{{short description|American architect (1891–1973)}} {{Infobox architect | name = Herman Brookman | image = | image_size = <!-- If image is smaller than 250px --> | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|1891|07|2}} | birth_place = New York City, New York, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1973|11|6|1891|07|02}} | death_place = | other_names = | alma_mater = | spouse = | partner = | children = | parents = | awards = | practice = <!-- Associated architectural firm[s] --> | significant_buildings = | significant_projects = | significant_design = | signature = | website = <!-- {{URL|example.com}} --> | embedded = <!-- For embedding other infoboxes in this infobox --> }}
[[File:Temple Beth Israel - Portland Oregon.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Temple Beth Israel]]
[[File:Bitar Mansion.jpg|right|250px|thumb|The Bitar Mansion, adjacent to Laurelhurst Park]]
'''Herman S. Brookman''' (July 2, 1891 – November 6, 1973)<ref>{{cite web | url=http://libweb.uoregon.edu/speccoll/photo/fbrookman.html | title=Herman Brookman photographs, c. 1923-1940s. | publisher=University of Oregon Libraries | accessdate=February 3, 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606212953/http://libweb.uoregon.edu/speccoll/photo/fbrookman.html | archive-date=June 6, 2011 | url-status=dead }}</ref> was an American architect in Portland, Oregon.
Born in New York,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://digital.lib.washington.edu/architect/architects/2221/|title = PCAD - the Pacific Coast Architecture Database - Home}}</ref> Brookman received early training in the office of society architect Harrie T. Lindeberg and worked there until 1923.<ref name="sss">{{cite book | last=Vaughan | first=Thomas | title=Space, style, and structure : building in Northwest America | publisher=Oregon Historical Society | year=1974 | isbn=0-87595-047-7 | oclc=1120954 | page=481}}</ref> He was influenced by Edwin Lutyens and was a noted perfectionist.<ref name="nrhplloyd">{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=79002133}}|format=pdf|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: M. Lloyd Frank Estate|author=Jon Horn and Reed Elwyn|date=April 1978|publisher=National Park Service}}</ref> Brookman came to Oregon in 1923 at the request of client Lloyd Frank, and spent the rest of his career there before retiring to California. Noted Portland architect John Yeon trained in his office.<ref>[http://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/john_yeon/ John Yeon (1910-1994)] The Oregon Encyclopedia</ref> The 1926 Bitar Mansion designed by Brookman was put up for sale in 2006.<ref>[http://www.danvolkmer.com/index.cfm/page/16460/Notable_Homes.html Mediterranean Masterpiece] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100225150212/http://www.danvolkmer.com/index.cfm/page/16460/Notable_Homes.html |date=2010-02-25 }}; Piece of history for sale in Laurelhurst January 22, 2006 The Oregonian (hosted as part of real estate ad)</ref>
== Work ==
Brookman's work (in Portland, unless otherwise noted) includes:<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.portlandonline.com/bps/index.cfm?a=146276&c=39764|title = Sign-In Form}}</ref> <!--these are in date order--> * Commodore Hotel (1925) * M. Lloyd Frank Estate (1926; now the site of Lewis & Clark College) * Bitar Mansion (1926) * ''Menucha'', the Julius Meier estate in Corbett, Oregon ({{Circa|1926}})<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://digital.lib.washington.edu/architect/structures/13069/|title = PCAD - the Pacific Coast Architecture Database - Home}}</ref> * Temple Beth Israel (1926-1928; with Morris H. Whitehouse and Harry A. Herzog) * Victor H. and Marta Jorgensen House (1929) * Baruh–Zell House (1937) * Grace Kern House (1955) * Alan and Barbara Goldsmith House (1959)
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://nwda-db.wsulibs.wsu.edu/findaid/ark:/80444/xv84833 Guide to the Herman Brookman Architecture Files circa 1923-1940s] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110606212953/http://libweb.uoregon.edu/speccoll/photo/fbrookman.html Herman Brookman photographs, c. 1923-1940s] Historic Photograph Collections, University of Oregon
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