Gene Verge Sr. (April 7, 1893- August 27, 1953) was a

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architect.

Early life

Gene Verge Sr. was born in

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on April 7, 1893.Roots
/ref> He graduated from the

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Career

Verge moved to

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and started working for the Pozzo Construction Co. In 1934, Verge designed the 13.4-acre St Luke's Hospital, also known as the St. Luke Medical Center, located at 2632 East Washington Boulevard in Bungalow Heaven, Pasadena, California.David Gebhard, ''An Architectural Guidebook to Los Ángeles'', Layton, Utah: Gibbs Smith, 2003, p. 43

/ref>Developer buys St. Luke hospital
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'', October 23, 2007 It is a mix of

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and

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. It was designated as a City Landmark in 2002. In 2007, it was purchased by DS Ventures, a real estate developer. Verge designed the building of the Jonathan Club in

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.The City of Beverly Hills: Historic Resources Inventory (1985-1986)
/ref> He also designed homes in Beverly Hills, California, including an X-shaped property for actor Buster Keaton (1895-1966). In the early 1950s, he designed St. Bartholomew School in

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Death

Verge died on August 27, 1953, in Los Angeles, California.

References

1893 births 1953 deaths Canadian emigrants to the United States Architects from Los Angeles Canadian architects 20th-century American architects École des beaux-arts de Montréal alumni {{California-stub