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HERBERT
ALBAN REEVES
REEVES, HERBERT ALBAN, Architect, Los Angeles, California, was born in London, England, November 20, 1869, the son of H. A. Wooster Reeves, a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects, and Emma (Uffindel) Reeves. He married Harriet Elizabeth Goodman in London, England, in 1890.
After attending private schools in England he was sent to Albert Memorial College, Framlingham, Suffolk, England, and later went to King’s College, Somerset House, London, England. His college education complete, he studied his profession in his father’s office and at the Architectural Association, London, England. He then married.
He came to the United States in 1891, and began practice in New York City and designed many buildings of more or less importance in New York and its surroundings, his last New York building being “The Schuyler Arms Hotel.” The rush of construction in Los Angeles then attracted him and he came to that city in 1906.
Since arriving in Los Angeles he has designed and superintended the construction of several residences, the International Bank Building, the Pomona City Hall, the Eagle Rock Bank, and is now engaged on several structures for the Southern California Edison Company.
His specialty is business buildings, hotels, apartment houses and high-class residences, and for this kind of work he has found a big opportunity in Los Angeles and in Southern California generally.
By special enlistment and examination he was admitted to the Royal Engineers of the British Army, before his departure for America. He bought his discharge.
He is a member of the Southern California Chapter of the American Institute of Architects and the University Club of Los Angeles.
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11-20-10 Marilyn R. Pankey.
Source: Press
Reference Library, Western Edition Notables of the West, Vol. I, Page 554, International News Service, New York, Chicago, San
Francisco, Los Angeles, Boston, Atlanta.
1913.
© 2010 Marilyn R. Pankey.
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