Augustus Laver
Augustus Laver | |
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| Born | 19 September 1834 |
| Died | 27 March 1898 (aged 63) |
| Resting place | Mountain View Cemetery |
| Spouse |
Elizabeth Fox (m. 1859) |
Augustus Laver (19 or 20 September 1834 – 27 March 1898) was an English architect.[1] He worked for Thomas Stent and later designed extensive alterations and additions to Ottawa's Russell Hotel, as well as East Block and West Block on Parliament Hill.
Biography
[edit | edit source]Laver was born in Folkestone, England. His father, George Laver, was a leading solicitor and his mother Mary Ann—; m. 9 June 1859 Elizabeth Fox in Dover, England, had twin sons and a daughter.[citation needed]
He entered the 1866 competition to design the New York State Capitol at Albany and was awarded one of the premiums, participated with Thomas Fuller, and Arthur Delavan Gilman in planning a revised design. In Albany he partnered with Fuller, but after controversy neither partner saw the project to completion.[citation needed]
In 1871 Thomas Stent and Laver won the competition to design the new city hall and law courts for San Francisco.[2] Eight years after Laver's death, the unfinished building was destroyed in the fire following the 1906 earthquake.[3]
Laver was the architect of San Francisco's first brownstone, the neo classical James C. Flood Mansion[4] and, not far away, in Oakland, the grand Victorian, Ellen Kenna House.[citation needed]
He was involved with the Royal Institute of British Architects, was president of the Pacific Coast Association of Architects and a fellow of the American Institute of Architects.[1] He died on 27 March 1898 in Alameda, California.[citation needed]
Works
[edit | edit source]- New York State Capitol, 1866 design
- Russell House (Ottawa) renovations
- St Patrick's Basilica (Ottawa), (1869)
- James C. Flood Mansion (1886), unfinished, now home to the Pacific-Union Club
- Ellen Kenna House (1888) in Oakland, California
- San Francisco City Hall (1899), destroyed by fire after 1906 earthquake
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b Augustus Laver Dictionary of Canadian Biography
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