Cecil E. Bryan

Cecil Eldridge Bryan (March 26, 1878 – March 24, 1951) was an American architect and inventor active in the first half of the 20th century. He designed over eighty mausoleums, at least one of which is now on the National Register of Historic Places. Upon his death, the Los Angeles Times called him the "dean of mausoleum builders."

Life and career Bryan was born in 1878, in Irving, Illinois, to Louis Negallian Bryan and Martha Alice Davis. He was the first of their two known children; Mabel was born four years later.

After completing his education, he went to work under Frank Lloyd Wright for a year, followed by another year with Ralph Modjeski, known for his work with reinforced concrete. Beecher Mausoleum. Washington Township, Illinois (1914; now listed on the National Register of Historic Places) Hamilton Mausoleum, West Salem, Illinois (1914) Sunnyside Mausoleum, Long Beach, California Westview Abbey Mausoleum, Atlanta, Georgia (1943; his final work)

Death Bryan died in 1951, aged 72. He was interred in the Mountain View Mausoleum in Altadena, California, one of his own buildings,

Cheryl and Cecil E. Bryan III have been attempting to locate all of their grandfather's Community Mausoleums. He restored the building in 1914.