Allan Merrick Jeffers

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Allan Merrick Jeffers

Born	(1875-02-08)February 8, 1875 Pawtucket, Rhode Island
Died	October 27, 1926(1926-10-27) (aged 51) Los Angeles, California, US
Alma mater	Rhode Island School of Design
Spouse	Lotta Annice Moore

Allan Merrick Jeffers (1875–1926) was an American architect who practiced largely in Alberta, Canada.

Biography

Allan Merrick Jeffers was born in Pawtucket, Rhode Island on February 8, 1875. Jeffers trained at the firm of architect George W. Cady in Providence and studied at the Rhode Island School of Design.^[1]^[2]

In April 1907, Jeffers moved to Edmonton, where he was hired as the Chief Architectural Draftsman for the Alberta Department of Public Works.^[3] The same year, he was given responsibility for designing the province's new legislative building. Jeffers' subsequent design for the Alberta Legislature Building is the architect's best known work.

In 1923, Jeffers returned to the States, moving to California. He died on October 27, 1926, in Los Angeles, California.^[3]

Work

Calgary Normal School, Calgary (1906)^[4]
Wetaskiwin Court House, Wetaskiwin (1907)
Alberta Legislature Building (1907)^[2]
Lands & Titles Building, Edmonton (1907)
Athabasca Hall, University of Alberta (1911)
Law Courts, Edmonton (1912) – demolished 1972
North Edmonton Telephone Exchange, Edmonton (1912)
Civic Block, Edmonton (1912)
Assiniboia Hall, University of Alberta (1913)
Fort Saskatchewan Court House, Fort Saskatchewan (1909)

References

^ Crossman, Kelly (1987-11-01). Architecture in Transition: From Art to Practice, 1885-1906. McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. ISBN 978-0-7735-6138-0.
^ ^a ^b "Allan Merrick Jeffers - Edmonton Historical Board". www.edmontonsarchitecturalheritage.ca. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
^ ^a ^b Bodnar, Diana Lynn (1979). The Prairie legislative buildings of Canada (Thesis). University of British Columbia. doi:10.14288/1.0094676. S2CID 131736691.
^ "Normal School 1 (McDougall School) | Archives and Special Collections". asc.ucalgary.ca. Retrieved 2021-02-25.

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