{{Infobox person | name = Edward B. Rust | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = May 8, 1883 | birth_place = South Pasadena, California, U.S. | death_date = September 27, 1958 | death_place = Los Angeles County, California, U.S. | death_cause = | resting_place = Resurrection Cemetery, Montebello, California, U.S. | resting_place_coordinates = | nationality = | other_names = | known_for = | education = Stanford University<br/>University of California, Berkeley | employer = | occupation = Architect | title = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | party = | boards = | spouse = {{plainlist| * Constance Maclintock * Veronica F. Rust }} | children = 1 son, 1 daughter | parents = | relatives = }}

'''Edward B. Rust''' (May 8, 1883 - September 27, 1958) was an American architect who designed many buildings in Los Angeles, California.

==Early life== Rust was born on a farm in South Pasadena, California, on May 8, 1883.<ref name="pcadedwardrust">{{cite web |title=Edward Butler Rust Sr. (Architect) |url=http://pcad.lib.washington.edu/person/1032/ |website=Pacific Coast Architecture Database |publisher=University of Washington |first=Alan |last=Michelson |accessdate=December 29, 2018}}</ref><ref name="latimesobit">{{cite news |title=Edward Rust, Of Pioneering Family, Dies |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/381018512/?terms=%22Edward%2BRust%22 |accessdate=December 29, 2018 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=September 28, 1958|page=61|via=Newspapers.com|url-access=registration }}</ref> He attended Stanford University from 1902 to 1905 and the University of California, Berkeley from 1906 to 1908.<ref name="pcadedwardrust"/>

==Career== [[File:Los Altos Apartments, 4121 Wilshire Blvd. Mid-City 2.jpg|thumb|right|Los Altos Apartments]]

Rust worked as a secretary at Ye Planry Building Company before starting his own architectural firm in 1913. His early work was mostly craftsman-styled single family houses and bungalows.<ref name=WPHD>{{Cite web |title=Westminster Place Historic District |url=https://ohp.parks.ca.gov/pages/1067/files/CA_Los%20Angeles%20County_Westminster%20Place%20HD_DRAFT.pdf |publisher=United States Department of the Interior - National Park Service |date=March 31, 2022 |language=en-US}}</ref>

Starting in the 1920s, Rust began designing larger projects <ref name=WPHD/> including (all in Los Angeles):

* Roberta Apartments (1921)<ref name="pcadrobertaapartments">{{cite web |title=Roberta Apartments, Los Angeles, CA (1921) |url=http://pcad.lib.washington.edu/building/20726/ |website=Pacific Coast Architecture Database |publisher=University of Washington |first=Alan |last=Michelson |accessdate=December 29, 2018}}</ref> * Los Altos Apartments (1925)<ref name="laconservancylosaltosapartments">{{cite web |title=Los Altos Apartments |url=https://www.laconservancy.org/locations/los-altos-apartments |publisher=Los Angeles Conservancy |accessdate=December 29, 2018}}</ref> * Edwards and Wildey Building<ref name="pcadwildeybuilding">{{cite web |title=Edwards and Wildey Building, Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, CA |url=http://pcad.lib.washington.edu/building/3354/ |website=Pacific Coast Architecture Database |publisher=University of Washington |first=Alan |last=Michelson |accessdate=December 29, 2018}}</ref> * Fleur de Lis Apartments<ref name=WPHD/> * William Penn Hotel<ref name=WPHD/>

Furthermore, several of Rust's 1920s works have been listed as contributing properties in the National Register of Historic Places, including: [[File:Holly cinema.jpg|thumb|right|Holly Cinema]] * Holly Cinema (1920), part of the Hollywood Boulevard Commercial and Entertainment District<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hollywood Boulevard Commercial and Entertainment District |url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/236d3254-47ee-4b31-9045-c2999cc465f2/ |publisher=United States Department of the Interior - National Park Service |date=April 4, 1985 |language=en-US}}</ref> * Town House Apartments (1926),<ref name="pcadtownhouseapartments">{{cite web |title=Town House Apartments, Pasadena, CA (1926) |url=http://pcad.lib.washington.edu/building/6919/ |website=Pacific Coast Architecture Database |publisher=University of Washington |first=Alan |last=Michelson |accessdate=December 29, 2018}}</ref> part of the Pasadena Civic Center District<ref name="NRHPnompasadenacivic">{{cite web|last=Hays|first=Catherine S.|title=Pasadena Civic Center District|url={{NRHP url|id=80000813}}|publisher=National Park Service|accessdate=August 6, 2013|date=September 15, 1978}} {{NRHP url|id=80000813|title=Accompanied by photos|photos=y}}</ref> * Apartment building at 614 South St. Andrews Place, part of the Westminster Place Historic District<ref name=WPHD/>

In 1938, Rust designed a Streamline Moderne-styled house for Donald L. Linder in West Hollywood.<ref name="pcadlinderhouse">{{cite web |title=Linder, Donald L., House, West Hollywood, CA (1938) |url=http://pcad.lib.washington.edu/building/20727/ |website=Pacific Coast Architecture Database |accessdate=December 29, 2018}}</ref> The house was subsequently purchased by Anderson Lawler, who rented it to Orson Welles and Rita Hayworth.<ref name="pcadlinderhouse"/>

Rust also designed the Van de Kamp's Holland Dutch Bakeries windmill.<ref name="latimesobit"/> By the time of his death, he was described by the ''Los Angeles Times'' as "a widely known architect."<ref name="latimesobit"/>

==Personal life and death== Rust was married twice. With his first wife, nee Constance Maclintock, he had a son, and he had a daughter with his second wife, Veronica.<ref name="pcadedwardrust"/> They resided in San Gabriel, California.<ref name="latimesobit"/>

Rust died on September 27, 1958, in Los Angeles County, California.<ref name="pcadedwardrust"/><ref name="independentstarnewsobit">{{cite news |title=Rust |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/31792447/?terms=%22Edward%2BB.%2BRust%22 |accessdate=December 29, 2018 |work=Independent Star-News |location=Pasadena, California |date=September 28, 1958}}</ref> His funeral was held at the St. Therese Roman Catholic Church in Alhambra,<ref name="independentstarnewsobit"/> and he was buried at the Resurrection Cemetery in Montello.<ref name="latimesobit"/>

==References== {{Reflist}}

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