Abraham Wesley Eager
{{Short description|Canadian-born American architect (1864–1930)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Abraham Wesley Eager
| image = A. Wesley Eager.png
| alt = Eager in ca. 1901
| caption = Eager in ca. 1901
| other_names = Abram Wesley Eager, A. Wesley Eager, A.W. Eager
| birth_date = 1864
| birth_place = Hamilton, Canada West (now Canada)
| death_date = November 18, 1930
| death_place = Playa del Rey, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
| occupation = Architect
}}
Abraham Wesley Eager (1864–1930) was a Canadian-born American architect. He designed many houses in Los Angeles, California.
Early life
Abraham Wesley Eager was born in 1864 in Hamilton, Canada West.{{Cite web |last=Michelson |first=Alan |title=Abraham Wesley Eager (Architect) |url=https://pcad.lib.washington.edu/person/187/ |website=Pacific Coast Architecture Database (PCAD)}} He moved to California in 1887, and settled in Los Angeles, California in 1901.
Career
Eager designed the Auditorium in Torrance, California, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.{{Cite web |last=Michelson |first=Alan |title=City of Torrance, Torrance Municipal Auditorium, Torrance, CA |url=https://pcad.lib.washington.edu/building/6541/ |website=Pacific Coast Architecture Database (PCAD)}}
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.[https://digital.lib.washington.edu/architect/structures/1154/ Pacific Coast Architecture Database: William G. Kerckhoff House]'Residence for W.G. Kerckhoff, Los Angeles', Architect and Engineer of California, 77, 07/1908 It is now home to the Annenberg Center for Communication at the University of Southern California.{{Cite web|url=http://www.westadamsheritage.org/read/462|title=West Adams Heritage Association | in Historic West Adams, Los Angeles, California|website=www.westadamsheritage.org|accessdate=Aug 9, 2019}} In 1908, they designed the Hope Ranch Country Club in Hope Ranch, California.[https://digital.lib.washington.edu/architect/structures/3328/ Pacific Coast Architecture Database: Hope Ranch Country Club]'Hope Ranch Country Club notice', The Los Angeles Times, part V: 24, 11/15/1908 The same year, they designed a mansion at the corner of Wilshire Boulevard and South Westmoreland Avenue, opposite the Bullocks Wilshire building.[https://digital.lib.washington.edu/architect/structures/295/ Pacific Coast Architecture Database: Wilshire Boulevard and South Westmoreland Avenue House, Los Angeles, California]'Among the Architects', The Los Angeles Times, 20, 04/26/1908 A year later, in 1909, they designed a Tudor Revival mansion for Arthur S. Bent (1863–1939), a building contractor, in Pasadena, California.[https://digital.lib.washington.edu/architect/structures/8676/ Pacific Coast Architecture Database: Arthur S. Bent, Pasadena, California]
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.[https://digital.lib.washington.edu/architect/structures/5019/ Pacific Coast Architecture Database: Crags Head Country Club] The same year, they designed the private residence of Raymond Walter located at 219 Georgina Avenue in Santa Monica, California.[https://digital.lib.washington.edu/architect/structures/5031/ Pacific Coast Architecture Database: Raymond Walter House, Santa Monica, CA] They also designed the Weyside Inn in Ventura, California.[https://digital.lib.washington.edu/architect/structures/5018/ Pacific Coast Architecture Database: Weyside Inn, Ventura, CA] In 1911, they designed the C.T. Renaker building in Monrovia, California.[https://digital.lib.washington.edu/architect/structures/5039/ Pacific Coast Architecture Database: C.T. Renaker, Monrovia, CA]
Alongside Myron Hunt (1868–1952), Eager designed the Frank Wilson House in Los Angeles.[https://digital.lib.washington.edu/architect/structures/13493/ Pacific Coast Architecture Database]'Residence of Mr. Frank Wilson, Los Angeles, California', Western Architect, unnumbered plate, 07/1907
Death
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Category:20th-century American architects
Category:Architects from Los Angeles