Eickenroht, Marvin, 1898-1969

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Marvin Eickenroht (1898-1969) was a Texas architect who designed several buildings for Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary.

Eickenroht graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with a bachelor’s degree in architecture in 1920, and then moved to Dallas. After two years of professional work, he undertook additional studies in architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, receiving a second bachelor’s degree in 1923. Eickenroht returned to Texas in 1925 and began practicing in San Antonio. He worked for several firms before opening his own office in the Maverick Building on East Houston Street in 1927. From 1927 to 1934, he completed commissions for schools, theaters, libraries, and churches in Seguin and San Antonio. In 1929, Eickenroht became an elected member of the American Institute of Architects (AIA).

Eickenroht’s first commission for the Austin Presbyterian Seminary was the chapel, 1940-1942. He designed a number of other buildings for the Seminary throughout the 1940’s, 1950’s, and 1960’s, including the Stitt Library and several student housing projects. Marvin Eickenroht died in San Antonio on February 22, 1969.

Marvin Eickenroht Papers, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library. Eickenroht, Marvin, Biographical File, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library. Eickenroht, Marvin, Biographical File, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library.

From the guide to the Marvin Eickenroht papers 2005-002., 1940-1967, (Austin Seminary Archives, Stitt Library, Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary.)

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