American Architect. Easton attended the Illinois Normal School in Bloomington and received a teaching certificate in 1890. By 1893, he was employed as the principal of a high school at Lemont, Illinois, and spent his evenings in his workshop where he designed and built furniture. Several of his pieces were displayed at a handicraft exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1903. In 1902, he moved his family to Pasadena, California where he built his own house on Marengo Street from instructions from a manual. He then designed an Arts and Crafts house on the corner lot next door and since it sold quickly, he decided to become an architectural designer as well as a furniture maker. Architect Myron Hunt admired Easton's work so much, that he engaged him to build a beach house for his family. Prior to World War I, Easton designed and built nearly 25 houses in Southern California. Easton moved with his family to a ranch near Anaheim, where he farmed until his death.
American Architect. Easton attended the Illinois Normal School in Bloomington and received a teaching certificate in 1890. By 1893, he was employed as the principal of a high school at Lemont, Illinois, and spent his evenings in his workshop where he designed and built furniture. Several of his pieces were displayed at a handicraft exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1903. In 1902, he moved his family to Pasadena, California where he built his own house on Marengo Street from instructions from a manual. He then designed an Arts and Crafts house on the corner lot next door and since it sold quickly, he decided to become an architectural designer as well as a furniture maker. Architect Myron Hunt admired Easton's work so much, that he engaged him to build a beach house for his family. Prior to World War I, Easton designed and built nearly 25 houses in Southern California. Easton moved with his family to a ranch near Anaheim, where he farmed until his death.
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