Timeline

J. Wilmer Hershey born on January 17, 1895 in Unicorn, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

Listed as a draftsman in the Lancaster City Directory. Perhaps at A.B. Rote Co. or at Armstrong Cork Co.

Graduated Lancaster High School

Attending architecture program at Carnegie Institute of Technology

Hershey becomes an engineer in the Enlisted Reserve Corps of the U. S. Army on May 3, 1917. Discharged seven months later

Post-graduate work at John Huntington Polytechnic Institute in Cleveland, Ohio

Employed by City of Cleveland as supervising designer of public buildings

Establishes own architectural practice in Lancaster

Marries Sarah Elizabeth Brown of Lancaster

Son, Jacob Wilmer Junior born

Moves to Pasadena, California where he is employed in office of Wallace Neff

Forms his own Pasadena firm in September of 1924

From July through October leads the Community Drafting Room in Santa Barbara

Son, Richard Ivan Hershey born

Late in the year, Hershey becomes ill and also forms a partnership with Richard U. Seares and Charles A. Hill to complete work

December 6th, 1925: opening day for San Clemente development

August 29th, Hershey dies of bacterial endocarditis at the age of 31