There are elements of intrinsic beauty in the simplification of a house built on the log cabin idea.
Gustav Stickley Quotes
The quiet rhythmic monotone of the wall of logs fills one with the rustic peace of a secluded nook in the woods.
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| Birth: | 9th March, 1858 |
| Death: | 21st April, 1942 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Architect |
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One of eleven children of German émigrés Leopold and Barbara Schlager Stoeckel, Gustav Stickley was born Gustavus Stoeckel on March 9, 1858, in Osceola, Wisconsin. The eldest surviving son, Stickley experienced the rigors of life upon a small Midwestern farm, forgoing his formal education in 1870 to continue work in his father’s field of stonemasonry and help support his struggling family. By early 1876, Stickley’s mother and siblings moved to Brandt, Pennsylvania, where Gustav worked in his uncle’s chair factory his first formal training in the furniture industry.
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