Frank E. Edbrooke (1840 – May 3, 1921), also known as F.E. Edbrooke, was a 19th and early 20th century

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who has been termed the "dean" of Denver architecture. Several of his surviving works are listed on the

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including Brinker Collegiate Institute, built in 1880 and NRHP-listed in 1977. His brother was nationally prominent architect

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(1843–1896), who served as

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for Federal buildings during 1891–92. Willoughby's son,

Harry W.J. Edbrooke Harry W.J. Edbrooke (1873–1946) was an American architect. He was born in Chicago into a family of architects. His father was Willoughby J. Edbrooke (1843 — 1896). He worked with his uncle Frank E. Edbrooke in Denver, Colorado. Several of ...

, worked with Frank. Frank E. Edbrooke died in

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on May 3, 1921.

Works (attribution to Frank E. Edbrooke (and variations on his name))

* Brinker Collegiate Institute, built 1880, 1725–1727 Tremont Pl., Denver, CO (Edbrooke,F.E.), NRHP-listed * Brown Palace Hotel, 17th St. and Tremont Pl., Denver, CO (Edbrooke,Frank E.), NRHP-listed designed with an odd triangular shape * Burlington Hotel, 2205 Larimer St., Denver, CO (Edbrooke, Frank E.), NRHP-listed *

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, 2000 Lomas Blvd NW, Albuquerque, NM (Edbrooke, Frank E.), demolished, 1910 * Alfred Butters House, 1129 Pennsylvania, Denver, CO (Edbrooke, Frank E.), NRHP-listed * Central Presbyterian Church, 1660 Sherman St., Denver, CO (Edbrooke, F. E.), NRHP-listed *

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, 16th and California Sts., Denver, CO (Edbrooke, Frank E.), NRHP-listed * William G. Fisher House, 1600 Logan St., Denver, CO (Edbrooke, Frank E.), NRHP-listed * Hendrie and Bolthoff Warehouse Building, 1743 Wazee, Denver, CO (Edbrooke,Frank E.), NRHP-listed *

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, 934 16th St., Denver, CO (Edbrooke, Frank E.), NRHP-listed *

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, 3001 S. Federal Blvd., Denver, CO (Edbrooke, F.E.), NRHP-listed * Masonic Temple Building, Richardsonian Romanesque style building from 1889, 1614 Welton St., Denver, CO (Edbrooke, Frank E.), NRHP-listed * Riverside Cemetery, 5201 Brighton Blvd., Denver, CO (Edbrooke, Frank E.), NRHP-listed * George Schleier Mansion, 1665 Grant St., Denver, CO (Edbrooke, F.E.), NRHP-listed * Silverton Miner's Union Hospital, 1315 Snowden Street, Silverton-San Juan County, CO (Edbrooke, Frank E.) * Spratlen-Anderson Wholesale Grocery Company-Davis Brothers Warehouse, 1450 Wynkoop St., Denver, CO (Edbrooke, Frank E.), NRHP-listed * Steamboat Springs Depot, 39265 Routt County Rd. 33B, Steamboat Springs, CO (Edbrooke, Frank E.), NRHP-listed * Temple Emanuel, 2400 Curtis St., Denver, CO (Edbrooke, Frank E.), NRHP-listed

Other

Architect

Frederick Sterner Frederick Sterner (1862–1931) was a British-born American architect, who designed large residential and commercial buildings in Colorado and New York City. Many of his structures are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Early life ...

worked as a draftsman with architect Frank E. Edbrooke and had a twenty-year career in Colorado. Architect

Hart Wood Hart Wood (1880–1957) was an American architect who flourished during the "Golden Age" of Hawaiian architecture. He was one of the principal proponents of a distinctive "Hawaiian style" of architecture appropriate to the local environment and r ...

, in 1900, joined Frank E. Edbrooke & Company, who had designed the Brown Palace Hotel (1892).

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Edbrooke, Frank E. 19th-century American architects Architecture firms based in Colorado Architects from Denver 1840 births 1921 deaths 20th-century American architects