Emil Ernest Gloor (January 29, 1884 – Sept. 29, 1946) immigrated to America in 1904 from Bern, Switzerland, best known for the White & Gloor Masonry company he started in San Francisco.
Emil E. Gloor was born in Bern, Switzerland. He is the son of Emil and Lisette Gloor of Switzerland. They had two children:
Gloor wanted to find diamonds in South Africa, but his mother said he could not go. In 1898, he ended up going to Liverpool, England at age 14. In England, he saved enough money to immigrate to America in 1904.[1] He got a job as an elevator boy in New York City. On the boat coming to America, he met a man named Milton J. White.
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White & Gloor Co.
When Gloor traveled from New York to San Francisco, he meet White again who had become a foreman and brick layer. They became good friends and decided to start the White & Gloor brick & masonry business. They helped build the following buildings:
Specialities included using Terracotta tiles.
Emil Gloor died September 29, 1946, in Berkeley, California.[4]
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