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Schneider & Herter

Schneider and Herter was an American architectural firm in the late-nineteenth and early twentieth-century New York City. It was formed around 1887 by Ernest W. Schneider and Henry Herter, and thrived designing "tenements, flats, and industrial buildings, primarily on the Lower East Side...principally for German-Jewish clients with ethnic backgrounds similar to theirs. " The firm favored the Romanesque Revival architectural style.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

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Schneider and Herter was an American architectural firm in the late-nineteenth and early twentieth-century New York City. It was formed around 1887 by Ernest W. Schneider and Henry Herter, and thrived designing "tenements, flats, and industrial buildings, primarily on the Lower East Side...principally for German-Jewish clients with ethnic backgrounds similar to theirs." The firm favored the Romanesque Revival architectural style.2

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