# Herman Brookman

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{{short description|American architect (1891–1973)}}
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[[File:Temple Beth Israel - Portland Oregon.jpg|right|250px|thumb|[Temple Beth Israel](/source/Congregation_Beth_Israel_(Portland%2C_Oregon))]]

[[File:Bitar Mansion.jpg|right|250px|thumb|The [Bitar Mansion](/source/Bitar_Mansion), adjacent to [Laurelhurst Park](/source/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](/source/Portland%2C_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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/John_Yeon) trained in his office.<ref>[http://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/john_yeon/ John Yeon (1910-1994)] [The Oregon Encyclopedia](/source/The_Oregon_Encyclopedia)</ref> The 1926 [Bitar Mansion](/source/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>
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* [Commodore Hotel](/source/Commodore_Hotel_(Portland%2C_Oregon)) (1925)
* [M. Lloyd Frank Estate](/source/M._Lloyd_Frank_Estate) (1926; now the site of [Lewis & Clark College](/source/Lewis_%26_Clark_College))
* [Bitar Mansion](/source/Bitar_Mansion) (1926)
* ''Menucha'', the [Julius Meier](/source/Julius_Meier) estate in [Corbett, Oregon](/source/Corbett%2C_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](/source/Congregation_Beth_Israel_(Portland%2C_Oregon)) (1926-1928; with [Morris H. Whitehouse](/source/Morris_H._Whitehouse) and [Harry A. Herzog](/source/Harry_A._Herzog))
* [Victor H. and Marta Jorgensen House](/source/Victor_H._and_Marta_Jorgensen_House) (1929)
* [Baruh–Zell House](/source/Baruh%E2%80%93Zell_House) (1937)
* [Grace Kern House](/source/Grace_Kern_House) (1955)
* [Alan and Barbara Goldsmith House](/source/Alan_and_Barbara_Goldsmith_House) (1959)

==References==
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==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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Category:Architects from Portland, Oregon
Category:Fellows of the American Institute of Architects
Category:20th-century American people

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