Allen Aaron Cook (April 20, 1832 – February 12, 1899), usually known as A. A. Cook, was an American architect who came to Sacramento, California in 1870. He designed numerous buildings around the state, including a number which are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places for their architecture.

Biography

Cook was born on April 20, 1832, in Chenango County, New York. His parents moved to Albany, New York in that year, which is where Cook grew up and attended school. He married Maria Midler of Pennsylvania on January 12, 1870, in Douglas, NE; they had six children, four of whom survived to adulthood. Two other children died of measles on 21 March 21, 1882 and are buried in the Old Sacramento City Cemetery. He died in

Shingle Springs Shingle Springs (formerly, Shingle Spring and Shingle) is a census-designated place (CDP) in El Dorado County, California, United States. The population was 4,432 at the 2010 census, up from 2,643 at the 2000 census. It is located about from Sacra ...

, El Dorado County, California, on February 12, 1899. He is buried in the Old Sacramento City Cemetery.

Selected works

*the

Wheatland Masonic Temple The Wheatland Masonic Temple in Wheatland, California is a historic building constructed in 1898. The ground floor has been used as commercial space since its construction. Until 1948 the upper floor meeting rooms were used jointly by the Indepen ...

, in Wheatland, California, NRHP-listed *the Odd Fellows Building (1882–83) in Red Bluff, California, NRHP-listed with *

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at 747 Main St. in Red Bluff, NRHP-listed *

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at 8212 Pleasants Valley Rd. in Vacaville, California, NRHP-listed *courthouse at Redding * Stansbury Home (1883), Chico, California, NRHP-listed * Hotel DeVilbiss (1899-90), 2-10 Main Street, Winters, California, a contributing building in the NRHP-listed Downtown Winters Historic DistrictNRHP document
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* Western Hotel, Sacramento, a listed California Historical Landmark * Hale's Block, Sacramento *county hospitals in Colusa, Mendocino and Tehama *churches at Redding, Sacramento, Stockton, and Wheatland *Nevada State Asylum

References

1832 births 1899 deaths People from Chenango County, New York People from Sacramento, California 19th-century American architects History of Sacramento, California {{US-architect-stub