Abraham Wesley Eager Explained

Abraham Wesley Eager
Other Names:	Abram Wesley Eager, A. Wesley Eager, A.W. Eager
Birth Date:	1864
Birth Place:	Hamilton, Canada West
Death Date:	November 18, 1930
Death Place:	Playa del Rey, Los Angeles County, 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.^[1] He moved to California in 1887, and settled in Los Angeles, California in 1901.^[1]

Career

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]}

Death

Eager died in November 1930.^[1]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Michelson . Alan . Abraham Wesley Eager (Architect) . Pacific Coast Architecture Database (PCAD).
2. Web site: Michelson . Alan . City of Torrance, Torrance Municipal Auditorium, Torrance, CA . Pacific Coast Architecture Database (PCAD).
3. https://digital.lib.washington.edu/architect/structures/1154/ Pacific Coast Architecture Database: William G. Kerckhoff House
4. 'Residence for W.G. Kerckhoff, Los Angeles', Architect and Engineer of California, 77, 07/1908
5. Web site: West Adams Heritage Association | in Historic West Adams, Los Angeles, California. www.westadamsheritage.org. Aug 9, 2019.
6. https://digital.lib.washington.edu/architect/structures/3328/ Pacific Coast Architecture Database: Hope Ranch Country Club
7. 'Hope Ranch Country Club notice', The Los Angeles Times, part V: 24, 11/15/1908
8. https://digital.lib.washington.edu/architect/structures/295/ Pacific Coast Architecture Database: Wilshire Boulevard and South Westmoreland Avenue House, Los Angeles, California
9. 'Among the Architects', The Los Angeles Times, 20, 04/26/1908
10. https://digital.lib.washington.edu/architect/structures/8676/ Pacific Coast Architecture Database: Arthur S. Bent, Pasadena, California
11. https://digital.lib.washington.edu/architect/structures/5019/ Pacific Coast Architecture Database: Crags Head Country Club
12. https://digital.lib.washington.edu/architect/structures/5031/ Pacific Coast Architecture Database: Raymond Walter House, Santa Monica, CA
13. https://digital.lib.washington.edu/architect/structures/5018/ Pacific Coast Architecture Database: Weyside Inn, Ventura, CA
14. https://digital.lib.washington.edu/architect/structures/5039/ Pacific Coast Architecture Database: C.T. Renaker, Monrovia, CA
15. https://digital.lib.washington.edu/architect/structures/13493/ Pacific Coast Architecture Database
16. 'Residence of Mr. Frank Wilson, Los Angeles, California', Western Architect, unnumbered plate, 07/1907