The Voss Standard
“This Grand Staircase project was the most challenging and design exclusive project I’ve ever created. It was created with my bare hands, not one premade part was used.”
METAL ARTISANS
Theodore Voss founded the noted Voss Metal Works artisan metalworking company in San Antonio in the 1930s. Born in Santa Monica, California in 1901, Theo Voss moved to Wittenburge, Germany with his mother after the death of his father. There Theo married, had a son, Kurt, and learned ironworking. He later returned to the United States and founded Theodore Voss Artistic Scroll Metal Work in San Antonio, Texas. The Great Depression put the company under, but Theo began anew with Voss Metal Works.
METAL WORKS
The business became successful and sought after for numerous projects ranging from private residences to commercial buildings. Some noteworthy examples include the “three-ton [Aztec Theatre] chandelier, two stories tall and twelve feet wide” (Added in 1929), the Texas A&M Agricultural Engineering Building [Scoates Hall] wrought iron grille entrance and lecture room chandelier (1933), and the Maverick-Zachry House window ironwork and stairs (1929). Voss achieved national recognition after designing and fabricating the Godart Gates (featuring dense grapevines) between the north and south crypt aisles of the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. during WWII.
It has been my honor to create for world champion San Antonio Spurs players, Texas Billionaires, Interior Designers, multiple Fortune 500 companies and The Texas Homeowner.
CHRIS VOSS