantius Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania St. Adalbert Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania article on St. Adalbert St. Adalbert School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Assisium Institute, New York, New York Christ Temple of the Apostolic Faith, Harlem, New York
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