Johann Gottlob Krause

He was orphaned by the age of two, and was adopted by Gottfried Aust, Salem's master potter, and Felicitas Grosch.

[1] In 1781, Krause studied masonry under Brother Melchior Rasp, an immigrant from Salzburg, Austria.

Four days after the tavern was completed, the town bestowed Krause as a master mason at the age of 24.

[2] In 1786, with the post-Revolutionary War building boom beginning to fade, Krause had planned to return to Bethabara as a potter, but he was persuaded to stay in Salem.

[1] Krause was responsible for the construction of the following buildings:[1] He married twice, firstly in 1786 to Maria Magdalena Meyer (who died in 1791, five years into their marriage),[1] then to Christina Boeckel.