Résumé

Apprentice/Draftsman, Prosper Huerne, Architect, San Francisco, CA, 1879-1881. (See San Francisco, California, City Directory, 1879, p. 306,The San Francisco Directory for the Year Commencing April, 1880, p. 315, San Francisco, California, City Directory, 1881, p. 340 and San Francisco, California, City Directory, 1882, p. 379.) Everett was listed as an "apprentice" in 1879 and "draftsman" in 1881-1882.

Partner, [Prosper] Huerne and Everett, Architects, San Francisco, CA, 1883- 1892. Oliver Everett became Prosper Huerne's partner in either late 1882 or 1883, at the time that the elder architect began work on the Panama Canal and other projects in that country.

Principal, Oliver Everett, Architect, San Francisco, CA, 1893-1935. Between 1893 and 1896, at least, Everett was listed as having an office in the commercial building at 126 Kearny Street, Room #41. He was also listed as being the Secretary of the California Architectural Publishing Company, with its office at 408 California Street. (See San Francisco California, City Directory, 1893,p. 526 and San Francisco California, City Directory, 1896, p. 579.) In 1896, Everett was also Secretary of the California Architectural Publishing Company, located at 408 California Street, Room #16.

The San Francisco, California, City Directory, 1935, (p. 372) indicated that Everett continued to work as an architect.

Relocation

Oliver Everett was born in MA, but had relocated to Canfield, OH, by 06/1860. Three years later, the Everetts had moved to San Francisco, CA. They dwelled at 837 Hayes Streeet in 1877-1878 and resided at 2205 Pine Street in 1879. (See San Francisco, California, City Directory, 1877, p. 311, San Francisco, California, City Directory, 1878, p. 305, and San Francisco, California, City Directory, 1879, p. 306.)In 1880, Everett lived with his parents and sister in a house at 1914 Webster Street, in a comfortable section of the Western Addition neighborhood. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1880; Census Place: San Francisco, San Francisco, California; Roll: 79; Family History Film: 1254079; Page: 174A; Enumeration District: 208, accessed 12/01/2017.) The San Francisco Directory for the Year Commencing April, 1880, (p. 315) listed his address as 1920 Webster.He lived amidst printers, insurance salesmen, and produce and liquor dealers, families prosperous enough to have one or two servants in-house. Everett remained remarkably stable during his life, and did not move from Webster Street. He continued to live at 1914 Webster in 1900.

Ten years later, he resided at 1940 Webster with Katherine and his two daughters. (The street was probably renumbered after the Earthquake and Fire of 1906.) The neighborhood remained home to comfortable merchants, although, by this time, most families did not have servants in the vicinity.

From 1928 until his death in 1943, he and his wife continued to live at 1942 Webster Street. (See San Francisco, California, City Directory, 1928, p. 597.) In the latter year Oliver and Katherine's daughter, Louise Everett Taber, lived next door at 1944 Webster.

He died at the Garden Nursing Home, 2750 Geary Boulevard, where he had been for the last year and two months of his life. He died of complications from chronic myocarditis and an apoplexy (stroke) suffered a year and half previous. Everett's family had him cremated and buried in the Cypress Lawn Memorial Park. (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 01/17/2019.)

Parents

His father, Alexander Hill Everett (born c. 1824 in Boston, MA), worked as a chemist (druggist) in San Francisco, CA, in 1880; his mother, Elizabeth Taber Wyman (born c. 1830 in Liverpool, UK), maintained the household. TheSan Francisco Directory for the Year Commencing April, 1880,(p. 315) indicated that Alexander was a "manufacturing chemist" who worked at 1702 Fillmore Street. The directory of one year previous (p. 306) listed him as an "assayist."

He had a sister, Helen G. Everett, (born c. 1866 in MA).

Spouse

His wife was Katherine H. Everett (born c. 1860 in England), whom he married c. 1889. She had married twice, the marriage to Everett being her second. The 1900 US Census stated her birth date to have been 01/1865, but this was contradicted by Oliver's death certificate that said she was 83 in 1943. It also noted that she had entered the US in 1885. Katherine had had three children during her life, one whom had died by 1910.

Children

He and Katherine had two children: Louise Everett Taber and Helen Robina Black.

Biographical Notes

Everett had blue eyes and stood about 5-foot 10-inches tall.