Eberson, Drew C.

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Drew Calvin Eberson was born on February 29, 1904, in Hamilton, Ohio, to Beatrice Pearl Lamb, age 20, and John Adolph Emil Eberson, age 29.

His father was one of the country’s most influential theater architects who earned the nickname ”Open House John” at the beginning of the century by designing numerous small-town auditoriums.

Drew received his architectural degree from the University of Pennsylvania. In Rye his family lived on Intervale Place. He married Frances Glendenning Bayes on April 17, 1941, in Allegheny, Pennsylvania. He later married Peggy Dayle Latta and they had one daughter together.

Drew served as an officer in the U.S. Army during World War II. He was a colonel in the Army Corps of Engineers and was chief of operations in construction in the China Burma Theater. He also supervised the design and construction of several military projects in upstate New York.

Drew Eberson Now a Major
Drew Eberson, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Efberson of Intervale Place, has been commissioned a major in the United States Army Engineering Corps and is stationed at the local Second Corps Area. Major Eberson is the junior part-ner of the architectural firm, John & Drew Eberson. In association with his father, he has designed and supervised the construction, equipment and decoration of many of the most prominent motion picture theatres. He recently sold one of the newest Florida theatres which he designed and operated.
THE RYE CHRONICLE Friday, June 12, 1942

Drew Eberson Made Colonel

Major Drew Eberson U. S. A. has been made Lieut. Colonel. He is an area engineer at Camp Shanks at Orangeburg, New York. Lieut. Colonel Eberson is son of Mr. and Mrs. John Eberson, Intervale Place.


Friday, January 22, 1943 THE RYE CHRONICLE PAGE SEVEN

Both before and after the war, Drew and his father practiced in partnership from 1926 until the father’s death in 1954. In later years Drew renovated many of the playhouses originally designed by his father. He was also the architect of many other structures, including the Canadian Film Board studios in Montreal.

Drew Eberson, an architect who designed and renovated many motion-picture theaters in the United States and abroad, died of pneumonia on Saturday July 8, 1989 in the Bloomfield (Conn.) Convalescent Center. He was 85 and lived in Stamford.

At the time of his death, he was survived by his wife, Peggy; a stepdaughter, Suzanne Callahan, of Old Greenwich, Conn.; a sister, Elsa Kyle, of Marco Island, Fla.; and a stepgrandson.