Otto C. Manke
Occupation:
Otto Manke-The Man on the Top of the Minnesota Capitol Building
Copper cleat Otto C. Manke etched with his name on August, 10, 1902. Discovered on roof at top of the State Capitol in 2011.
Photograph courtesy HGA Architects. Used with permission.
Location of copper cleat signed by Otto Manke in 1902. It was discovered in 2011 by restoration workers just below the finial atop the State Capitol.
Photograph courtesy HGA Architects. Used with permission.
Minnesota Capitol on August 2, 1902, a few days before Otto Manke etched his name on a cleat securing the copper roof just below the finial at the top of the building on August 10.
Photo by Haas & Wright, courtesy Minnesota Historical Society
August 2, 1902 close-up of the Capitol dome showing the ladder Otto Manke must have climbed to reach the copper roof where he etched his name on August 10.
Photo by Haas & Wright, courtesy Minnesota Historical Society
Otto Manke in his roofing shop
Photo courtesy Michelle Manke
Elmhurst Cemetery Board, 1930. Otto Manke, a sheet metal roofer who worked installing the cooper tiles on the Capitol finial is far right, front row. Otto is buried at the cemetery located at the corner of Dale Street and Larpenteur Ave. in St. Paul, MN.
Photo courtesy Elmherst Cemetery.
Otto Manke with Grandson Elmer Manke
Image courtesy of Michelle Manke and The Manke Family. Used with permission.
Otto Manke with his daughter Alice
Image courtesy of Michelle Manke and The Manke Family. Used with permission.
Otto Manke union dues record from 1901
Image courtesy of Randy Croce. Used with permission.
Otto Manke union dues record-closeup
Image courtesy of Sheet Metal Workers Local 10. Used with permission.
