Willis Adams Marean, senior member of the firm of widely known architects Marean and Norton, is a native of Woodhull, Steuben county, New York.
His parents were Rev. Ransom and Clarissa J. (Adams) Marean, the father being born April 27, 1817; received his education at Madison University, Hamilton, New York; and
engaged in the work of the ministry until his seventieth year, his death occurring August 22, 1906, at Rochester, New York.
On the paternal side the ancestors of the Marean family were Huguenots, who came to the American colonies about 1630, first locating on land now embraced by the
site of Newton, a Boston suburb, of which they were founders. The maternal family of Adams was of good English stock, located in Massachusetts in 1635, and the members on both sides served in the Revolutionary war.
After studying at Miliddlebury Academy at Wyoming, New York, W. A. Marean commenced the mastery of the carpenter's and joiner's trade. From his fifteenth to his twentieth year he was thus chiefly engaged, attending school in winter and pursuing a course at the State Normal school, Genesea, New York.
For three years he carried on a general building business at that place, designing and erecting a number of prominent buildings in that town and vicinity. In 1875-6 he studied architectural drawing and designing under A. Calon, a Frenchman of some note in New York City, who was at the head of a private technical institution.
From that time until the spring of 1880 Mr. Marean was in the employ of Josiah Putnam, a leading architect of Rochester, New York.
In March, 1880, Mr. Marean located in Denver and secured a responsible position with the office of F. E. Edbrooke, with whom he formed a partnership in January of the following year. In April, 1895, the association was dissolved and the present partnership with Albert J. Norton was formed.
While in partnership with Mr. Edbrooke ilr. ilarean gave his entire attention to the planning and designing of buildings, their construction being superintended by his associate. Among the important structures erected by the firm of Edbrooke and Marean in the city of Denver are the Brown Palace, Oxford and Albert hotels ; the McPhee, Drexel, California, Cooper, Continental and Ernest and Cranmer buildings ; Masonic Temple ; Central Presbyterian and Unity churches; West Denver High School and the Sisters of Loretto Academy. The present firm of Marean and Norton designed the Savoy and Sherley hotels ; the Annex and Young Men's Christian Association buildings; the Orpheum theater; Central Christian church; Denver Orphans' Home and many other buildings of prominence in Denver and other cities of Colorado.
Mr. Marean is a member of the Denver chapter of the American Institute of Architects, of the Artists' Club of Denver, the Denver Chamber of Commerce, Denver Eeal Estate Exchange, Colorado Traffic Club and Society Sons of the Revolution; is also a Scottish Eite Mason, a Knight Templar and a Shriner. While Mr. Marean takes an active interest in the political, economic and sociological questions of the day, he has never aspired to political preferment, his temperament being artistic and leading him to devote his time, outside of the duties of his profession, largely to the study of art in general. His investigations and studies in this field have been pursued in Europe and the Levant (Japan and China), and he has been especially interested in the arts of the orient in which he is deeply versed. Mr. Marean's wife, to whom he was wedded December 19, 1891, was formerly Miss Charlotte T. Hemeranger.
His parents were Rev. Ransom and Clarissa J. (Adams) Marean, the father being born April 27, 1817; received his education at Madison University, Hamilton, New York; and
engaged in the work of the ministry until his seventieth year, his death occurring August 22, 1906, at Rochester, New York.
On the paternal side the ancestors of the Marean family were Huguenots, who came to the American colonies about 1630, first locating on land now embraced by the
site of Newton, a Boston suburb, of which they were founders. The maternal family of Adams was of good English stock, located in Massachusetts in 1635, and the members on both sides served in the Revolutionary war.
After studying at Miliddlebury Academy at Wyoming, New York, W. A. Marean commenced the mastery of the carpenter's and joiner's trade. From his fifteenth to his twentieth year he was thus chiefly engaged, attending school in winter and pursuing a course at the State Normal school, Genesea, New York.
