Harvey was born in 1884 in Boston, Massachusetts.[1] He was a first-generation American, as both his parents were immigrants from England.[1]
Career
The Château Élysée, designed by Harvey.
Harvey began his career as a carpenter in Pasadena in 1908. He worked as a structural engineer in Seattle in 198 and as a draftsman in Detroit in 1920, and he returned to Los Angeles in 1921 to work for developer Frank L. Moline.[1]
Harvey designed several buildings in Los Angeles in the 1920s-1940s, including residential apartment blocks. He designed Château Élysée at 5930 Franklin Avenue in Hollywood in 1928.[2]
The Selig Building, designed by Harvey.
Harvey designed the Santa Monica Professional Building in the Spanish Colonial architectural style, located at 710 Wilshire Boulevard in Santa Monica, in 1924.[3] In 1929, he designed the Wilshire Professional Building in the Art Deco architectural style, located at Wilshire and St. Andrews.[4] The same year, he designed the American Storage and Company Building at 3636 Beverly Boulevard in the Art Deco style.[5]
Harvey designed the Selig building at 3rd Street and Western Avenue in the Art Deco style, completed in 1931.[6] He designed the Hollywood Women's Club, located at 1749 North La Brea Avenue, in 1947.[7] He designed an extension of the Beverly Community Hospital in Montebello in 1952.[8]
Personal life and death
With his wife, nee Nellie W. Glines, Harvey had a son.[1]
