Peter Brust, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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American architect
Date of Birth: 04-Nov-1869
Date of Death: 22-Jun-1946
Profession: architect
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About Peter Brust
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- Brust (November 4, 1869 – June 22, 1946) was an American architect, and fellow of the American Institute of Architects, who practiced his craft from approximately 1893 to 1946, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
- Brust designed hundreds of residential, ecclesiastical (churches, convents, chapels, monasteries, rectories, and seminaries), business, school, medical, public, memorial, recreation, and theater commissions.
- In 1906, Peter Brust partnered with Richard Philipp and formed the architecture firm of Brust & Philipp.
- By the 1920s, the firm was the largest architectural firm in Wisconsin.
- In 1938, Peter Brust established the firm of Brust & Brust with his sons John and Paul.
- The firm remained in that name until 1973 when it became Brust-Zimmerman. The residential designs of Peter Brust were overwhelmingly influenced by Old English architecture.
- Brust didn't intend to bring medieval architecture to Milwaukee, but rather bring the best of English tradition and infuse into his designs.
- The English influence on house design was felt across America from the 1880s into the 1940s.
- The Tudor Revival craze (influenced by wealthy Americans) hit Milwaukee in the 1920s and 1930s, which Brust & Phillip capitalized on.
- Brust's commissions have been placed on the National Register of Historic Places .
- In addition, numerous Brust commissions were featured in Western Architecture throughout the 1910s, 1920s, and 1930s. Works include (with attribution): St.
- Joseph's Chapel, 1501 South Layton Boulevard, Milwaukee, WI (Brust and Philipp), contributing building to the National Register-listed South Layton Boulevard Historic DistrictNRHP-listed Kohler Company Factory Complex, 444 Highland Dr., Kohler, WI (Brust and Philipp), NRHP-listed La Crosse State Teachers College Training School Building, 1615 State St., La Crosse, Wisconsin (Brust and Brust), NRHP-listed One or more works in Pearl and Grand Avenue Historic District, Pearl Ave.
- bounded by Grand Ave.
- and Franklin St.
- and portions of Pleasant and Division Sts., Mukwonago, WI (Brust & Brust), NRHP-listed South Branch Library, 931 W.
- Madison St., Milwaukee, WI (Brust,Peter), NRHP-listed
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