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"History of Colorado", edited by Wilbur Fisk Stone, published by The S. J. 
Clarke Publishing Co. (1918)  Vol. II

p. 220, 222
photo p. 221


HARRY W. J. EDBROOKE.

	Harry W. J. Edbrooke, a prominent architect and well known club 
man of Denver, was born in Chicago, Illinois, July 14, 1873, a son of 
Willoughby J. and Nellie (O'Brien) Edbrooke. The father was also born 
in Chicago, while the mother was a native of Maine, and their marriage 
was celebrated in the western metropolis, where Mr. Edbrooke attained 
considerable distinction as an architect. He was appointed by President 
Benjamin Harrison as supervising architect of the treasury department, 
with headquarters at Washington, D. C., prior to which time he made the 
plans and supervised the erection of many prominent structures in 
various parts of the country, some of which are particularly famous, 
Including the Tabor Opera House on Sixteenth and Curtis streets in 
Denver, which at the time oŁ its completion was considered the finest 
and most expensive building for theater purposes in the entire country 
and still remains a most beautiful structure. He also planned and built 
the state capitol of Georgia, located at Atlanta, and many other of the 
leading public buildings of the country. He died in Chicago in 1895 at 
the age of fifty-two years, having for twenty years survived his wife, 
who passed away in Chicago in 1875 at the comparatively early age of 
thirty-one. They were the parents of two children: Alice Edbrooke, who 
died in Chicago in infancy; and Harry W. J. Edbrooke, of this review, 
who is the elder.

	In his early boyhood days Harry W. J. Edbrooke was a pupil in the 
Oakland school of Chicago and after passing through preliminary grades 
became a student in the Hyde Park high school, while subsequently he 
entered the University of Illinois, in which he remained for two years. 
He next became a student in the Armour Institute of Technology and was 
graduated on the completion of an architectural course in 1898. He then 
entered upon his professional career in Chicago and was connected with 
various prominent architects and firms until 1904, when he began 
business independently. He continued to practice his profession in 
Chicago for four years and was then invited by his uncle, Frank E. 
Edbrooke, a prominent architect of Denver, to join him in that city and 
become his associate in business. He continued with his uncle until 
1913, when the partnership was dissolved, and Harry W. J. Edbrooke has 
since practiced his profession alone. He has erected many of the finest 
business blocks and public buildings in Denver and in other sections of 
the country, including the W. H. Kistler building, the new building 
occupied by the A. D. Lewis Dry Goods Company, the Ogden and Thompson 
theater buildings and various private residences. He was the architect 
of the country home for John C. Shaffer, also the apartment building of 
Dr. J. H. Tilden and others of equal note. For one year he was advisory 
architect for the state of Colorado but the office has now been 
abolished.

	Mr. Edbrooke is a member of the Colorado Chapter of the Institute 
of Architects. He belongs to the Civic and Commercial Association of 
Denver, also to the Denver Athletic Club, the Lakewood Country Club and 
the Denver Motor Club. He is likewise a member of Phi Kappa Sigma 
fraternity. Like his father, he has attained eminence in his 
profession, actuated ever by a laudable ambition that has prompted 
close study and has led to most desirable results. His personal 
popularity is widely recognized in club circles and warm regard is 
entertained for him by all who know him.