William J. Gage (March 8, 1891 – September 28, 1965) was an American architect. He designed many buildings in Los Angeles County, California, including

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and Bel Air.

Biography

William John Gage was born in

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. Gage had been trained at the

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. His career began in architectural firms in

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. With architect Harry G. Koerner (c. 1881 - 1935), Gage designed private residences and government buildings in Beverly Hills. In the mid-1920s, they designed a seven-bedroom house in the

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style. In 1931, they designed the Beverly Hills City Hall in the

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, and the two men attended its dedication in April 1932. Gage designed the Scout House for the Beverly Hills chapter of the

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in 1934. He designed a

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house in Beverly Hills in 1938; it belonged to actress

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. He also designed the Shepherd Residence in the Neoclassical and

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styles in Bel Air in 1938. Beverly Hills City Hall-2012

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gage, William J. 1891 births 1965 deaths People from New York City University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign alumni Architects from Los Angeles 20th-century American architects