Fridolin Heer

thumb|Dubuque County Courthouse thumb|Basilica of St. Francis Xavier '''Fridolin Heer''' (July 30, 1834 – September 19, 1910) was a Swiss-born and trained architect who immigrated to the United States in 1864 and set up a practice in Dubuque, Iowa shortly thereafter. He was joined in his practice by his son, Fridolin Heer Jr.

Fridolin Heer Jr. studied architecture in Germany and worked in Chicago in the offices of Adler and Sullivan before returning to Dubuque to work with his father.{{Citation needed|date=January 2023}}

Heer died at his home in Dubuque in 1910.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VMBBAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA313|title=American Art Annual, Volume 9|publisher=MacMillan Company|year=1911|pages=313}}</ref>

==Works== Buildings by Fridolin Heer and his son include:

*Andrew-Ryan House, Dubuque (1873)<ref name=Jacobsen1>{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=85000720}}|title=Andrew-Ryan House|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=2017-01-06|author=James E. Jacobsen}}</ref> *Town Clock Building, Dubuque (1873)<ref name=Jacobsen2>{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=01001488}}|title=Town Clock Building|access-date=2016-01-19|publisher=National Park Service|author=James E. Jacobsen}}</ref> *Corpus Christi Catholic Church, Fort Dodge, Iowa (1882)<ref name=Mitchell>{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=76000812}}|title=Corpus Christi Church|access-date=2016-10-25|publisher=National Park Service|author=John H. Mitchell}}</ref> *St. Boniface Catholic Church, Westphalia, Iowa (1882)<ref name=Rogers>{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=91001449}}|title=Saint Boniface Catholic Church District|access-date=2016-06-05|publisher=National Park Service|author=Leah Rogers}}</ref> *Blessed Sacrament Chapel at St. Raphael's Cathedral, Dubuque (1882)<ref name=Gallagher>{{cite book|last=Gallagher, BVM|first=Mary Kevin (ed.)|title=Seed/Harvest: A History of the Archdiocese of Dubuque|year=1987|publisher=Archdiocese of Dubuque Press|location=Duduque, Iowa|page=44}}</ref> *St. Lawrence Catholic Church, Otter Creek Township, Jackson County, Iowa (1883)<ref name=Naumann>{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=82002626}}|title=St. Lawrence Catholic Church|access-date=2016-06-21|publisher=National Park Service|author=Molly Myers Naumann}}</ref> *Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Dubuque (1888) *Basilica of St. Francis Xavier, Dyersville, Iowa (1889)<ref name=Baum>{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=99001205}}|title=Basilica of St. Francis Xavier, Church and Rectory|access-date=2016-01-19|publisher=National Park Service|author=Clarabelle Baum}}</ref> *Dubuque County Courthouse, Dubuque (1893)<ref name=Mercer>{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=71000298}}|title=Dubuque County Courthouse|access-date=2016-01-19|publisher=National Park Service|author=Mrs. Kenneth E. Mercer}}</ref> *Security Building, Dubuque (1896)<ref name=Jacobsen3>{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=06000681}}|title=Security Building|access-date=2016-01-19|publisher=National Park Service|author=James E. Jacobsen}}</ref> *Jacob Regez, Sr. House, Monroe, Wisconsin (1901)<ref name=Donath>{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=80000140}}|title=Regez, Jacob, Sr. House|access-date=2016-01-19|publisher=National Park Service|author=David Donath}}</ref>

==Notes== {{Reflist}}

== References == * Gebhard, David and Gerald Mansheim, ''Buildings of Iowa'', Oxford University Press, New York, 1993

== External links == *[https://web.archive.org/web/20150725020147/http://www.dubuquecounty.org/Courthouse/tabid/95/Default.aspx Dubuque County Courthouse website]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Heer, Fridolin}} Category:1834 births Category:1910 deaths Category:Swiss architects Category:People from Dubuque, Iowa Category:Swiss emigrants to the United States