John Jager
John Jager | |
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| Born | May 16, 1871 |
| Died | October 31, 1959 (aged 88) |
| Nationality | Slovene |
| Occupation | Architect |
John Jager (Slovenized: Ivan Jager; May 16, 1871 – October 31, 1959) was a Slovene–American architect and urban planner.[1]
John Jager was born in Bistra, Austria-Hungary (now Slovenia) at Railway Guard House 365A above the village, where his father worked as a railway guard.[2][3] He was baptized Johann Jager.[2]
He graduated from high school in Ljubljana in 1892, after which he studied architecture at the Vienna University of Technology under Joseph Maria Olbrich and Otto Wagner.[1] In 1898, he toured Lower Carniola, Pivka, the Vipava region, and the Karst Plateau, where he collected folk motifs to decorate the National Café (Slovene: Narodna kavarna) in Ljubljana.[1][4] In Vienna, he worked as an assistant to Max Fabiani.[1] He graduated from the University of Vienna in 1900.[5] In 1901, he went to Beijing at the invitation of the Austrian government to build shelters for its soldiers during the Boxer Rebellion.[5] He emigrated to the United States in 1902.[1][5] In 1918, Jager traveled to Serbia, where he worked as an inspector for a Red Cross unit in charge of rebuilding 60 villages damaged during the First World War; for this work he was made a Red Cross captain, and in 1940 he was awarded the Order of the Yugoslav Crown.[5] Jager lived in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he died in 1959.[5][6]
Works
Saint Stephen's Catholic Church in St. Stephen, Minnesota
Saint Bernard's Catholic Church in Saint Paul, Minnesota, built 1905–1914
House at 6 Red Cedar Lane, Minneapolis, Minnesota, built in 1904
References
- ^ a b c d e "Ivan Jager (1871–1959)". Slovenska biografija. ZRC SAZU. Retrieved December 14, 2023.
- ^ a b Geburts- und Tauf-Buch. Vrhnika. 1870–1894. p. 17. Retrieved December 14, 2023.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Debevec, Damjan. "Rojstni kraj bratov Jager". MojaObčina.si. Retrieved December 14, 2023.
- ^ "Narodna kavarna v Ljubljani". Narodni muzej Slovenije. Narodni muzej Slovenije. Retrieved December 14, 2023.
- ^ a b c d e "Services Held for Architect John Jager, 88". Star Tribune. Minneapolis, MN. November 3, 1959. pp. 13, 16. Retrieved December 14, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "John Jager". The Minneapolis Star. Minneapolis, MN. November 3, 1959. p. 27. Retrieved December 14, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.