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Joralemon or Joroleman is a surname. Joralemon Street in Brooklyn, New York was named in 1805 for Tumis Joralemon, the first person to own a brick house in Brooklyn. The classic American mailbox is the Joroleman mailbox, designed in 1915 by a postal employee named Roy J. Joroleman.
Notable people with the surname include:
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Joralemon or Joroleman is a surname. Joralemon Street in Brooklyn, New York was named in 1805 for Tumis Joralemon, the first person to own a brick house in Brooklyn. The classic American mailbox is the Joroleman mailbox, designed in 1915 by a postal employee named Roy J. Joroleman.
Notable people with the surname include:
*Dorothy Rieber Joralemon
Dorothy Rieber Joralemon (March 19, 1893 – March 22, 1987) was an American abstract sculptor, children's portrait artist and writer based in Northern California.
Early life and education
Born in San Francisco as Dorothy Rieber, she was the da ...
(1893-1987), American sculptor, artist and writer
*Edgar Eugene Joralemon
Edgar Eugene Joralemon (1858–1937) was an architect in the U.S. The Drum Hill High School and Dunkirk School Number 7 are among the buildings he designed that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
He worked in Minnesota and ...
(1858-1937), American architect
*Ira Joralemon
Ira Beaman Joralemon (1884 – 1975) was an American mining engineer, economic geologist, and mining company executive, who specialized in exploration and mining of copper ore deposits. Over a career spanning more than six decades, Joralemon was i ...
(1884-1975), American mining engineer and popular science writer
*Peter David Joralemon, writer on Olmec religion
*Roy J. Joroleman, designer of the Jorolemon mailbox used in the United States
See also
*Joralemon Street in Brooklyn, named for Tumis Joralemon ** Joralemon Street Tunnel, part of the New York Subway **58 Joralemon Street
58 Joralemon Street, in Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn, New York (state), New York, United States, is a Greek Revival structure built in 1847 as a private residence but is now a New York City Subway vent. The Interborough Rapid Transit Company acqui ...
, an 1847 house and since 1907 a subway vent
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