San Joaquin County Biographies
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Transcribed by: Linda Diane Jackson 11/3/2009
EDWARD M. COONEY
Already well established in his chosen profession, at an age when many young men have hardly made a choice of their life work, Edward M. Cooney has a brilliant future before him in the field of architectural designing. He was born at Dos Palos, Merced County, on June 27, 1895, and was reared and educated at Stockton, attending St. Mary's College and the Stockton high school. Gifted with a natural talent as an artist, he began when quite a youth to draw cartoons for different newspapers, but feeling that the profession of architectural designing offered greater opportunities, he decided to take up this interesting work.
In order to gain a thorough knowledge of designing and a practical experience in all its details, Mr. Cooney took employment with several architect's offices in Stockton, spending four years in securing the training he desired, and in 1917, he branched out for himself and began to practice his profession. His love for his work and his assiduous application to it have brought him splendid success and his clientele is steadily increasing.
Mr. Cooney is special architect for the Wagner Leather Company and has drawn plans for a number of their new buildings, including the $50,000 four-story brick building, a large warehouse costing $30,000, at the foot of Weber avenue, a $35,000 three-story building for the artificial drying of leather, and other units for this company, such as sawtooth buildings, a commission that in itself denotes his capability. Among the residences he has designed are the Manthey home, and those of F. Quail, A. Sattui, George Chillion, G. Battistini, F. Hazelquest, P. Sanguinetti, and Mr. Thrash; also the parochial residence, mausoleum for Father Bandini, a $60,000 apartment house on California and Lafayette streets, Red Men's Hall, and the addition to St. Joseph's Home, the M. Dentoni garage on North California street and others in Stockton. He has also drawn plans for stores and homes at Manteca, Tracy and Lodi, and one of the latest important commissions he has accepted is that of the new Lilliputian Studios, the first studio to be erected in Stockton, devoted to the making of moving pictures.
History of
SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY
CALIFORNIA
With A
Biographical Review
of
The Leading Men and Women of the County Who Have Been
Identified with Its Growth and Development
from the Early Days to the Present
HISTORY BY
George H. Tinkham
HISTORIC RECORD COMPANY
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
1923
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