Résumé

Clerk, New York, NY, c. 1870. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1870; Census Place: New York Ward 17 District 2, New York, New York; Roll: M593_997; Page: 55B, accessed 08/28/2023.)

Draftsman, S.C. Bugbee and Son, Architects, San Francisco, CA, 1876. (See San Francisco City Directory, 1876, p. 722.)

Draftsman, Peter R. Schmidt, Architect, San Francisco, CA, 1878. (See San Francisco City Directory, 1878, p. 767.) Schulze continued to work as a draftsman in San Francisco in 1880, according to the US Census of that year. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1880; Census Place: Oakland, Alameda, California; Roll: 61; Page: 181A; Enumeration District: 009, accessed 08/28/2023.)

Architectural Draftsman, Central Pacific Railroad (CPRR), Oakland, CA, c. 1881-1884. (See Oakland, California, City Directory, 1881, p. 317 and Oakland, California, City Directory, 1884, p. 457.)

Partner, [Octavius G.] Moore and Schulze, Architects, San Francisco, CA, 1887. (See San Francisco Directory, 1887, p. 1278.)

Partner, Schulze and Meeker, Architects, San Francisco, CA, c. 1889-1890; in 1889, George C. Meeker and Henry A. Schulze had an office in San Francisco's Flood Building.

Principal, Henry A. Schulze, Architect, San Francisco, CA, c. 1891-1897. According to the San Francisco CIty Directory of 1891 (p. 1498), Schulze had a solo practice in Room #94 in the Flood Bldg. In 1897, Schulze continued to lease an office in Room #94 of the Flood Building. (See Crocker-Langley San Francisco, California, City Directory, 1897, p. 1858.) In 1901, Schulze leased office space in the Hayward Building in San Francisco. (See Crocker-Langley San Francisco City Directory, 1901, p. 1957.)

Partner, Arthur Brown, Jr., San Francisco, CA, -03/1906.

Principal, Henry A. Schulze, Architect, Oakland, CA, 1907- . In 1907, Henry A. Schulze worked in an office at 401 Telegraph Avenue in Oakland, CA. (See Oakland, California, City Directory, 1907, p. 950.)

According to the US Census of 1920, Schulze had retired from architecture by this date. A number of architects who practiced in the late 19th and early 20th centuries retired just before, during and after World War I, due, in part, to a general slowdwon in the construction industry for non-defense related building. For many, World War I marked a natural retirement point.

Professional Activities

Member, American Institute of Architects (AIA), San Francisco Chapter.

Vice President, AIA, San Francisco Chapter, 1899. (See "Architects from Distant Lands Feted by Their Craftsmen at the Cliff House," San Francisco Examiner, 09/13/1899, p. 4.)

In 1906, Schulze was President of the California State Board of Architecture, and also served on its Northern District Board of Architects. He served with Lionel Dean, Seth Babson, William Curlett, and Clinton Day on the Northern Board. (See "Among the Architects," Architect and Engineer of California, vol. VI, no. 2, 09/1906, p. 72.)

Schulze applied for, and was granted, membership in the American Society of Civil Engineers on 10/02/1907. (See Proceedings of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. 33, no. 8, 10/1907, p. 424.)

In 1908, Schulze was listed as an Architectural Editor of the Architect and Engineer of California. (See Architect and Engineer of California, 13:2, 06/1908, p. 78.)

Henry Schulze served as a Trustee of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), San Francisco Chapter, in 1914-1915. (See "With the Architects and Engineers," Architect and Engineer of California, vol. XXXVIII, no. 2, 09/1914, p. 114. and "With the Architects and Engineers," Architect and Engineer of California, vol. LXI, no. 1, 04/1915, p. 106.)

Relocation

Henry Atherton Schulze was born in Boston, MA, c. 1853, to Paul and Mary Schulze. No precise birthdate has yet been found for Schulze. His parents married in 07/1852, and US Censuses of 1860 and 1870 indicated him to have been 7 and 17 in those years. He was named for his paternal grandfather, Heirich Schulze. The Schulzes remained in MA until at least 1857, before relocating to NY.

In 1860, Schulze lived with his parents Paul and Mary, sibling Arnold and a servant, in Brooklyn, NY. The servant was a young German immigrant Regina Pollen (born c. 1841 in Bavaria). The Schulzes were not wealthy, but had a assets of about $1,000, on par with their neighbors. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: Brooklyn Ward 7 District 1, Kings, New York; Roll: M653_767; Page: 121; Family History Library Film: 803767, accessed 08/25/2023.)

