Edward Boehmer Explained

Edward Boehmer
Birth Date:	1861
Birth Place:	Pennsylvania, U.S.
Death Date:	1940
Occupation:	Architect

Edward Boehmer (1861–1940) was an American-born, London-based architect.

Early life

Edward Boehmer was born in 1861 in Pennsylvania, United States.^[1] He was educated in Stuttgart, Germany.^[1]

Career

Boehmer co-founded an architectural firm with Percy Christian Gibbs in 1889.^[1] Together, they designed Harley House on Marylebone Road in Marylebone in 1904.^[1] They also designed Cavendish Mansions in West Hampstead, and the Lissenden Gardens mansion estate.^{[2] [3]} They designed Portland Court, located at 160–200 Great Portland Street in Fitzrovia, from 1904 to 1912.^[1] Meanwhile, they designed 80 Portland Place in 1909.^[1]

With Charles G. F. Rees, Boehmer designed the Deutsche Evangelische Christuskirche in Knightsbridge in 1904-1905.^[4]

Death

Boehmer died in 1940.^[1]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Edward Boehmer. Oxford Reference.
2. Web site: cavendish mansions. greene&co. May 28, 2016.
3. Web site: Lissenden Gardens - » Building The Estate. Where-El.se?. Lissenden Gardens Residents Association. 15 October 2017. 2010–2017.
4. 'Montpelier Square Area: Deutsche Evangelische Christuskirche, Montpelier Place', in Survey of London: Volume 45, Knightsbridge, ed. John Greenacombe (London, 2000), pp. 124-127 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/vol45/pp124-127 [accessed 7 June 2015].