Background
Ephraim M. Pickin was born in 1866 in Newport (Shropshire), England, United Kingdom.
Ephraim M. Pickin was born in 1866 in Newport (Shropshire), England, United Kingdom.
Mr. Pickin received his early education and architectural training in Newport.
After several years of practice he left England to continue his career in the United States, and during the early 1900's settled in Allentown, Pa. With an office in the Hunsiker Building he continued practice through the ensuing years, commissioned as architect of a number of important buildings in the city, the Garbard Building, 1913; Roosevelt School, 1926, Grace Episcopal Church, 1928, also several department stores and a number of commercial buildings.