D. A. Helmich

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D. A. Helmich

Daniel Andrew Helmich Sr (born January 1854, died September 25, 1917) was an architect who practiced under the name D. A. Helmich. He worked first in Houston and then in Galveston Texas before setting in Birmingham. According to John Schnorrenberg, he was one of two Birmingham architects who survived the financial panic and depression of the 1980s.

In 1900 Helmich was one of five architects to respond to a design competition for a new Birmingham City Hall on the same site as the existing one. His design was judged the best, but the other entrants were also awarded prizes and Helmich was requested to incorporate some of the features of the other designs into his final plans.

Helmich died in September 1917 and is buried at Birmingham's Forest Hill Cemetery.

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