Résumé

Partner, Strange and Gottschalk, Architects, Pasadena, CA, 1888. (See Los Angeles, California, City Directory, 1888, p. 1011.)

Draftsman, Curlett and McCaw, Architects, San Francisco, CA, 1900. (See San Francisco, California, City Directory, 1900, p. 736.)

Draftsman, Curlett and Son, Architects, San Francisco, CA, 1908. (See Crocker-Langley San Francisco, California, City Directory, 1908, p. 764.)

Principal, Charles E. Gottschalk, Architect, San Francisco, CA, 1909- . It appears that Gottschalk operated his own firm from 1909 onward, but that he also assisted his long-time employer, William Curlett, until the latter's death in 1914. In 1908, Curlett made his son a partner in the firm of William Curlett and Son, and Gottschalk probably left soon after this change occcurred. Gottschalk's name was listed as having his own architectural practice in the San Francisco City Directory, 1909, but his office was in the Phelan Building, the same as that of William Curlett and Son. He may have worked on his own projects but continued to assist William Curlett while he was still alive. (See San Francisco, California, City Directory, 1911, p. 1785.)The Los Angeles City Directory, 1913, (p. 531), indicated that three people managed William Curlett and Son's Los Angeles office: William Curlett, Aleck Curlett and C. E. Gottschalk.

In 1917, Gottschalk had an office in Room #958 of the Phelan Building #2, 760 Market Street, in San Francisco.

Relocation

Charles E. Gottschalk was born in CA, and resided for most of his life in San Francisco, CA. At the age of six, according to the US Census of 1870, Charles and his family lived in San Francisco. His father was prosperous, owning $9,000 worth of real estate, and holding a personal estate of $8,000, as noted in the census.

Gottschalk lived in Pasadena, CA, in 1888, living at the Southern Hotel there. (See Los Angeles, California, City Directory, 1888, p. 940.)

He appears to have resided in IL c. 1896, where his daughter, Doris, was born.

In 1900, Charles E. Gottshalk lived at 132 Albion Avenue in San Francisco, CA. Adolph, Charles, and Otto Gottschalk all involved in the watchmaking trade, lived nearby at 157 Albion. (See San Francisco, California, City Directory, 1900, p. 736 and Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1900; Census Place: San Francisco, San Francisco, California; Page: 1; Enumeration District: 0099; FHL microfilm: 1240102, accessed 10/24/2018.)

Gottschalk lived at 1546 Waller Street in San Francisco, CA, in 1908-1913. (See San Francisco, California, City Directory, 1908, p. 764 and San Francisco, California, City Directory, 1913, p. 776.)

The architect died at age 64 years and approximately two months of age in San Francisco.

Parents

His father was also Charles Gottschalk (born c. 1834), a watchmaker. Charles had been born in Nassau, in the Rhineland-Palatinate. His mother, Eliza (born c. 1835), came from Mecklenburg, Germany. managed the household that consisted, in 1870, of three children: Olga (born c. 1860 in IA), Charles E., and Louis (born c. 09/1869.in CA). Charles and Eliza likely moved from IA to CA between the births of Olga and Charles.

Louis Gottschalk became an attorney who represented his brother's architectural firm, Strange and Gottschalk, in the case, Davies-Henderson Lumber Company v. Gottschalk et al., (81 Cal 641, Supreme Court of California, decided 12/04/1889).

Spouse

He married Lilias H. Vermilion on 08/02/1888 in Pasadena, CA. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation California Department of Public Health, courtesy of www.vitalsearch-worldwide.com. Digital Images, accessed 10/24/2018.)

He wed Alice M. Gottschalk, (born c. 02/1872 in CT), c. 1892.

Children

He and Alice had a daughter, Doris (born c. 03/1896 in IL).

• San Francisco, CA (Architect's Death)
  San Francisco, CA

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