Masqueray, E. L. (Emmanuel Louis), 1861-1917

Masqueray was born in Dieppe, France and studied architecture at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, 1879-1884. He emigrated to the U.S. in 1887, and worked for Carrere & Hastings for five years, when he joined Richard Morris Hunt's firm and designed Vanderbilt's "The Breakers" in Newport, R.I. Masqueray joined the Warren & Wetmore office in 1897, but left that in 1901 for appointment of Chief of Design of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis. In 1904, Masqueray was asked by Archbishop John Ireland to come to St. Paul to design a new cathedral for the city. Masqueray remained in St. Paul from 1905 until his death in 1917. He designed about two dozen Catholic and Protestant churches in the Upper Midwest and three more cathedrals (including Wichita, KS and Sioux Falls, SD), several parochial Catholic schools, and a few residences.

From the description of Emmanuel Louis Masqueray collection, 1892-1912. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 63291526

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