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Ocean Park Fire
Fraser's Million Dollar Pier was a 20th-century amusement park in Ocean Park, Santa Monica, Ocean Park, California in the United States. The pier was located between Pier Avenue and Marine Street, in a community situated between Santa Monica, California, Santa Monica and Venice, Los Angeles, Venice in Los Angeles County. Developed by A. H. Fraser, a booster in Ocean Park who had formerly been business partners with Abbot Kinney of Venice, the pier opened to the public on June 17, 1911, and was destroyed September 3, 1912, in a catastrophic fire that spread into the adjacent neighborhood and destroyed six to eight square blocks. The pier was also known as the Fraser Pier and the Ocean Park Pier; both names were also applied to a second pier built on the same site that stood from 1913 to 1924. History Fraser's Million Dollar Pier was one of several "amusement piers" (such as the Abbot Kinney Pier, Sunset Pier, Crystal Pier) that were built in the first half of the 20th century o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eager & Eager
Abram Wesley Eager (1864–1930) was an American architect. He designed many houses in Los Angeles, California. Early life Eager was born in 1864 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. He moved to California in 1887 and settled in Los Angeles, California in 1901. Career Eager designed the Auditorium (Torrance High School), Auditorium in Torrance, California, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. 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), Exposition Park, Los Angeles in 1908-1909. It is now home to the Annenberg Center for Communication at the University of Southern California. In 1908, they designed the Hope Ranch Country Club in Hope Ranch, California. The same year, they designed a mansion at the corner of Wilshire Boulevard and South Westmoreland Avenue, opposite the Bullocks Wilshire building. A year later, in 1909, they designed a Tudor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
