Background
Garfield, Abram was born on November 21, 1872 in Washington, District of Columbia. Son of James Abram (20th president United States) and Lucretia (Rudolph) G.
Garfield, Abram was born on November 21, 1872 in Washington, District of Columbia. Son of James Abram (20th president United States) and Lucretia (Rudolph) G.
Bachelor of Arts, Williams, 1893. Bachelor of Science, Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1896.
Received a bachelor of arts from Williams College in 1893 and a bachelor of science in architecture from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology three years later. By 1898, had joined with Frank Meade to form the architectural firm Meade & in Cleveland, Ohio. The firm was noted for its residential designs.
When the partnership ended in 1905, opened his own firm, which he ran until 1951. specialized in residential architecture, designing large houses in Shaker Heights and other Cleveland suburbs, but his work also included more modest houses for the Cleveland Metropolitan Housing Authority and institutional projects such as schools and a hospital. was also a director of the American Institute of Architects from 1919 to 1922 and served on the United States. Commission of Fine Arts from 1925 to 1930, including as vice chairman from 1929 to 1930.
In 1949 he was elected into the National Academy of Design as an Associate Academician.
Member Commission Fine Arts (national), 1925. Fellow American Institute Architects (director 1919-1922, vice president 1923-1925). Member National Academy Design New York, Alpha Delta Phi.
Clubs: Union, Tavern (Cleveland).
Married Sarah Granger Williams, October 14, 1897 (died February 3, 1945). Married second, Helen Grannis Matthews, April. Children: Edward West., Mary Louise.