Résumé

Principal, George A. Applegarth, Architect, San Francisco, CA. In 1918, he had an office in the Claus Spreckels Building on Market Street. It continued to be in the Spreckels Building in 1923. (See “List of Members of the San Francisco Chapter, A.I.A.,” The Building Review, vol. XXIV, no. 5, 11/1923. p. 56.)

Professional Activities

Member, American Institute of Architects (AIA), San Francisco Chapter, 1923.

Relocation

George Adrian Applegarth lived his long life entirely in the San Francisco Bay Area. Born in Oakland, CA, he lived with his mother and brother at 528 East 11th Street in Oakland, CA, according to the US Census of 1900. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1870; Census Place: San Francisco Ward 6, San Francisco, California; Roll: M593_81; Page: 149A; Image: 248550; Family History Library Film: 545580, accessed 01/03/2017.)

In 09/1918, he resided with his wife at 2775 Vallejo Street in San Francisco.

Applegarth died of cardio-respiratory failure at Childen's Hospital in San Francisco. (See Ancestry.com, Source Information Ancestry.com. California, San Francisco Area Funeral Home Records, 1895-1985 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010, accessed 01/03/2017.) He was cremated and buried in Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery, Colma, CA.

Parents

His mother was Henrietta Anne Sanders Applegarth (born 12/1831 in England). She had been born in Walcot, Somerset, a suburb of the city of Bath, the daughter of John Arnold and Fanny Sanders. He was an artist. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Somerset Heritage Service; Taunton, Somerset, England; Somerset Parish Records, 1538-1914; Reference Number: D\P\wal.sw/2/1/29, accessed 01/03/2017.) His father was John Applegarth, a native of Canada.

She arrived in the US, according to the 1900 US Census, in 1868. According to the US Census of 1870, she lived with the Canadian architect, George Hippisley Sanders (1837-1920), in San Francisco. In that year, Sanders owned real estate worth about $7,000 and had a personal fortune of $4,500; Henrietta had personal assets of $2,000. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1870; Census Place: San Francisco Ward 6, San Francisco, California; Roll: M593_81; Page: 149A; Image: 248550; Family History Library Film: 545580, accessed 01/03/2017.) Sanders was a partner in the prominent San Francisco firm of Wright and Sanders.

He had a brother, John Herbert Applegarth (1872-1953).

Spouse

He married Gwendolyn Powers Applegarth (1889-1981).

Biographical Notes

SSN: 553228928A.

• Oakland, CA (Architect's Birth)
  Oakland, CA

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• San Francisco, CA (Architect's Death)
  San Francisco, CA

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