Résumé

Draftsman, Bakewell and Brown, Architects, San Francisco, CA. 1917. In 1917, the Bakewell and Brown office was 251 Kearny Street in San Francisco. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Registration State: California; Registration County: San Francisco Source Information Ancestry.com. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005, accessed 02/02/2024.)

Principal, Edward L. Frick, San Francisco, CA.

Partner, Weihe, Frick and Kruse, Architects, San Francisco, CA, 1942- .

Archives

Some papers created by Edward Frick are contained in the Weihe, Frick and Kruse Collection maintained at the University of California, Berkeley (UCB), College of Environmental Design (CED) Archives, Berkeley, CA. The CED web site said of this collection: "The bulk of the Weihe, Frick & Kruse collection consists of records documenting Weihe, Frick & Kruse projects. The collection also contains records from predecessor firms of Brown & Frick, and Bakewell & Weihe, as well as material created by the successor firm of William B. Fox. Materials include a few student drawings by Edward Frick and project files and drawings of Frick, and Bakewell & Weihe. Project files and drawings also document Weihe, Frick & Kruse projects, as well as Grace Cathedral, the largest project in the collection." (See University of California, Berkeley (UCB), College of Environmental Design Archives, "Weihe, Frick & Kruse," accessed 07/11/2019.)

Frick was awarded First Prize in the Pacific Coast Architectural League's Competition of 03/-04/1912; his design for a "Festival Hall and Open-Air Theatre" placed first out of 16 entrants. The jury for this competition consisted of Robert Farquhar, John Galen Howard, George Kelham, Louis C. Mullgardt, Loring P. Rixford, William C. Hays, G. Albert Lansburgh, Arthur Brown, Jr., and John Bakewell, Jr., Chairman. Alfred Faist Rosenheim, President of the Architectural League of the Pacific Coast (ALPC) and Willis Polk, past-President of the ALPC, also attended the judging. An advisory jury also participated in the judging, a significant group including, Thomas Hastings, of the New York firm of Carrere and Hastings; Henry Bacon, celebrity designer of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC; William Richardson of McKim, Mead and White, Architects, New York, NY; and John Galen Howard, who served on both juries. (See John Bakewell, Jr., "Recent Competition of the Pacific Coast League," Architect and Engineer of California, 28:3, 04/1912, p. 71-82.)

Relocation

Frick was born in CA on 06/23/1891.

He resided at 1375 California Street in San Francisco on 06/05/1917. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Registration State: California; Registration County: San Francisco Source Information Ancestry.com. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005, accessed 02/02/2024.)

The architect died in San Francisco, CA, at the age of 86.

Biographical Notes

As per Frick's World War I draft registration card, he was Caucasian, with light hair and blue eyes. He was of medium height and slender build. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Registration State: California; Registration County: San Francisco Source Information Ancestry.com. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005, accessed 02/02/2024.)