Carl F. Struck (29 January 1842 – 3 March 1912) was a Norwegian American architect, who designed private residences, civic buildings and commercial structures throughout the Midwest in the latter part of the 19th century.Minneapolis Brewing Company Historic District, p. 12 minneapolis.mn.us. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
Biography Carl F. Struck was born in Christiania (now Oslo) on 29 January and christened in Oslo domkirke (Cathedral) on 27 April. His parents were Hans Henrik Struck (born in Eutin, Ostholstein) and Rønnaug Marie Jonasdr Elg (born in Faaberg, Oppland). He immigrated to the United States in 1865. After employment at architectural offices in Brooklyn, Cleveland, Chicago and Marquette, Michigan, he arrived in Minneapolis in 1881, where he worked for the next twenty years. Among his most important commissions were designs for Scandinavian fraternal buildings and churches.Minneapolis Warehouse District Designation Study, p. 35 minneapolis.mn.us. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
The son of a German father and Norwegian mother (of Swedish descent),Fra Amerika by Henrik Cavling, (Copenhagen: Gyldendal, 1897) p. 324. Struck was married to Vasillia Thrane (1852-1920), whose father, Marcus Thrane, was one of the founding fathers of the Norwegian labor movement.Jorgensen Music jorgensennotes.com. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
National Register of Historic Places Two Minneapolis buildings designed by Carl F. Struck are in the National Register of Historic Places: the Bardwell–Ferrant House at 2500 Portland Avenue South and the Pracna Building in the St. Anthony Falls Historic District.National Register of Historic Places listings in Hennepin County, Minnesota. Retrieved 8 December 2013. Another was Minneapolis's Dania Hall, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974 and removed from the list after its destruction by fire in 2000.National Register of Historic Places in Hennepin County: former listings. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
The main building of the Grain Belt Brewery in Northeast Minneapolis is also in the National Register of Historic Places. Although Struck did not contribute to its design, he was the architect for an office building at 1215 Marshall Street NE that was part of the complex.AIA guide to the Twin Cities by Larry Millett, (St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2007) p. 101.
Selected buildings Minneapolis 1884 Chicago House Warehouse District Inventory, p. 111 minneapolis.mn.us. Retrieved: December 9, 2013. 1884 Harmonia Hall 1886 Dania Hall 1889 Normanna Hall Normanna Hall Retrieved 28 May 2019. 1890 521 Cedar Avenue South A History of the Electric Fetus, p. 2, gtcbms.org. Retrieved 9 December 2013. 1890 Pracna Building 1893 Grain Belt Office Building Other locations 1880 Vernon County Courthouse in Viroqua, Wisconsin 1890 Boesch, Hummel, and Maltzahn Block in New Ulm, Minnesota 1891 Brown County Courthouse in New Ulm, Minnesota
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External links Harmonia Hall Chicago House Grain Belt Office Building 521 Cedar Avenue South Buildings of Carl F. Struck Courthouses Vernon County Brown County Online book My Minneapolis at the National Library of Norway.
Historic American Newspapers Carl F. Struck articles