Baker, Horace S.
Horace S. Baker Soundex Code B260
Horace S. Baker, assistant city engineer;
born in: Chicago, on Thursday, July 18, 1878;
son of: Henry D. Baker and Agnes M. Baker nee: Agnes M. Milne;
education: public grammar schools of Chicago; Evanston Township High School; B.S., Northwestern University, 1901; B.S. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1903;
Married: Florence L. Baker, nee: Florence L. Yerxa, of Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Tuesday, April 12, 1904;
Children: Barbara, Edward, and Henry.
entered Engineering Department of C&NW RR, 1903;
then with C&WI RR, 1905-6;
became connected in official capacity with City of Chicago, as engineer, Water Pipe Extension Division, 1906;
later in Construction Division and in charge of Designing Division;
engineer. Track Elevation Department, 1910-11;
assistant city engineer, City of Chicago since 1911.
First Lt. Corps. of Engineering, Illinois National Guard; with U.S. Army on Mexican border, June-Nov., 1916.
Member: American Society of Civil Engineers; Western Society of Engineers
Office: Room 402, City Hall
Home: 6657 N. Greenview Avenue, 1917, 1919.
Source: Book of Chicagoans, 1917.
Source: Rogers Park Directory, 1919, page 6.