Benjamin Bean Horner

Benjamin Bean Horner (1893–1971), also known as B. B. Horner, sometimes misspelled B. B. Homer, was an American architect who practiced primarily in Los Angeles and Santa Barbara, California. He also took extensive photographs of architecture in California and England.

Biography

Benjamin Bean Horner was born in Michigan in 1893 to William C. Horner, a furniture drafter, and his wife Emily, both of whom were from England. Benjamin and his family lived in Indiana during his teenage years, where he graduated from Purdue University and was a member of Tau Beta Pi. He also served in World War I.

By 1920, Benjamin was single and living in Los Angeles, California, with his occupation listed as technical engineer. Benjamin sailed from New York to England with his first wife Adelaide in 1926, where he photographed many historic buildings, manor houses, and villages. Benjamin also traveled throughout California in the 1920s, where he photographed adobe structures built during the area's Spanish and Mexican periods.

Benjamin worked for Douglas Aircraft in the early 1950s Outpost Building (1927), Hollywood Boulevard Commercial and Entertainment District contributing property or 1934 ), Hollywood Boulevard Commercial and Entertainment District contributing property Croyden House, Montecito, California