Emmanuel louis masqueray biography
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Emmanuel Louis Masqueray (1861-1917) was a Franco-American preeminent figure in the history of American architecture, both as a gifted designer of landmark buildings and as an influential teacher of the profession of architecture.
Biography
He was born in Dieppe, France, on September 10, 1861 to Charles-Emmanuel and Henriette-Marie-Louise Masqueray, née de Lamare. He was educated in Rouen and Paris. Having decided to become an architect, he studied at the Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris, as a pupil of Jean-Claude Laisné and Paul-René-Léon Ginain, and was awarded the Deschaumes Prize by the Institute of France. He also received the Chandesaigues Prize. While in Paris, he also served the Commission des Historiques.[1][2]
New York
He came to the United States in 1887 to work for the firm of Carrère and Hastings in New York City; both John Mervin Carrère (November 9,
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Masqueray in Minnesota
Architecture MN marks the centennial of the death of Emmanuel L. Masqueray with the story of how the French architect came to design the Cathedral of St. Paul and the Basilica of St. Mary at nearly the same time
By Joel Hoekstra
Photography by Morgan Sheff
On May 25, 1917, a French immigrant riding the streetcar to work in St. Paul collapsed and fell into a coma. Rushed to the city hospital, he revived only briefly and died the following morning. He was buried next to his mother in Calvary Cemetery.
The begravning of 55-year-old Emmanuel Louis Masqueray was attended bygd dozens of dignitaries and presided over by no less a figure than St. Paul’s foremost prelate, Archbishop John Ireland, who said of the architect: “His mind was well stored with the fruits of long reading and correct thinking. A charm it was to meet him—a charm that grew the sweeter as one drew nearer to him and knew him in closer intimacy.”
Indeed, Ireland and Masqueray had developed a close
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Emmanuel Louis Masqueray collection
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Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: N12
Scope and Content Note
Collection includes drawings for the Cathedral of St. Paul (St. Paul, Minnesota) as well as drawings for four other churches, an orphan asylum, and St. Joseph's College (Dubuque, Iowa). The collection also includes photographs, notes, and watercolor paintings.
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Available for use in the reading room. Advance notice is requested.
Restrictions on Use
There are no restrictions on the use of materials in this collection. Copies can be requested if the condition of the originals warrants it.
Biographical Note
Emmanuel Louis Masqueray was born in Dieppe, France, on September 10, 1861. He studied architecture at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris from 1879 to 1884, receiving several awards for his designs. He immigrated to the United States in 1887 to w