, 1876), was a French architect

Architect

An architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the...

.

Life

Born in Delle

Delle

Delle is a commune in the Territoire de Belfort department in Franche-Comté in northeastern France.Delle is the last French town on the railway line from Belfort to Berne, in Switzerland....

 in 1808, Jean-Baptiste Schacre began his career in 1826 as a draftsman

Technical drawing

Technical drawing, also known as drafting or draughting, is the act and discipline of composing plans that visually communicate how something functions or has to be constructed.Drafting is the language of industry....

 in the Ponts et Chaussées services

Corps of Bridges and Roads (France)

The Corps of Bridges is a great technical corps of the French state. It is formed of the State Engineers of the Bridges.People entering the Corps are educated at the École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées...

. During that period he drew many sketches and watercolours depicting Alsatian

Alsace

Alsace is the fifth-smallest of the 27 regions of France in land area , and the smallest in metropolitan France. It is also the seventh-most densely populated region in France and third most densely populated region in metropolitan France, with ca. 220 inhabitants per km²...

 landscapes and monuments.

Becoming Chief draftsman on the Strasbourg-Basel railway, he settled in Mulhouse

Mulhouse

Mulhouse |mill]] hamlet) is a city and commune in eastern France, close to the Swiss and German borders. With a population of 110,514 and 278,206 inhabitants in the metropolitan area in 2006, it is the largest city in the Haut-Rhin département, and the second largest in the Alsace region after...

 in 1838, where he opened his own architectural office in 1841.

From 1844 until his death, Schacre was "architecte voyer" (city architect and road surveyor) of Mulhouse. As such he erected some significant buildings in the city, such as the synagogue (1846-1849), the Catholic Church of Saint-Steffen (Gothic revival, 1855-1860) and the Calvinist temple of Saint-Steffen (Gothic revival, 1859-1869).

In the 1860s he designed many churches through the Department of Haut-Rhin

Haut-Rhin

Haut-Rhin is a département of the Alsace region of France, named after the Rhine river. Its name means Upper Rhine. Haut-Rhin is the smaller and less populated of the two departements of Alsace, although is still densely populated compared to the rest of France.-Subdivisions:The department...

, most of them in Romanesque revival style.

Drawings

• Views of alsatian romantic landscapes and medieval monuments (ruined castles, Gothic and Romanesque churches).
• Views of Sélestat
  Sélestat
  Sélestat is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.In 2006, Sélestat had a total population of 19,459. The Communauté de communes de Sélestat et environs had a total population of 35,397.-Geography:...
  
   for Jacques Rothmuller's lithographic album, Vues pittoresques des châteaux, monuments et sites remarquables de l'Alsace, Hahn et Vix, Colmar, 1839.

Mulhouse

• Goose fountain (1845) (destroyed)
• Synagogue (1847-1849)
• Synagogue, Dornach (c. 1851)
• Saint-Steffen catholic church (1855-1860)
• Saint-Steffen Calvinist temple
  Temple Saint-Étienne
  The Protestant St. Stephen's Church is the main Reformed church of the city of Mulhouse in Alsace, France. Because of its central location on the main square of Mulhouse, the Place de la Réunion, and its 97 meter high bell tower , it is sometimes referred to as the "Cathedral of Mulhouse"...
  
   (1859-1869)
• Schools, professional high school and nursery schools (1850's-1870's)

Other places

• Gueberschwihr
  Gueberschwihr
  Gueberschwihr is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.-References:*...
  
   : church (1870-1877, reconstruction around the romanesque
  Romanesque architecture
  Romanesque architecture is an architectural style of Medieval Europe characterised by semi-circular arches. There is no consensus for the beginning date of the Romanesque architecture, with proposals ranging from the 6th to the 10th century. It developed in the 12th century into the Gothic style,...
  
   tower)
• Jettingen, Haut-Rhin
  Jettingen, Haut-Rhin
  Jettingen is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.-References:*...
  
   : church (1874-1877)
• Masevaux
  Masevaux
  Masevaux is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.-References:*...
  
   : chapel (1870-1875)
• Pfastatt
  Pfastatt
  Pfastatt is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France. It forms part of the Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération, the inter-communal local government body for the Mulhouse conurbation.-References:*...
  
   : church (1867)
• Riedisheim
  Riedisheim
  Riedisheim is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France. It forms part of the Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération, the inter-communal local government body for the Mulhouse conurbation.-References:*...
  
   : town hall and school (1843-1848)
• Steinbrunn-le-Haut
  Steinbrunn-le-Haut
  Steinbrunn-le-Haut is a communes in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.-References:*...
  
   : town hall and school (1859-1862)
• Zillisheim
  Zillisheim
  Zillisheim is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department of Alsace in north-eastern France. It forms part of the Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération, the inter-communal local government body for the Mulhouse conurbation.-References:*...
  
   : church
• Delle
  Delle
  Delle is a commune in the Territoire de Belfort department in Franche-Comté in northeastern France.Delle is the last French town on the railway line from Belfort to Berne, in Switzerland....
  
  : church (1858-1861, reconstruction)