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.
Representative Works
- Landes House, Galveston, Texas, 1887
- South Highland Presbyterian Church, 1891-1892
- Second Presbyterian Church, 1901
- Shiloh Baptist Church, 1901
- Birmingham City Hall, 1902
References
- "New City Building Will Be Inspected By The People Of Birmingham Tomorrow" (May 13, 1902) The Birmingham News, p. 11
- Schnorrenberg, John M. (2000) Aspiration: Birmingham's Historic House of Worship. Birmingham: Birmingham Historical Society ISBN 0943994268
- Shah, Pino and Galveston Historical Foundation (2018) Galveston Architecture: A Visual Journey Plano, TX: ArtbyPino.com
External links
- Daniel Andrew Helmich at Findagrave.com