Abram M. Edelman

Abram M. Edelman (1863–1941), sometimes referred to as Abraham M. Edelman or A.M. Edelman, was an American architect from Los Angeles, California. During his career, he and Samuel Tilden Norton were considered the city's preeminent synagogue architects, and several of Edelman's works (both synagogues and other buildings) are listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

Biography Abram M. Edelman was born in Los Angeles on August 19, 1863, to Abram Wolf Edelman, a migrant from Poland and the first rabbi of Los Angeles' Congregation B'nai B'rith, and Hannah Pessah Cohn Edelman. Abram was the fourth of six children.

Edelman apprenticed with architects in San Francisco, California around 1880. By 1884 he returned to Los Angeles. He partnered with his nephew Leo W. Barnett from 1905 to 1921 and Archie C. Zimmerman around 1930. Congregation B'nai B'rith Temple #2 (1896) Karl's Building (1903) NRHP-listed then delisted Belasco Theatre (1904) demolished 1974

Congregation Talmud Torah Temple (1923) LAHCM #139 Congregation B'nai B'rith Temple #3 (1929), NRHP-listed, LAHCM #116 Los Angeles Fire Department Engine Company #24 Station #1 (1909) Blanchard Hall (1909) Breed Street Shul (1920–1923) (also with Archie C. Zimmerman), NRHP-listed, LAHCM #359