Edward Stotz
American architect
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Edward Stotz Sr. (1868–1948) was an American architect who was based in the city of Pittsburgh in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. He designed numerous buildings during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries that are now listed as significant by the National Register of Historic Places and the Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation.
Formative years
Born in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania in 1868,[1]: 12 now commonly known as the North Side of Pittsburgh, Stotz spent a brief time in Europe before setting up shop in his home region in 1893.[1]: 12
Career
Stotz established the architecture firm that is now MacLachlan, Cornelius, & Filoni, holding the presidency of the Pennsylvania State Association of Architects, a forerunner to the Pennsylvania chapter of the American Institute of Architects,[2] while designing numerous school buildings, churches, and other buildings of interest along the way. He was also the father of architect and photographer Charles M. Stotz,[3] who was also an advocate for preservation of historic structures in and around the city.[4]
Some noted regional examples of Stotz's work include Schenley High School in the Oakland neighborhood, Fifth Avenue High School, St. Kieran Church, and Church of the Epiphany near the Bluff section of the city, and the Oakmont golf course clubhouse in Plum borough.
He was the great-grandfather of Andrew Stotz.
Buildings
Italics denote a Nationally Registered Historic Place:
Fifth Avenue High School, 1894, in Pittsburgh's Bluff neighborhood
South Vo-Tech High School (South Side High School), 1897, 1923, in Pittsburgh's South Side neighborhood
Epiphany Catholic Church, 1902, located in Pittsburgh's Hill District neighborhood
Oakmont Country Club, 1904, in Plum Borough
Hartley-Rose Belting Company Building, 1907, on First Avenue, Downtown
Colfax Elementary School, built 1911, at Beechwood Boulevard and Phillips Avenue in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood.
Convent of Mercy, 1911, located along Fifth Avenue in Oakland
Schenley High School, 1915–16, also in (North) Oakland
Kaufmann Auditorium, 1928, in the Hill District
Monongahela Bank building, 1927,[5] Downtown, now houses the Wood Street Galleries