For three years he carried on a general building business at that place, designing and erecting a number of prominent buildings in that town and vicinity. In 1875-6 he studied architectural drawing and designing under A. Calon, a Frenchman of some note in New York City, who was at the head of a private technical institution.
From that time until the spring of 1880 Mr. Marean was in the employ of Josiah Putnam, a leading architect of Rochester, New York.
In March, 1880, Mr. Marean located in Denver and secured a responsible position with the office of F. E. Edbrooke, with whom he formed a partnership in January of the following year. In April, 1895, the association was dissolved and the present partnership with Albert J. Norton was formed.
While in partnership with Mr. Edbrooke ilr. ilarean gave his entire attention to the planning and designing of buildings, their construction being superintended by his associate. Among the important structures erected by the firm of Edbrooke and Marean in the city of Denver are the Brown Palace, Oxford and Albert hotels ; the McPhee, Drexel, California, Cooper, Continental and Ernest and Cranmer buildings ; Masonic Temple ; Central Presbyterian and Unity churches; West Denver High School and the Sisters of Loretto Academy. The present firm of Marean and Norton designed the Savoy and Sherley hotels ; the Annex and Young Men's Christian Association buildings; the Orpheum theater; Central Christian church; Denver Orphans' Home and many other buildings of prominence in Denver and other cities of Colorado.
Mr. Marean is a member of the Denver chapter of the American Institute of Architects, of the Artists' Club of Denver, the Denver Chamber of Commerce, Denver Eeal Estate Exchange, Colorado Traffic Club and Society Sons of the Revolution; is also a Scottish Eite Mason, a Knight Templar and a Shriner. While Mr. Marean takes an active interest in the political, economic and sociological questions of the day, he has never aspired to political preferment, his temperament being artistic and leading him to devote his time, outside of the duties of his profession, largely to the study of art in general. His investigations and studies in this field have been pursued in Europe and the Levant (Japan and China), and he has been especially interested in the arts of the orient in which he is deeply versed. Mr. Marean's wife, to whom he was wedded December 19, 1891, was formerly Miss Charlotte T. Hemeranger.
Willis Adams Marean, senior member of the firm of widely known architects Marean and Norton, is a native of Woodhull, Steuben county, New York.
His parents were Rev. Ransom and Clarissa J. (Adams) Marean, the father being born April 27, 1817; received his education at Madison University, Hamilton, New York; and
engaged in the work of the ministry until his seventieth year, his death occurring August 22, 1906, at Rochester, New York.
On the paternal side the ancestors of the Marean family were Huguenots, who came to the American colonies about 1630, first locating on land now embraced by the
site of Newton, a Boston suburb, of which they were founders. The maternal family of Adams was of good English stock, located in Massachusetts in 1635, and the members on both sides served in the Revolutionary war.
After studying at Miliddlebury Academy at Wyoming, New York, W. A. Marean commenced the mastery of the carpenter's and joiner's trade. From his fifteenth to his twentieth year he was thus chiefly engaged, attending school in winter and pursuing a course at the State Normal school, Genesea, New York.
For three years he carried on a general building business at that place, designing and erecting a number of prominent buildings in that town and vicinity. In 1875-6 he studied architectural drawing and designing under A. Calon, a Frenchman of some note in New York City, who was at the head of a private technical institution.
From that time until the spring of 1880 Mr. Marean was in the employ of Josiah Putnam, a leading architect of Rochester, New York.
In March, 1880, Mr. Marean located in Denver and secured a responsible position with the office of F. E. Edbrooke, with whom he formed a partnership in January of the following year. In April, 1895, the association was dissolved and the present partnership with Albert J. Norton was formed.
While in partnership with Mr. Edbrooke ilr. ilarean gave his entire attention to the planning and designing of buildings, their construction being superintended by his associate. Among the important structures erected by the firm of Edbrooke and Marean in the city of Denver are the Brown Palace, Oxford and Albert hotels ; the McPhee, Drexel, California, Cooper, Continental and Ernest and Cranmer buildings ; Masonic Temple ; Central Presbyterian and Unity churches; West Denver High School and the Sisters of Loretto Academy. The present firm of Marean and Norton designed the Savoy and Sherley hotels ; the Annex and Young Men's Christian Association buildings; the Orpheum theater; Central Christian church; Denver Orphans' Home and many other buildings of prominence in Denver and other cities of Colorado.
