WYNEKEN, Leopold Ernest
WYNEKEN, Leopold Ernest (1838-1913), German-born architect and artist who was in partnership in San Francisco as Townsend & Wyneken.
He was naturalized as a citizen in San Francisco in 1886.
Email received from Kevin Frederick [kevfm5@hotmail.com]: I have been researching L. E. Wyneken for many years... he was a mentor and friend of my First Great-Grandfather Frederick C. Kroger of San Francisco and friend of my 2nd Great-Grandfather, Sea Captain Claus Friedrich Kroger. After L. E. Wyneken passed away a number of L. E. Wyneken's possessions went to my First Great-Grandfather Frederick C. Kroger of San Francisco. I have seen a few drawings of his. He was an Architect in San Francisco and designed many Victorian residential houses and other landmarks in San Francisco and the City of Alameda before the 1906 Earthquake. Leopold Ernest Wyneken stayed with my First Great-Grandfather Frederick C. Kroger right after the 1906 Earthquake and wrote an interesting book during his stay that was published and printed. I guess Leopold Ernest Wyneken had some health issues and stayed in Santa Barbara during his last years, and I have a few letters to my First Great-Grandfather Frederick C. Kroger of San Francisco from Leopold Ernest Wyneken staying in Santa Barbara. I finally found Leopold Ernest Wyneken's California Death Certificate only a few years ago that confirmed that he did passed away in Santa Barbara on OCTOBER 26, 1913.
