Theatre Architects

Born: 1857 (Germany)

Died: 1935 (New York, NY)

Otto Strack was born in Germany, where he learned carpentry, masonry, and blacksmithing. Then he studied architecture at the Berlin and Vienna polytechnical schools. In 1881, he came to the United States and settled in Chicago. In 1888, he moved to Milwaukee and became supervising architect for the Pabst Brewery. During this time, he also designed buildings for other German industrial barons in Milwaukee, many of them in styles reminiscent of their homeland. Strack moved to New York around the turn of the century. Strack passed away in 1935.