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Augustus Bauer (June 16, 1827 –

Life and career
Augustus Bauer was born June 16, 1827 in Offenbach am Main, then within of the Grand Duchy of Hesse and now within the German state of Hesse. His father, Jacob Bauer, was a teacher. Bauer was educated in architecture in the polytechnic school of Darmstadt and immigrated to the United States in 1851. He worked for New York City architect John B. Snook until circa 1852, when he joined the office of Carstensen & Gildemeister to assist in the design and construction of the New York Crystal Palace (1853). After the completion of that project he moved to Chicago, where he joined the office of Asher Carter, an architect who had come to Chicago in 1849. They formed the partnership of Carter & Bauer in 1854. Their major surviving work is Old St. Patrick's Church (1856), the oldest extant church in Chicago. They dissolved their partnership in 1863. Bauer practiced independently until 1866, when he formed the partnership of Bauer & Loebnitz with Robert Loebnitz. Bauer suffered financially after the Great Chicago Fire as he had heavily invested in a number of local insurance companies which were bankrupted in the aftermath.

Nonetheless Bauer & Loebnitz had a large part in the rebuilding, and were responsible for the Magie Building (1872) and other projects. Bauer & Loebnitz dissolved their partnership in 1874, and Bauer again practiced alone until 1881, when he former Bauer & Hill with Henry W. Hill.

Carter & Bauer, 1854–1863

 * Old St. Patrick's Church, 700 W Adams St, Chicago (1856, NEHP 1977)

Bauer & Loebnitz, 1866–1874

 * Safety Deposit Building, 116-120 W Randolph St, Chicago (1871, burned same year)
 * Fidelity Savings Bank and Safe Depository Building, 116-120 W Randolph St, Chicago (1872, demolished 1924)
 * Illinois Staats-Zeitung Building, 184 W Washington St, Chicago (1873, demolished)
 * Peter Schuttler II house, 1028 W Adams St, Chicago (1874, demolished)

Bauer & Hill, 1881–1894

 * Panorama Building, S Wabash Ave and E Balbo Dr, Chicago (1883, demolished)
 * Mercantile Building, 305 W Adams St, Chicago (1886, demolished)
 * St. Elizabeth's Hospital, 1431 N Claremont Ave, Chicago (1890, demolished)
 * House of Providence (former), 1121 N Orleans St, Chicago (1892)
 * Tree Studio Building, 4 E Ohio St, Chicago (1894, NRHP 1974)

Hill & Woltersdorf, 1894–1914

 * Tree Studio Annexes, 4 E Ohio St, Chicago (1913, NRHP 1974)