Leonard Schmidtner

{{short description|Polish-born American architect}}

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Leonard A. Schmidtner, born Leonard Kowalski, was a Polish architect who moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin and designed the former Milwaukee County Courthouse,Kathryn Bishop Eckert [https://books.google.com/books?id=b68xzUc0y3IC&dq=Leonard+Schmidtner&pg=PA17 The sandstone architecture of the Lake Superior region] pages 16, 17Thaddeus Borun [We, the Milwaukee Poles: the history of Milwaukeeans of Polish descent and a record of their contributions to the greatness of Milwaukee] Editor Thaddeus Borun Compiled by Thaddeus Borun Publisher Nowiny Pub. Co., 1946, Original from the University of Michigan Digitized Sep 24, 2008, 290 pages a clock tower for Holy Trinity Church (1862) on South Fourth and West Bruce Streets, and St. Stanislaus Catholic ChurchJennifer Watson Schumacher [https://books.google.com/books?id=HyHQW9FFqwwC&dq=Leonard+Schmidtner&pg=PA13 German Milwaukee] pages 12, 13 He was one of the first Poles in the city and spoke German and adopted the name Schmidtner to help establish himself.