Carl C Barkhausen

• American

Carl C Barkhausen was born in Thiensville, Ozaukee County, Wisconsin on November 6, 1860. His parents, August (1818-1900) and Mary (Huecker) Barkhausen, were natives of Cassel, Germany who had come to this country in 1848, settling on a farm in the vicinity of Thiensville. The farm later became the site of Boders on the River restaurant. Carl was one of seven children. He was educated in the local public school then came to Milwaukee to study at the prestigious German-English Academy, known today as the University School. In 1876 at the age of 16, Barkhausen went to Germany to attend a technical school located in what was then known as the "Castle of the Kings." He later returned to Germany in 1881 at the age of 21 and took a finishing course in architecture in Berlin. When Barkhausen returned to Milwaukee in 1883 he secured a job with the firm of E T Mix & Company and met his future partner Charles Crane who was ten years his senior. - City of Milwaukee Historic Designation Study Report