Background
Ernest Coxhead was brn in 1863 in England, UK.
Ernest Coxhead was brn in 1863 in England, UK.
He settled first in Los Angeles, Calif., and in his early practice designed a few churches in suburban towns. A few years later Coxhead & Coxhead established an office in San Francisco, and for a decade the brothers engaged in general practice. Among the most important examples of his work during that period were St. John’s Episcopal Church at 19th and Dolores Street and buildings for the Telephone Company in San Francisco; the Gas Company office at Oakland, Academy Building at Santa Paula, and a number of residences in San Francisco and environs.
During the first World War Mr. Coxhead was in France with the Y.M.C.A., and after the signing of the Armistice organized large classes from the thousands of American troops awaiting embarkation to the U. S., the purpose being to interest them in the study of architectural monuments in that part of France. Later he prepared a series of lectures which were delivered under the auspices of the American Institute of Architects to classes of the A. E. F. School of Architecture in the latter city and subsequently in other locations in France.
He was elected a member of the Royal Institute of British Architects prior to 1885 when he left to begin his career in the United States.