Tuesday, September 5, 2006

100 years, new name

Today's Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports on a local architectural firm, originally Brust, Philipp and Heimerl, most recently renamed Zimmerman Architectonical Studios.

One of the projects of which it is most proud is the renovation of Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in Milwaukee. That's the 1906 renovation, pictured here.

(A fire in 1935 all but destroyed the Cathedral. It's interior was rebuilt somewhat differently, and in 1966 there were post-Vatican II changes. Here are photos from before and after the 2003 renovation.)

2 comments:

  1. Brust & Co. were prominent Catholic church architects for a number of years (ending around 1970 or so...)

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  2. Anonymous9:18 PM

    And, if I'm not mistaken, were the same Brust family as Milwaukee's Bishop Brust. No conflict of interest there...

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