A. Page Brown

Arthur Page Brown (December 1859-January 21, 1896) was an American architect. He is best known for his 1892 design of the San Francisco Ferry Building.[1] At the time, the Ferry Building was the largest single project ever undertaken in the city.[2] Brown was born in Elisburg, New York. He studied at Cornell University School of Architecture but did not graduate. While in Paris, he became connected to the École des Beaux-Arts. He married Lucy, daughter of Roger Atkinson Pryor,[2] He joined the first of McKim, Mead & White in 1879, again in 1882, and once again in 1884.[3] and they had three children. In 1894, he introduced the Mission Revival style to Santa Barbara.[4] He was also associated with the First Bay Tradition.[5] Brown died in 1896 subsequent to a horse and buggy accident.

References

  1. ^ Parry, David. "Brown, Arthur Page". Encyclopedia of San Francisco. San Francisco Museum & Historical Society. http://www.sfhistoryencyclopedia.com/articles/b/brownArthurPage.html. Retrieved 17 August 2011. 
  2. ^ a b Starr, Kevin (4 December 1986). Inventing the Dream: California Through the Progressive Era. Oxford University Press US. p. 176, 177, 178. ISBN 978-0-19-504234-4. http://books.google.com/books?id=UaTslCOyLz0C&pg=PA. Retrieved 16 August 2011. 
  3. ^ Longstreth, Richard W. (18 May 1998). On the edge of the world: four architects in San Francisco at the turn of the century. University of California Press. pp. 365–. ISBN 978-0-520-21415-6. http://books.google.com/books?id=Su2h3rf2NlwC&pg=PA365. Retrieved 16 August 2011. 
  4. ^ Starr, Kevin (17 October 1991). Material Dreams: Southern California Through the 1920s. Oxford University Press US. pp. 275–. ISBN 978-0-19-507260-0. http://books.google.com/books?id=h-xCsPyii2gC&pg=PA275. Retrieved 16 August 2011. 
  5. ^ Brown, Mary (September 30, 2010). "San Francisco Modern Architecture and Landscape Design 1935-1970 Historic Context Statement". California Office of Historic Preservation. pp. 83. http://www.parks.ca.gov/pages/1054/files/sfmod.pdf. Retrieved 16 August 2011.