Abraham Wesley Eager

Abram Wesley Eager (1864–1930) was a Canadian-American architect. He designed many houses in Los Angeles, California.

Early life

Eager was born in 1864 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.[1] He moved to California in 1887 and settled in Los Angeles, California in 1901.[1]

Career

Eager designed the Auditorium in Torrance, California, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[2]

With Sumner Hunt and Silas Reese Burns, he designed the private residence of William G. Kerckhoff located at 1325 West Adams Boulevard, Exposition Park, Los Angeles in 1908-1909.[3][4] It is now home to the Annenberg Center for Communication at the University of Southern California.[5] In 1908, they designed the Hope Ranch Country Club in Hope Ranch, California.[6][7] The same year, they designed a mansion at the corner of Wilshire Boulevard and South Westmoreland Avenue, opposite the Bullocks Wilshire building.[8][9] A year later, in 1909, they designed a Tudor Revival mansion for Arthur S. Bent (1863-1939), a building contractor, in Pasadena, California.[10]

With Frank Octavious Eager (1878-1945), Eager designed the Crags Head Country Club off Malibu Canyon Road in Calabasas, California in 1910; it was later demolished.[11] The same year, they designed the private residence of Raymond Walter located at 219 Georgina Avenue in Santa Monica, California.[12] They also designed the Weyside Inn in Ventura, California.[13] In 1911, they designed the C.T. Renaker building in Monrovia, California.[14]

Alongside Myron Hunt (1868-1952), Eager designed the Frank Wilson House in Los Angeles.[15][16]

Death

Eager died in November 1930.[1]

References
  1. Pacific Coast Architecture Database
  2. Pacific Coast Architecture Database: Torrance Municipal Auditorium, Torrance, CA
  3. Pacific Coast Architecture Database: William G. Kerckhoff House
  4. 'Residence for W.G. Kerckhoff, Los Angeles', Architect and Engineer of California, 77, 07/1908
  5. "West Adams Heritage Association | in Historic West Adams, Los Angeles, California". www.westadamsheritage.org. Retrieved Aug 9, 2019.
  6. Pacific Coast Architecture Database: Hope Ranch Country Club
  7. 'Hope Ranch Country Club notice', The Los Angeles Times, part V: 24, 11/15/1908
  8. Pacific Coast Architecture Database: Wilshire Boulevard and South Westmoreland Avenue House, Los Angeles, California
  9. 'Among the Architects', The Los Angeles Times, 20, 04/26/1908
  10. Pacific Coast Architecture Database: Arthur S. Bent, Pasadena, California
  11. Pacific Coast Architecture Database: Crags Head Country Club
  12. Pacific Coast Architecture Database: Raymond Walter House, Santa Monica, CA
  13. Pacific Coast Architecture Database: Weyside Inn, Ventura, CA
  14. Pacific Coast Architecture Database: C.T. Renaker, Monrovia, CA
  15. Pacific Coast Architecture Database
  16. 'Residence of Mr. Frank Wilson, Los Angeles, California', Western Architect, unnumbered plate, 07/1907
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