Frederick German

Frederick George German (November 9, 1863 – October 13, 1937) was a Canadian-American architect who designed a number of notable buildings in Duluth, Minnesota.

German was born in Bath, Ontario, on November 9, 1863, and attended the University of Toronto and Brentford College Institute.

[3] He then worked for the Lakeside Land Company and partnered briefly with John de Waard.

Mother Scholastica Kerst disapproved of the plans due to potential defects in the building's design, and the two architects were fired from the project in 1908; it was taken over by Franklin Ellerbe.

He was also a member of the American Institute of Architects and served on Duluth's city planning commission for many years.