[1] Tietig attended the Technical School of Cincinnati and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, graduating in the class of 1898 with a Bachelor of Science degree.
[1] His firm employed Leonard B. Willeke as a designer for a "short time" and Leo Townsend for a period that included 1906 and 1913.
The firm designed the homes in the Avondale and Indian Hill sections of Cincinnati including those of "prominent citizens" such as Simon Kuhn, A.G. Brunsman, and A.H. Mitchell, "as well as factories and warehouses.
[2] Tietig was president of American Institute of Architects Cincinnati Chapter, in 1913 while Walter L. Rapp was vice-president.
[4] It was "touted as state of the art" at the time, and in 2010 is slated for an "estimated $12 million in additions and renovations as it celebrates its 80th birthday".