The Schulzes lived in New York, NY, in 1870. The household included Henry, Arnold, his parents, and a lodger, George Austin (born c. 1833 in Bremen, Germany), a music teacher. According to the 1870 US Census, Paul and Mary Schulze had an estate worth approximately $1,500. Seventee-year-old Henry worked as a clerk at this time, perhaps in his father's architectural office. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1870; Census Place: New York Ward 17 District 2, New York, New York; Roll: M593_997; Page: 55B, accessed 08/28/2023.)

He resided in Oakland, CA, by at least 1876. (See San Francisco City Directory, 1876, p. 722.) The Oakland, California, City Directory, 1879, (p. 434), indicated that Schulze worked as a draftsman, and lived on the southwest corner of Jefferson Street and 16th Street in Oakland's 3rd Ward. As per the US Census of 1880, the Schulzes lived at 607 16th Street in Oakland, CA. The young family consisted of one daughter, Edith, then less than a year old, and a live-in servant, Louise Lahr (born c. 1862 in WI). (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1880; Census Place: Oakland, Alameda, California; Roll: 61; Page: 181A; Enumeration District: 009, accessed 08/28/2023.) While working for the Central Pacific Railroad in 1881 and 1884, Schulze lived at 1213 Chestnut Street in Oakland. (See Oakland, California, City Directory, 1881, p. 317 and Oakland, California, City Directory, 1884, p. 457.)

Schulze lived in Oakland's 7th Ward between 1883 and 1886, according to Alameda County voter records. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation California State Library; Sacramento, California; Great Registers, 1866-1898; Collection Number: 4-2A; CSL Roll Number: 2; FHL Roll Number: 976447, accessed 10/23/2023.) He dwelled at 1058 7th Avenue in Oakland in 1888. (See Oakland, California, City Directory, 1888, p. 663.)

From at least 1896 until 1910, Schulze made his home in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Oakland, CA, at 512 East 17th Street (renumbered by 1914 to be 1018 East 17th). (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation California State Library, California History Section; Great Registers, 1866-1898; Collection Number: 4 - 2A; CSL Roll Number: 4; FHL Roll Number: 976450, accessed 04/24/2018 and Polk-Husted's Oakland, California, City Directory, 1914, p. 804.)According to the 1910 US Census, his household consisted of his wife, Emma, and their children, Edith, Athelton and Howard. At this time, all three children worked in Henry's architectural office. Edith worked as a private secretary, Atherton was an architect, and Howard a draftsman. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1910; Census Place: Oakland Ward 7, Alameda, California; Roll: T624_71; Page: 16B; Enumeration District: 0140; FHL microfilm: 1374084, accessed 04/24/2018.)

In 1920, Henry remained at 1018 East 17th Street in Oakland, although all three children had moved out by then. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington D.C.; NARA Series: Passport Applications, January 2, 1906 - March 31, 1925; Roll #: 1339; Volume #: Roll 1339 - Certificates: 83376-83749, 20 Aug 1920-23 Aug 1920, accessed 08/25/2023.)

Schulze's name appeared in the US Census of 1920 but not that of 1930. It appears that Schulze and his wife moved to the Eagle Rock neighborhood of Los Angeles, c. 1925, and it is believed that Schulze died there on 06/14/1926. (See Oakland WIki.org, "Henry A. Schulze," accessed 08/28/2023 and "Roll of Honor in Legion Drive," Eagle Rock Reporter, 07/17/1925, p. 8. This article noted that a "H.A. Schulze" participated in a charity fund drive at that time.) His obituary in the Los Angeles TImesindicated that Schulze died at 5163 Eagle Rock Boulevard. (See "Schulze," Los Angeles Times, 06/16/1926, p. 24.) Additionally, Henry's widow Emma lived with her daughter Edith at 3210 Las Flores Drive in the Eagle Rock neighborhood of Los Angeles in 1930. She owned her residence that had an approximate value of $6,000. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1930; Census Place: Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 0656; FHL microfilm: 2339896, accessed 08/25/2023.)

