# Alfred Eichberg

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{{Short description|American architect (1859–1921)}}
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'''Alfred Salom Eichberg''' (August 23, 1859 – May 15, 1921) was an architect in the [U.S. state](/source/U.S._state) of [Georgia](/source/Georgia_(U.S._state)).<ref name=eich>[http://ncarchitects.lib.ncsu.edu/people/P000295 Alfred S. Eichberg] North Carolina Architects & Builders</ref> He designed the [F. Rheinstein and Company Building](/source/F._Rheinstein_and_Company_Building) (North Carolina), the [New Hanover County Courthouse](/source/New_Hanover_County_Courthouse) (North Carolina),<ref name=eich/> and [Brunswick City Hall](/source/Brunswick_City_Hall) (1889). He was Jewish.<ref name=eich/>

He partnered with [Calvin Fay](/source/Calvin_Fay) (formerly of [Sholl & Fay](/source/Sholl_%26_Fay)) to form Fay and Eichberg (1881–1888).<ref>{{cite web | title=Fay and Eichberg | url=https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/fay-and-eichberg/ }}</ref> They designed small buildings for the [International Cotton Exposition](/source/International_Cotton_Exposition) (1881) in [Atlanta](/source/Atlanta) and obtained larger commissions in Atlanta and Savannah including the [Atlanta Chamber of Commerce](/source/Atlanta_Chamber_of_Commerce), [Telfair Hospital](/source/Telfair_Hospital), and [Central of Georgia Railway building](/source/Central_of_Georgia_Railway_Company_Shop_Property) (now called Clark Hall).<ref name=eich/> He established his own firm in [Savannah, Georgia](/source/Savannah%2C_Georgia).<ref name=eich/> He employed [Hyman Witcover](/source/Hyman_Witcover) as a draftsman and then partnered with him.<ref name=eich/> He is buried at Oakland Cemetery in Atlanta.<ref name=eich/>

==Work==
*[Savannah Powder Magazine](/source/Savannah_Powder_Magazine) (1898) with [Hyman Witcover](/source/Hyman_Witcover)<ref>{{cite web | title=That's So Savannah: That secret castle in the woods was once filled with explosives | url=https://www.savannahnow.com/story/lifestyle/2021/04/21/savannah-powder-magazine-historic-building-gunpowder-dynamite/7305301002/ }}</ref>

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