Benjamin Bean Horner

{{Short description|American architect and photographer (1893–1971}}

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Benjamin Bean Horner (1893–1971), also known as B. B. Horner, sometimes misspelled B. B. Homer, was an American architect who practiced primarily in Los Angeles and Santa Barbara, California. He also took extensive photographs of architecture in California and England.

Biography

Benjamin Bean Horner was born in Michigan in 1893 to William C. Horner, a drafter, and his wife Emily, both of whom were from England. Benjamin and his family lived in Indiana during his teenage years and he later graduated from Purdue University. He also served in World War I.{{cite web |url=https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt10003483/admin/ |title=Horner Architectural Photography Collection |publisher=California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo |website=Online Archive of California|accessdate=December 9, 2024}}

By 1920, Benjamin was living in Los Angeles, California, with his occupation listed as technical engineer, and he was married to his first wife Adelaide. Benjamin and Adelaine sailed from New York to England in 1926, where Benjamin photographed many historic buildings, manor houses, and villages. Benjamin also traveled throughout California in the 1920s, where he photographed adobe structures built during the area's Spanish and Mexican periods.

By 1930, Benjamin's occupation had changed to civil engineer and he was married to his second wife Esther Ruth Vanrossum. Esther and Benjamin lived in Santa Barbara until 1948, when they moved to Ojai. They had three children together.

Benjamin died while traveling abroad in 1971.

List of works

Residences at 6627 Emmett Terrace, 6658 Emmett Terrace, and 6760 Milner Road (1922), Whitley Heights Historic District contributing properties{{Cite web |title=California SP Whitley Heights Historic District |url=https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123859621 |publisher=United States Department of the Interior – National Park Service |date=July 20, 1982 |language=en-US}}
Creque Building enlargement (1931{{Cite web |title=Hollywood west from Cahuenga |url=https://tessa2.lapl.org/digital/collection/photos/id/38493 |publisher=Los Angeles Public Library |accessdate=July 3, 2024 |language=en-US}} or 1934{{Cite web |title=Early Views of Hollywood (1850–1920) |url=https://waterandpower.org/museum/Early_Views_of_Hollywood_(1850-1920)_Page_2.html |page=2 |publisher=Water and Power Associates |accessdate=July 3, 2024 |language=en-US}}), Hollywood Boulevard Commercial and Entertainment District contributing property{{Cite web |title=Hollywood Boulevard Commercial and Entertainment District |url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/236d3254-47ee-4b31-9045-c2999cc465f2/ |publisher=United States Department of the Interior – National Park Service |date=April 4, 1985 |language=en-US}}