Joseph Conradi
# Joseph Conradi

Joseph Conradi (1867–1936) was a Swiss-born American sculptor and architect, who designed a number of Catholic churches, schools, convents and rectories in the United States.

## Personal life

Born in Berne, Switzerland, in 1867 Conradi studied in Italy and came to the U.S. in 1887, settling in St. Louis and established a practice first specializing in sculpture and later architecture. For a time he entered practice with Theodore Schrader under the name Schrader and Conradi. In about 1915 he moved to Los Angeles where he was associated with Albert C. Martin, Sr.

## Works include

* St. Andrew Church, St Louis Missouri
* Most Holy Trinity Church, St Louis Missouri
* St. Matthews Parish Complex, St Louis, Missouri
* St. Aloysius Gonzaga Church, St. Louis, Missouri
* The Tower of St. Alphonsus Liguori (Rock) Church, St. Louis, Missouri
* Altar. All Saints Church Keokuk, Iowa
* St. Alphonsus Church, Chicago, Illinois (with Adam Boos)
* Holy Cross Church, St. Louis, Missouri (with Ruedell & Odenthal of Cologne)
* St. Liborius Church sculpture and convent (with Schrader, building by William Schickel)
* St. Mary of Perpetual Help Church, Villa Ridge, MO
* St. Mary Cathedral, Wichita, Kansas
* sculpture "the spirit of progress" for the Montgomery Ward & Co. Administration Building, Chicago, Illinois
* Sacred Heart Church, Frazee, Minnesota
* sculpture for the Utah County Court House, Provo, Utah
* sculpture for St. Vincent De Paul Church, Kansas City, Missouri (with Albert C. Martin, architect)
* sculpture for Zion Lutheran Church, St. Louis Missouri (with Schrader)
* sculpture for Library of Congress, Washington DC

With Albert C. Martin Sr.:

* sculpture for Doheny Memorial Library, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
* fireplace for Doheny Mansion, Los Angeles, California
* sculpture for City Hall, Los Angeles, California
* sculpture for St Vincent Church, Los Angeles, California
* sculpture for Los Angeles Times Building, Los Angeles, California
