Abraham Sprachman

Abraham Sprachman
Born(1896-01-15)15 January 1896
Obertyn, Ukraine
Died6 August 1971(1971-08-06) (aged 75)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
NationalityCanadian
OccupationArchitect

Abraham Sprachman (15 January 1896 – 6 August 1971) was a Canadian architect. In 1922, he founded Kaplan & Sprachman with Harold Kaplan, which is mostly recognized for designing many movie theaters across Canada from the 1920s to the 1950s, and also for designing synagogues and buildings for the Jewish communities.[1][2] His work was part of the architecture event in the art competition at the 1948 Summer Olympics.[2]

Kaplan & Sprachman designed the Eglinton Theatre in Toronto and the Vogue Theatre in Vancouver which were both designated National Historic Sites by the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada.[3][4][5] Overall, they designed more than 70 theaters which were built across Canada between the late 1920s and the early 1950s.[4]

His son, Mandel, was also a noted architect.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Mandel Sprachman Fonds". toronto.ca. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Abraham Sprachman". Olympedia. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  3. ^ "Eglinton Theatre declared National Historic Site". 18 November 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada: Harold Solomon Kaplan". Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Vogue Theatre National Historic Site of Canada". Retrieved 24 August 2021.


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