A. A. Cook, Architect
Allen Aaron Cook was born in Chenango County, New York 20 April 1832. He died in Shingle Springs, El Dorado County, California, 12 February 1899 and he is buried in the Old Sacramento City Cemetery. He grew up in Albany, NY and was apprenticed as a carpenter and Joiner and he also took lessons in Architecture. He was located in Kalamazoo, Michigan for a time, also in Johnson Missouri, and Douglas, Nebraska. Later in 1870 he located to Sacramento, California. He set up an office at 627 J Street and maintained an Architectural firm and Building Contractors business. He became very prominent in his trade and drafted plans and superintended the building of many prominent buildings in California. many of these buildings have remained to this date and many are listed on State and Federal Historic Preservation listings.
A partial list of those buildings are as follows: Dates listed are not necessarily completion dates
Wheatland Masonic Temple, in Wheatland, California, NRHP-listed
Odd Fellows Building (1882-83) in Red Bluff, California, NRHP-listed
Cone and Kimball Building at 747 Main St. in Red Bluff, California NRHP-listed (Building Burned)
Pleasants Ranch at 8212 Pleasants Valley Rd. in Vacaville, California, NRHP-listed
Shasta County Courthouse and Jail including cell block, at Redding, California 1889
Stansbury Home (1883), Chico, California, NRHP-listed
Hotel DeVilbiss (1899-90), 2-10 Main Street, Winters, California, a contributing building in the NRHP-listed Downtown Winters Historic District, Winters, California
California State Prison at Folsom, California
Western Hotel, Sacramento, a listed California Historical Landmark
Hale's Block, Sacramento
County hospitals in Colusa, Mendocino and Tehama Counties
Churches at Redding, Sacramento, Stockton, and Wheatland, California
Nevada State Asylum, Reno, Nevada (plans submitted November 1880)
Sacramento Fire House number one on 2nd between K and L, and Corporation House number 3, on 4th between K and L streets (Firehouse now a restaurant)
J. S Cameron residence Red Bluff, CA 1881
Mrs. Joe Hamilton, Greenhouse Auburn, California1881
John Heavy, two story brick foundation residence. Red Bluff, California 1881
Odd Fellows Building 2 story Brick Building, Wheatland, California 1881
Odd Fellows, St. George Building Remodel, 4th and J street, Sacramento, California 1881
L. L. Lewis Building, finish 2nd story and build third story, 5th and J streets, Sacramento, CA 1881
Locke & Lavenson, remodel and additions to Southwest Corner of 4th and M streets, Sacramento, California 1881
Masonic Hall, 3 story brick building, southeast corner Oak and Main Streets Red Bluff, California 1881 (Building Burned)
M E Church-South, Seating and edifices, Merced 1881
M E Church -South, Remodel on 7th between J and K streets, Sacramento, CA 1881
Nevada City Board of Education, 2 story frame structure with stone basement, Main and Pine streets, Nevada City, California 1881
Simon Sinay, single story residence, on 7th between P and Q streets, Sacramento, California 1881
P. J. Spacher, two story residence with brick foundation, on West side of third between N and O streets, Sacramento, CA 1881
Tehama County Courthouse, addition, Red Bluff, California 1881 (Original Courthouse replaced)
Charles Barnes, New store front and second story, 910 J Street, Sacramento, CA 1883
W. Hodgden, remodel 3 story building, on 5th between J and K streets Sacramento, CA 1883
William Land of the Western Hotel, Addional 2 story's to one story brick building, Occupied by Nathan an Companies 1883
E. J. Croly of Carole and Croly, new one story building with basement, (remove current building) N/W corner 8th and M streets Sacramento 1883
M. Hanrahan, Two story dwelling with brick basement, on 8th between M and N streets Sacramento, CA 1881
Good Templars Home for Orphans, 4 class School House, Vallejo, CA 1881
Sacramento City Waterworks, remove tank, Raise floor and remodel building, Front and I streets, Sacramento, CA 1881
J. C Shaden Grocery, Remodel upper floor for residences, lower floor for Grocery and general merchandise, S/E corner 4th and I streets, Sacramento, CA 1885
Two Queen Ann style cottages new with basements, Corner of 11th and P streets, Sacramento, CA 1883
Ed Wright, two story cottage in Galt, California 1883
St Thomas' Roman Catholic Church, New construction, Colfax, California 1878
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