Burgess J. Reeve

Burgess John Reeve, also often mentioned as B. J. Reeve was an architect based in Los Angeles.

Hamburger's "People's Store" after construction of and expansion into the Philips Block, Spring Street at Franklin ca. 1890s

Forthmann House

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]

References

1. "Historic-Cultural Monument (HCM) List", City of Los Angeles
2. "Architect B. J. Reeve". San Francisco Examiner. August 14, 1887. p. 19. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
3. "St. Vincents". Los Angeles Times. February 10, 1887. p. 2. Retrieved 13 May 2019.