[2] Widmann was an apprentice carpenter to Walsh and Jungenfeld for three years and he studied at Washington University in St.
[3] Meanwhile, Widmann designed "many large industrial plants, public buildings, and some of the largest breweries in the country, including the Anheuser-Busch plants in St. Louis, Omaha, San Antonio, Houston, Chicago, and New York.
[4] Widmann designed his private residence at 3545 Longfellow Boulevard in Compton Heights, a German enclave of St. Louis, Missouri.
[1][5] It was designed in the Prairie School architectural style, with a side cupola.
[7][8] To honor his effort, Widmann was the recipient of the second degree of the Austro-Hungarian Red Cross from Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria in 1916.