Theatre Architects

Born: 1895 (Kendallville, Indiana)

Died: 1958 (Kendallville, Indiana)

Alvin M. Strauss was a Fort Wayne architect who designed many landmark buildings in Indiana and Ohio throughout the early twentieth century.

Born in 1895 to immigrant German parents in Kendallville, Indiana, Strauss eventually became one of Indiana’s leading architects. He apprenticed in the offices of prominent architects in both Chicago and Fort Wayne and in 1918 successfully established his own firm in Fort Wayne. Strauss’ career bristled with activity, and his reputation as an architect quickly spread well beyond Allen County. He worked in a number of popular styles, and many of his designs are major public, commercial, and residential landmarks in cities throughout Indiana and northwest Ohio.

Strauss died in July 195, after a long bout of cancer and is buried in Kendallville.

Information in part sourced from ARCH Inc. .

Theatres on this website in which this architect was involved:

Embassy Theatre, Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA

(building)