Mr. Marean is a member of the Denver chapter of the American Institute of Architects, of the Artists' Club of Denver, the Denver Chamber of Commerce, Denver Eeal Estate Exchange, Colorado Traffic Club and Society Sons of the Revolution; is also a Scottish Eite Mason, a Knight Templar and a Shriner. While Mr. Marean takes an active interest in the political, economic and sociological questions of the day, he has never aspired to political preferment, his temperament being artistic and leading him to devote his time, outside of the duties of his profession, largely to the study of art in general. His investigations and studies in this field have been pursued in Europe and the Levant (Japan and China), and he has been especially interested in the arts of the orient in which he is deeply versed. Mr. Marean's wife, to whom he was wedded December 19, 1891, was formerly Miss Charlotte T. Hemeranger.
His parents were Rev. Ransom and Clarissa J. (Adams) Marean, the father being born April 27, 1817; received his education at Madison University, Hamilton, New York; and
engaged in the work of the ministry until his seventieth year, his death occurring August 22, 1906, at Rochester, New York.
On the paternal side the ancestors of the Marean family were Huguenots, who came to the American colonies about 1630, first locating on land now embraced by the
site of Newton, a Boston suburb, of which they were founders. The maternal family of Adams was of good English stock, located in Massachusetts in 1635, and the members on both sides served in the Revolutionary war.
After studying at Miliddlebury Academy at Wyoming, New York, W. A. Marean commenced the mastery of the carpenter's and joiner's trade. From his fifteenth to his twentieth year he was thus chiefly engaged, attending school in winter and pursuing a course at the State Normal school, Genesea, New York.
For three years he carried on a general building business at that place, designing and erecting a number of prominent buildings in that town and vicinity. In 1875-6 he studied architectural drawing and designing under A. Calon, a Frenchman of some note in New York City, who was at the head of a private technical institution.
From that time until the spring of 1880 Mr. Marean was in the employ of Josiah Putnam, a leading architect of Rochester, New York.
In March, 1880, Mr. Marean located in Denver and secured a responsible position with the office of F. E. Edbrooke, with whom he formed a partnership in January of the following year. In April, 1895, the association was dissolved and the present partnership with Albert J. Norton was formed.
While in partnership with Mr. Edbrooke ilr. ilarean gave his entire attention to the planning and designing of buildings, their construction being superintended by his associate. Among the important structures erected by the firm of Edbrooke and Marean in the city of Denver are the Brown Palace, Oxford and Albert hotels ; the McPhee, Drexel, California, Cooper, Continental and Ernest and Cranmer buildings ; Masonic Temple ; Central Presbyterian and Unity churches; West Denver High School and the Sisters of Loretto Academy. The present firm of Marean and Norton designed the Savoy and Sherley hotels ; the Annex and Young Men's Christian Association buildings; the Orpheum theater; Central Christian church; Denver Orphans' Home and many other buildings of prominence in Denver and other cities of Colorado.
Mr. Marean is a member of the Denver chapter of the American Institute of Architects, of the Artists' Club of Denver, the Denver Chamber of Commerce, Denver Eeal Estate Exchange, Colorado Traffic Club and Society Sons of the Revolution; is also a Scottish Eite Mason, a Knight Templar and a Shriner. While Mr. Marean takes an active interest in the political, economic and sociological questions of the day, he has never aspired to political preferment, his temperament being artistic and leading him to devote his time, outside of the duties of his profession, largely to the study of art in general. His investigations and studies in this field have been pursued in Europe and the Levant (Japan and China), and he has been especially interested in the arts of the orient in which he is deeply versed. Mr. Marean's wife, to whom he was wedded December 19, 1891, was formerly Miss Charlotte T. Hemeranger.
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