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Sumner Hunt

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Sumner Hunt Famous memorial

Birth
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA
Death
19 Nov 1938 (aged 73)
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Burial
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section F, Lot 27, Grave 9N-7W (unmarked)
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American Architect. Hunt received architectural training as a draftsman in the offices of Clarence B. Cutler of Troy, New York. He moved to Los Angeles in 1888 and opened his own firm in 1893. That same year he designed the Casa de Rosas, a Spanish Renaissance-style school near downtown Los Angeles. Hunt began work with architect Theodore Eisen as Eisen and Hunt in 1895, designing homes for the wealthy around Los Angeles, and in 1899 he formed a new firm with A. W. Eager as Hunt and Eager, designing outstanding mansions like Edward Doheny's opulent Chester Place residence. In 1910, he formed a partnership with Silas Reese Burns. Their major works include the Los Angeles Country Club clubhouse (1911), the Vermont Square Branch Library (1913), the Southwest Museum (1914), the Automobile Club of Southern California headquarters (1923), the Ebell clubhouse (1927), and Scripps College's Balch Hall (1929). Upon Burns' retirement, Hunt continued designing until his death in Los Angeles on November 19, 1938.
American Architect. Hunt received architectural training as a draftsman in the offices of Clarence B. Cutler of Troy, New York. He moved to Los Angeles in 1888 and opened his own firm in 1893. That same year he designed the Casa de Rosas, a Spanish Renaissance-style school near downtown Los Angeles. Hunt began work with architect Theodore Eisen as Eisen and Hunt in 1895, designing homes for the wealthy around Los Angeles, and in 1899 he formed a new firm with A. W. Eager as Hunt and Eager, designing outstanding mansions like Edward Doheny's opulent Chester Place residence. In 1910, he formed a partnership with Silas Reese Burns. Their major works include the Los Angeles Country Club clubhouse (1911), the Vermont Square Branch Library (1913), the Southwest Museum (1914), the Automobile Club of Southern California headquarters (1923), the Ebell clubhouse (1927), and Scripps College's Balch Hall (1929). Upon Burns' retirement, Hunt continued designing until his death in Los Angeles on November 19, 1938.

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  • Originally Created by: Don Lynch
  • Added: Jan 12, 2012
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/83347376/sumner-hunt: accessed ), memorial page for Sumner Hunt (8 May 1865–19 Nov 1938), Find a Grave Memorial ID 83347376, citing Angelus Rosedale Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.