Burgess J. Reeve
Burgess John Reeve, also often mentioned as B. J. Reeve was an architect based in Los Angeles.
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Hamburger's "People's Store" after construction of and expansion into the Philips Block, Spring Street at Franklin ca. 1890s
Selected works
All in Los Angeles, California.
- Forthmann Carriage House, Angelino Heights, Los Angeles (Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument)[1]
- Forthmann House c. 1887, North University Park Historic District of West Adams, Los Angeles (Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument)[1]
- Phillips Block, Spring St. west side south of Temple St., c. 1882, home of A. Hamburger & Sons "The People's Store", the largest retailer in Los Angeles at the time; predecessor of May Company California, four stories, second four-story building in Los Angeles, cost $260,000[2]
- St. Vincent's College and Church, predecessor of Loyola Marymount University, campus at northeast corner of Washington and Grand (razed), cost $65,000[3][2]
- United States Hotel, three stories, cost $56,000[2]
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References
- "Historic-Cultural Monument (HCM) List", City of Los Angeles
- "Architect B. J. Reeve". San Francisco Examiner. August 14, 1887. p. 19. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
- "St. Vincents". Los Angeles Times. February 10, 1887. p. 2. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
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