William Ellis Groben, usually known as W. Ellis Groben, is an American architect and author. He was Washington (D.C.) Office Architect of the

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during 1933-1953 and provided professional guidance as the national consulting architect of the service, leading architectural style development. He was an "outstanding architect" and also talented as an artist. Groben wrote the important 1940 document
Architectural Trend of Future Forest Service Buildings
. He designed the Forest Services'

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building in Puerto Rico. Groben was "a native of" Philadelphia and studied architecture at the University of Pennsylvania and the Ecole des Beaux Arts. He apprenticed in and near Philadelphia, and was hired as Chief Architect for the city of Philadelphia. He designed three Pennsylvania movie theatres: * Hiway Theatre, 212 Old York Road, Jenkintown, PA 19046 * Carman Theatre, Germantown Avenue and Roy Street, Philadelphia, PA 19140 * Oxford Theatre, 7209-7211 Rising Sun Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19111 In 1936 he designed renovation of the Embassy Theatre, later known as the York Road Theatre.

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