EDWARD LEODORE MAYBERRY

Los Angeles County

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EDWARD LEODORE MAYBERRY

MAYBERRY, EDWARD LEODORE, Architectural Engineer, Los Angeles, Cal., was born in Sacramento, Cal., Sept. 18, 1871, the son of Edward L. and Emily Jane (Gray) Mayberry. He married Ada Stevens Phillips at Pasadena, Cal., Jan 24, 1901.

Taken to Los Angeles County when about six years of age, he received his primary education in public schools, graduating from high school in 1888. He then spent a year at the University of Southern California and another Business College.

In 1890 he entered the employ of Shoder-Johnston & Co. (Union Hardware & Metal Co.), resigning in two years to enter the University of Cal. and was graduated from that institution in 1896 with the degree of B. L. He returned to his former employers and was with them until 1902, when he determined to study engineering.

Entering the Mass. Inst. of Technology in 1902, he graduated in 1906 with the degree of Bachelor of Science. He then returned to Los Angeles, where for Carl Leonardt he became Designing Engineer and engineered numerous important structures, two of them being the U. S. Grant Hotel and the Union Building, at San Diego. In 1907 he formed a partnership with the L. A. Parker.

Mr. Mayberry is a member of the Engineers’ and Architects’ Assn., and University Club of Los Angeles, Sierra Club, San Gabriel Valley Country Club and the City Club of Long Beach.

Extracted from Llewellyn Adelbert Parker’s bio:

“Since joining issues with Mayberry & [Llewellyn Adelbert] Parker have designed and built numerous important structures. They have designed and erected nearly a dozen important bridges, including the Linda Vista Viaduct in Pasadena, 65 feet in height and 400 feet in length; the Arroyo Park bridge, near Los Angeles, 50 feet high and 355 long-the only on of its kind in the world. They also built ten re-enforced concrete bridges for the County of Ventura, from 20 to 150 feet in length.

Other bridge work done by the firm are the Center street bridge across the Salt River at Phoenix Ariz., the longest contract girder bridge in the world-two thousand one hundred and fifty feet long with a causeway and one thousand feet long.

Mr. Mayberry and Mr. Parker engineered the majestic Theater building, the Panorama Theater, Luckenbach building and others in Los Angeles; the Kern County (Cal.) Hall of Records, Pomona (Cal.) City Hall, Long Beach (Cal.) Polytechnic School and the Goodrich, Goldberg and other buildings at Phoenix, Ariz.; the hotel and station at Williams, Ariz.; Syracuse, Kan., and Needles, Cal., all Santa Fe Railroad buildings.”

Transcribed By: Michele Y. Larsen on 17 November 2011.

Source: Press Reference Library, Western Edition Notables of the West, Vol. I, Page 843, International News Service, New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Boston, Atlanta. 1913.

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