Frank E. Edbrooke
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Frank E. Edbrooke also known as F.E. Edbrooke was an early architect
Architect
An architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the...

 in Denver, Colorado
Denver, Colorado
The City and County of Denver is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Denver is a consolidated city-county, located in the South Platte River Valley on the western edge of the High Plains just east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains...

 who has been termed the "dean" of Denver architecture. Some of his works survive and are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...

, for example Brinker Collegiate Institute, built in 1880 and NRHP-listed in 1977.

His brother was nationally prominent architect Willoughby J. Edbrooke
Willoughby J. Edbrooke
Willoughby James Edbrooke was an American architect and a bureaucrat who remained faithful to a Richardsonian Romanesque style into the era of Beaux-Arts architecture in the United States, supported by commissions from conservative federal and state governments that were spurred by his stint in...

 (1843 — 1896), who served as Supervising Architect
Office of the Supervising Architect
The Office of the Supervising Architect was an agency of the United States Treasury Department that designed federal government buildings from 1852 to 1939....

 for Federal buildings during 1891-92. Willoughby's son, Harry W.J. Edbrooke
Harry W.J. Edbrooke
Harry W.J. Edbrooke was an American architect. He was born born in Chicago into a family of architects. His father was Willoughby J. Edbrooke . He worked with his uncle Frank E. Edbrooke in Denver, Colorado. Several of his works are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.He...

, worked with Frank.

Works (attribution to Frank E. Edbrooke and variations) include:
  • 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
  • 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
  • Denver Dry Goods Company Building
    Denver Dry Goods Company Building
    Denver Dry Goods Company Building is a historic department store building located in downtown Denver, Colorado. For a while, the store was claimed to be the largest department store west of Chicago...

    , 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
  • Joslin Dry Goods Company Building
    Joslin Dry Goods Company Building
    The Joslin Dry Goods Company Building is a historic building in downtown Denver, Colorado. The Joslins Building is a landmark and is currently a Courtyard by Marriott property....

    , 934 16th St., Denver, CO (Edbrooke, Frank E.), NRHP-listed
  • Loretto Heights Academy, 3001 S. Federal Blvd., Denver, CO (Edbrooke,F.E.), NRHP-listed
  • Masonic Temple Building
    Masonic Temple Building (Denver, Colorado)
    The Masonic Temple Building in Denver, Colorado is a Richardsonian Romanesque style building from 1889, designed by Frank E. Edbrooke. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977....

    , Richardsonian Romanesque style building from 1889, 1614 Welton St., Denver, CO (Edbrooke,Frank E.), NRHP-listed
  • Riverside Cemetery
    Riverside Cemetery (Denver, Colorado)
    Riverside Cemetery, established in 1876, is Denver, Colorado's oldest operating cemetery. More than 67,000 people are buried there, including 1,000 veterans.-Location and operation:...

    , 5201 Brighton Blvd., Denver, CO (Edbrooke, Frank E.), NRHP-listed
  • George Schleier Mansion, 1665 Grant St., Denver, CO (Edbrooke,E.F.), NRHP-listed
  • 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, 24 Curtis St., Denver, CO (Edbrooke,Frank E.), NRHP-listed

Other

Architect Frederick Sterner
Frederick Sterner
Frederick Sterner was a British born American architect.Born in London, Sterner moved to the United States with his father Julius. He worked as a draftsman with the Chicago architect Frank E. Edbrooke and had a twenty-year career in Colorado...

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

Architect Hart Wood
Hart Wood
Hart Wood 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 reflective of the cultural heritage of the islands...

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