Carl Michael Eger NAC-131

In previous articles, I discussed examples of Norwegian architecture and artwork. With this article, I want to turn our attention once more to the contributions of Norwegian Americans instead and identify one Norwegian American's architectural triumphs.

Carl Michael Eger was one of the Norwegian immigrants who contributed much to architecture in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Eger was born in Kristiana (Oslo) on December 7, 1843, and was educated in Dusseldorf, Germany. He was given a royal stipend to study abroad in 1869, came to America, and remained here as so many Norwegians did in the 1800s. Together with Niels Poulson, a Swedish immigrant, they formed the Hecla Iron Works in 1876 in Williamsburg, a section of Brooklyn, New York. They soon became famous for the distinctive ornaments of bronze and iron.

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