Background
Ernest Mayo was born in 1865 at Birmingham, England, United Kingdom.
Ernest Mayo was born in 1865 at Birmingham, England, United Kingdom.
Mr. Mayo began his career in South Africa, but after a few years migrated to America, and subsequently settled in Chicago. Opening an architectural office there he continued practice until the mid-thirties when he moved to Evanston, and at the time of his decease was associated with his son Peter under the firm name of Mayo & Mayo. A specialist in the field of domestic architecture Mr. Mayo designed a number of distinguished homes in Evanston, also in Chicago's north shore suburbs.
He was a former member of the Royal Institute of British Architects.