Gene Verge Sr. Explained

Gene Verge Sr. (April 7, 1893- August 27, 1953) was a Canadian-born American architect.

Early life

Gene Verge Sr. was born in Canada on April 7, 1893.[1] [2] He graduated from the École des beaux-arts de Montréal.[1]

Career

Verge moved to Los Angeles, California and started working for the Pozzo Construction Co.[3]

In 1934, Verge designed the 13.4-acre St Luke's Hospital, also known as the St. Luke Medical Center, located at 2632 East Washington Boulevard in Bungalow Heaven, Pasadena, California.[1] [4] [5] It is a mix of art deco and Spanish Colonial Revival architecture.[4] It was designated as a City Landmark in 2002.[1] In 2007, it was purchased by DS Ventures, a real estate developer.[5]

Verge designed the building of the Jonathan Club in Santa Monica, California.[6] He also designed homes in Beverly Hills, California, including an X-shaped property for actor Buster Keaton (1895-1966).[6] [7] In the early 1950s, he designed St. Bartholomew School in Long Beach, California.[8]

Death

Verge died on August 27, 1953, in Los Angeles, California.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pasadena Heritage . 2013-05-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140429045117/http://www.pasadenaheritage.org/content.php?pgID=44 . 2014-04-29 . dead .
  2. http://vitals.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ca/death/search.cgi?surname=Verge&given=Gene Roots
  3. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-12-20-re-30344-story.html Pozzo Firm Nearing 90th Year
  4. David Gebhard, An Architectural Guidebook to Los Ángeles, Layton, Utah: Gibbs Smith, 2003, p. 430 https://books.google.com/books?id=WWl29hn0C9gC&dq=%22Gene+Verge%2C+Sr.%22&pg=PA430
  5. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-oct-23-fi-luke23-story.html Developer buys St. Luke hospital
  6. Web site: The City of Beverly Hills: Historic Resources Inventory (1985-1986) . 2013-05-03 . 2022-10-09 . https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://www.beverlyhills.org/cbhfiles/storage/files/6333100111590038901/HistoricResourcesInventory%281985-1986%29.pdf . dead .
  7. http://www.lafiaarvin.com/press/pdf/vol%2024%20n%202%20Trends%20out%20of%20the%20Past.pdf Lafia Arvin
  8. Web site: St Bartholomew Catholic Church, Long Beach, California: History . 2013-05-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131209060157/http://sblb.org/history.html . 2013-12-09 . dead .

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