Fritz Eldon Baldauf was born on December 8, 1887 in Annaberg, Germany. At sixteen he started studies at the Royal Art School in Dresden. In 1909 he completed his courses in architecture at the University of Munich. In 1911 he won an architect’s contest and became one of the first architects in Europe to design the interiors as well as exteriors of homes.
Baldauf immigrated to New York in 1924 and in 1925 moved to San Francisco to take employment with A.F. Marten Company, interior decorators, where he designed interiors for homes, hotels, and clubs. He also furnished the interior architecture and decoration for two steamships; the S.S. President Coolidge and the S.S. President Hoover.
In 1939, for the Golden Gate International Exposition in San Francisco, he designed a “room for a bachelor” with twelve pieces, which he created and wich was executed by The Herman Miller Furniture Company of Zeeland, Michigan.
Baldauf passed away in July of 1970 in San Francisco