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Alfred Henry Jacobs (1882 – December 14, 1954) was an American architect.[1] He designed theaters,[2] hotels, residential, and religious buildings, primarily working in the San Francisco Bay Area. Three of the buildings he designed are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. He also worked as a watercolorist.[3]
Alfred Henry Jacobs | |
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Born | 1882 San Francisco, California, U.S. |
Died | December 14, 1954 |
Education | Mark Hopkins Art Institute, École des Beaux Arts |
Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Occupation | Architect |
Spouse | Lillian Wollenberg |
Alfred Henry Jacobs was born in 1882 in San Francisco, California to Julius and Sarah Adler Jacobs. His father Julius Jacobs was born in Prussia in 1840 and immigrated to California in 1853. In 1898 he was appointed Assistant U.S. Treasurer, in charge of the Sub-Treasury in San Francisco.[4][5] He was Jewish.[6] He graduated high school from the California School of Mechanical Arts (now Lick-Wilmerding High School).[6]
Jacobs studied fine art at Mark Hopkins Art Institute (later known as San Francisco Art Institute) from 1897 until 1899.[3] This was followed by mechanical engineering studies at the University of California, Berkeley where he graduated in 1903;[3][7] and Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he received a B.S. degree in architecture in 1904 and an M.S. degree in architecture in 1905.[4] He did further studies at the École des Beaux Arts in Paris.[4]
He married Lillian Wollenberg in 1908.[4]
Back in San Francisco by 1907, he partnered with Walter Ratcliff and helped design the Berkeley Tennis Club (1908) in Berkeley, California. In 1909, he joined San Francisco's Fidelity Lodge, Number 120, Free and Accepted Masons of California and established his own firm.[4]
Jacobs gained emeritus membership status with the American Institute of Architects.
He died on December 14, 1954.[4] The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life at the University of California, Berkeley has a collection of his papers, drawings, and photographs.[4]
In August 2003 to January 2004, a solo exhibition titled "Alfred Henry Jacobs" at the Judah L. Magnes Museum (now known as the Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life at U.C. Berkeley) was held featuring his architectural drawings and related documents, his fine artwork, and photographs.[8]
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