Theodore Wells Pietsch

Pietsch was gra­dua­ted from the Mas­sa­chu­setts In­sti­tute of Tech­no­logy in 1889 and at­ten­ded the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris from 1892 to 1898. He was awar­ded a di­ploma from the French Go­vern­ment in 1897 and re­cei­ved ho­no­r­able men­tion in the Paris Salon of 1898. He was an ar­dent ex­po­nent of the French Re­nais­sance school of ar­chi­tec­ture throughout his ca­reer. He had prac­ticed in Bal­ti­more since 1904, his prin­ci­pal buil­dings being Eas­tern High School, Zion Church, the United Sta­tes Fi­de­lity and Gua­ranty Com­pany Buil­ding, and the As­so­cia­tion of Com­merce Buil­ding. In 1917-18 he ser­ved as in­struc­tor of French to the of­fi­cers of the 360th Re­gi­ment at Camp Meade, Ma­ry­land. He was awar­ded two me­dals in ar­chi­tec­ture at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and was a mem­ber of the Fri­ends of Art in Bal­ti­more.