Reid Brothers, architects
What do the Cliff House, the Fairmont Hotel, the GG Park Music Concourse bandshell and the SF Bicycle Coalition's Market St. headquarters have in common? They're all projects designed by the Reid Brothers, who, in the first few decades of the 20th Century, designed an impressive number of San Francisco's buildings. With scant professional training but plenty of hustle, these Canadian brothers left their mark across the width of our city.
James William and Merritt James, the oldest and middle Reid brothers. Watson Elkinah was the third brother (and there were four older Reid sisters, someone should find out what their lives were about).
We had a great ride around San Francisco on Jan 12, 2008, looking at Reid Brothers projects and telling tales (we did it a second time on Jan 17, 2009, another fine day) . . .
Links & Refs
- a list of the Reid Brothers' known work in San Francisco (127 Kb PDF)
- a list of ALL of the Reid Brothers' known work (208 Kb PDF)
- David Parry at McGuire Real Estate has a fine profile of the Reid Brothers and their work
- Cinema Treasures' page full of Reid Brothers theaters
- much much much more to come as I have the time to post it!
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