Alfred Henry Jacobs

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Alfred Henry Jacobs (1882 – December 14, 1954) was an American architect.[1] He designed theaters,[2] hotels, and religious buildings. Three of the buildings he designed are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The University of California, Berkeley has a collection of his papers, drawings, and photographs.[3]

His father Julius Jacobs was born in Prussia in 1840 and immigrated to California in 1853. In 1898 he was appointed Assistant U.S. Treasurer, in charge of the Sub-Treasury in San Francisco.[3]

Alfred Henry Jacobs was born in San Francisco in 1882 to Julius and Sarah Adler Jacobs. He graduated from the California School of Mechanical Arts (now Lick-Wilmerding High School). He studied at University of California at Berkeley and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he received a B.S. degree in architecture in 1904 and an M.S. degree in architecture in 1905. He did further studies at the École des Beaux Arts in Paris.[3]

Back in San Francisco by 1907, he partnered with Walter Ratcliff and helped design the Berkeley Tennis Club (1908). In 1909, he joined San Francisco's , Number 120, Free and Accepted Masons of California and established his own firm.[3]

He married Lillian Wollenberg in 1908.[3]

Jacobs gained emeritus membership status with the American Institute of Architects. He was Jewish.[4] He died on December 14, 1954.[3]

Work[]

  • Berkeley Tennis Club (1908)
Grabhorn Press building
  • Religious School House for Congregation Emanu-El (1910), now the Grabhorn Press building at 1337 Sutter Street in San Francisco, California Jacobs, Alfred Henry NRHP Listed
  • , 308 Eddy St. San Francisco, CA Jacobs, Alfred Henry NRHP Listed
  • Memorial for the Pacific Hebrew Orphan Asylum at the Home of Peace Cemetery in Colma, California
  • Commercial building at 1244-1268 Sutter Street (1911)
Winema Theater roofline and signage
  • Jacobs family's residence (1915) at 80 21st Avenue in San Francisco
  • California Theater (1916), renamed the State Theatre, at 787-799 Market Street in San Francisco, torn down in 1954
  • Winema Theater (1920) on Main Street in Scotia, California. Made with redwood.
  • Curran Theater (1921–1922) at 445 Geary Street in San Francisco
  • Granada Theater (1920–1921) renamed the Paramount Theatre. Dismantled in 1965[5]
  • Homewood Terrace (1920–1921) for the Pacific Hebrew Orphan Asylum and Home Society, San Francisco
  • House for Ansel Adams (1929) at 129 24th Avenue in San Francisco
  • Butterfield and Butterfield Auctioneer building[4]
  • Jewish orphanage (demolished)[4]

See also[]

  • Gustave Albert Lansburgh

References[]

  1. ^ "PCAD - Alfred Henry Jacobs". pcad.lib.washington.edu.
  2. ^ Rosenbaum, Fred (5 November 2009). Cosmopolitans: A Social and Cultural History of the Jews of the San Francisco Bay Area. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520945029 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f "Jacobs (Alfred Henry) papers, 1863-1954 - The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life". magnes.berkeley.edu.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c "He built this city – J." 10 September 2004.
  5. ^ Niemeyer, Daniel. 1950s American Style: A Reference Guide (hard cover). Lulu.com. ISBN 9781304545749 – via Google Books.
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