Parents

His father was Paul Schulze (born 01/13/1828 in Prussia, Germany-d. 01/19/1897 in Oakland, CA), who was also an architect. According to his US passport paperwork of 06/29/1891, Paul left Germany for the US from Bremen, Germany, on 07/06/1849. At the time of his application, he worked as an architect in Washington, DC, and was planning a return trip to Europe, noting that he intended to return to the US "within one year." (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington D.C.; NARA Series: Passport Applications, 1795-1905; Roll #: 376; Volume #: Roll 376 - 22 Jun 1891-30 Jun 1891, accessed 10/23/2023.)

He lived with Henry at 512 East 17th Street in 1896. Paul Schulze became a naturalized American citizen on 11/06/1882 in Brooklyn, NY. He served as a 1st Lieutenant, Co. G, of the 29th New York Infantry, during the Civil War.

The architect registered to vote in Oakland, CA, on 07/23/1896. A year later, Paul Schulze passed away and was buried at Mountain View Cemetery in Oakland.

Henry's mother was Mary Augustien (or "Augusten," born c. 1826 in Lubeck, Germany), who wed Paul on 07/07/1852 in Boston, MA. (See Ancestry.com, Source Information Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011, accessed 08/28/2023.) She managed the household, and had one other son Arnold Schulze (born c. 1857 in MA). In 1879, Arnold dwelled in San Francisco, working as a sash and blind maker for the Excelsior Planing Mills. (See San Francisco, California, City Directory, 1879, p. 780.)

Spouse

He married his wife, Emma L. Read (either Read or Reed, born c. 1852 in NH-d. 04/25/1930 in Los Angeles County, CA), on 12/18/1878 in Alameda County, CA. (See Ancestry.com, Source Information Ancestry.com. California, U.S., Marriage Records from Select Counties, 1850-1941 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014, accessed 08/25/2023.)

Her father may have been Ferdinand Read (born c. 1827 in NH), an overseer, and her mother, Emily Read (born c. 1835 in NH). According to the 1860 US Census, the Reads lived in Providence, RI, on 06/05/1860. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island; Roll: M653_1207; Page: 377; Family History Library Film: 805207, accessed 08/25/2023.)

Emma Schulze died on 04/29/1930 at 2210 Las Flores Drive in Eagle Rock. (See "Schulze," Los Angeles Times, 04/30.1930, p. 40.)

Children

He and Emma had three children, Edith M. Schulze (02/27/1880 in Oakland, CA-d. 11/11/1970 in Alameda County, CA), Atherton Paul Schulze (born 12/02/1882 in Oakland, CA-d. prior to 1926) and Howard Reed Schulze (born 08/20/1887 in Oakland, CA-d. 07/02/1954).

Later in her life, at age 60, Edith lived in Pasadena, CA, and managed an apartment house. The US Census of 1940, indicated that she lived in Santa Monica, CA, in 1935. She did not marry.

Biographical Notes

A man named Gustave H. Buck, Vice-President of the American Lithographic Company in New York, NY, attested to the identity of Henry's son, Howard, on a US Passport application of 08/19/1920. This affadavit stated that Buck was "...the oldest friend of the applicant's father having known him for 65 years, and well remembers the birth of the applicant [Howard Schulze]." (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington D.C.; Roll #: 1339; Volume #: Roll 1339 - Certificates: 83376-83749, 20 Aug 1920-23 Aug 1920, accessed 04/24/2018.) An obituary for Buck in the periodical The Fourth Estate, 03/05/1927, (p. 26), noted of Buck: "Gustave Herman Buck, president of the Alco-Gravure, Incorporated, vice-president of the American Lithographic Company, and a director of the Crowell Publishing Company, New York, died on February 8 at Albuquerque, N. Mex. He was seventy-six years old. He is credited as being the first to introduce facsimile water-color work in commercial lithography."

Schulze was a member of the Oakland Chapter No. 36, of the Masons. (See Proceedings of the Grand Chapter of the Royal Arch Masons of the State of California, held at its Fifty-second Annual Conventions held at the Masonic Temple, City of San Francisco, commenced on Tuesday, April 17, A.D. 1906, A.I. 2436 and Terminated on Wednesday, April 18, A.D. 1906, A.I. 2436, [San Francisco: Shannon-Conmy Printing Company, 1906], p. 394.)

In 1908, Schulze was a registered Republican voter in Oakland, CA. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation California State Library; Sacramento, California; Great Register of Voters, 1908, accessed 10/23/2023.)

• Boston, MA (Architect's Birth)
  Boston, MA

  ---

  ---