Abraham_Wesley_Eager
Abraham Wesley Eager
Canadian-born American architect
Abraham Wesley Eager (1864–1930) was a Canadian-born American architect. He designed many houses in Los Angeles, California.
Abraham Wesley Eager was born in 1864 in Hamilton, Canada West.[1] He moved to California in 1887, and settled in Los Angeles, California in 1901.[1]
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]
Eager died in November 1930.[1]
- Michelson, Alan. "Abraham Wesley Eager (Architect)". Pacific Coast Architecture Database (PCAD).
- Michelson, Alan. "City of Torrance, Torrance Municipal Auditorium, Torrance, CA". Pacific Coast Architecture Database (PCAD).
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- "West Adams Heritage Association | in Historic West Adams, Los Angeles, California". www.westadamsheritage.org. Retrieved Aug 9, 2019.
- 'Hope Ranch Country Club notice', The Los Angeles Times, part V: 24, 11/15/1908
- 'Among the Architects', The Los Angeles Times, 20, 04/26/1908
- 'Residence of Mr. Frank Wilson, Los Angeles, California', Western Architect, unnumbered plate, 07/1907