Frank E. Edbrooke


Frank E. Edbrooke was a 19th- and early 20th-century architect in Denver, Colorado, who has been termed the "dean" of Denver architecture. Several of his surviving works are listed on the National Register of Historic Places including Brinker Collegiate Institute, built in 1880 and NRHP-listed in 1977.

Biography

Frank E. Edbrooke was born in Lake County, Illinois on November 17, 1840. After attending public schools in Chicago, he became an apprentice builder. During the Civil War, he served with the 12th Illinois Infantry Regiment.
He married Camilla S. Gilman on December 25, 1871.
His brother was nationally prominent architect Willoughby J. Edbrooke, who served as Supervising Architect for Federal buildings during 1891–1892. Willoughby's son, Harry W. J. Edbrooke, worked with Frank.
Frank E. Edbrooke died in Glendale, California on May 3, 1921.

Collaborators

Architect Frederick Sterner worked as a draftsman with architect Frank E. Edbrooke and had a twenty-year career in Colorado.
Architect Hart Wood, in 1900, joined Frank E. Edbrooke & Company, who had designed the Brown Palace Hotel.

Works (attribution to Frank E. Edbrooke, and variations on his name)