Schacht's work was prolific from the 1890s until World War I and he produced commercial buildings including factories and warehouses as well as residential projects, hotels and theatres.

[5] The building's apartments had between two and five multiple bedrooms and included hardwood floors and electric dumbwaiter service.

[5][6] Schacht's firm designed what is now the Clatsop County Heritage Museum, at 1618 Exchange Street, a neo-classical building constructed in 1904 as Astoria's City Hall.

It was shut down in 1915 due to prohibition, and "in 1928, the City of Astoria rebuilt it as the fire station, and it continued to be used in that role until 1960.

"[7] Some of Schacht's plans and drawings are held in the Cachot Therkelsen Collection with the University of Oregon Libraries.