Joseph Conradi
{{short description|Swiss-American architect and sculptor}}
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| birth_date = 1867
| birth_place = Berne, Switzerland
| death_date = 1936
| death_place = Los Angeles, California
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| nationality = Swiss, USA
| known_for = Joseph Conradi, Architect and Sculptor
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Joseph Conradi (1867–1936) was a Swiss-born American sculptor and architect, who designed a number of Catholic churches, schools, convents and rectories in the United States.
Personal life
Born in Berne, Switzerland, in 1867 Conradi studied in Italy and came to the U.S. in 1887, settling in St. Louis and established a practice first specializing in sculpture and later architecture. For a time he entered practice with Theodore Schrader under the name Schrader and Conradi. In about 1915 he moved to Los Angeles where he was associated with Albert C. Martin, Sr.
Works include
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- St. Andrew Church, St Louis Missouri
- Most Holy Trinity Church, St Louis Missouri
- St. Matthews Parish Complex, St Louis, Missouri
- St. Aloysius Gonzaga Church, St. Louis, Missouri[http://preservationresearch.com/2005/12/preserving-st-aloysius-gonzaga-church/ St. Aloysius Church]
- The Tower of St. Alphonsus Liguori (Rock) Church, St. Louis, Missouri
- Altar. All Saints Church Keokuk, Iowa
- St. Alphonsus Church, Chicago, Illinois (with Adam Boos)
- Holy Cross Church, St. Louis, Missouri (with Ruedell & Odenthal of Cologne)
- St. Liborius Church sculpture and convent (with Schrader, building by William Schickel)[http://dnr.mo.gov/shpo/nps-nr/79003637.pdf reference to Conradi as architect of St. Liborius convent]
- St. Mary of Perpetual Help Church, Villa Ridge, MO[http://www.stmarys-moselle.com/chapter2.html St. Mary Church]
- St. Mary Cathedral, Wichita, Kansas[http://specialcollections.wichita.edu/collections/local_history/tihen/pdf/eagle/Eag1906.pdf reference to Conradi as architect of St Mary Cathedral, Wichita, Kansas] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100713163950/http://specialcollections.wichita.edu/collections/local_history/tihen/pdf/eagle/Eag1906.pdf |date=2010-07-13 }}
- sculpture "the spirit of progress" for the Montgomery Ward & Co. Administration Building, Chicago, Illinois[http://designslinger.com/2012/03/14/montgomery-ward--co-administration-building.aspx Montgomery Ward & Company Administration Building]
- Sacred Heart Church, Frazee, Minnesota[https://books.google.com/books?id=z54zAQAAIAAJ&dq=jOSEPH+cONRADI+ARCHITECT&pg=PA69 reference to design of Sacred heart Church, Frazee, Minnesota]
- sculpture for the Utah County Court House, Provo, Utah
- sculpture for St. Vincent De Paul Church, Kansas City, Missouri (with Albert C. Martin, architect)[http://www.sspx.org/rcr_pdfs/2005_rcrs/december_2005_rcr.pdf reference to Conradi as sculptor for St. Vincent De Paul Church, Kansas City Missouri] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120512200958/http://sspx.org/rcr_pdfs/2005_rcrs/december_2005_rcr.pdf |date=2012-05-12 }}
- sculpture for Zion Lutheran Church, St. Louis Missouri[http://www.chamberchorus.org/resources/zion.htm Zion Lutheran Church] (with Schrader)
- sculpture for Library of Congress, Washington DC
With Albert C. Martin Sr.:
- sculpture for Doheny Memorial Library, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California{{Cite web |url=https://visit.usc.edu/files/2012/04/USC_ArtArchitecture.pdf |title=Doheny Memorial Library, with reference to other works by Conradi |access-date=2013-02-12 |archive-date=2021-01-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210131073055/https://visit.usc.edu/files/2012/04/USC_ArtArchitecture.pdf |url-status=dead }}
- fireplace for Doheny Mansion, Los Angeles, California[https://books.google.com/books?id=16VfrrhI9uoC&dq=jOSEPH+cONRADI+ARCHITECT&pg=PA35 Doheny Mansion with reference to sienna-marble fireplace by Conradi]
- sculpture for City Hall, Los Angeles, California
- sculpture for St Vincent Church, Los Angeles, California
- sculpture for Los Angeles Times Building, Los Angeles, California
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Category:American ecclesiastical architects
Category:Architects of Roman Catholic churches
Category:20th-century American architects
Category:Architects from St. Louis