Person    | Male  Born 1857  Died /1/1924

Abraham Davis

Abraham Davis

Alderman (of St Pancras Borough Council), property developer and pioneer of flats for ladies.

A son of Polish immigrants, he and his 5 brothers prospered in property development, initially in East London and then in Islington, Marylebone and St Pancras. 1914 he founded the Lady Workers' Homes Ltd.

Davis owned the London Garden Suburbs Ltd, a development company, which in January 1923 bought the 55 acres now known as Holly Lodge. He also owned the Central London Building Company Ltd, which soon began work on the site. Davis is credited as the architect of the parade of shops in Swains Lane. 

Sources: The Story of Holly Lodge by Margaret Downing March 2009 is a very useful, 26-page, history; The East London History Society, Spring 2005. Also a pdf is available of the article from May 2004 in The London Journal 29(1):62-84 'Rebuilding London: Abraham Davis and his Brothers, 1881–1924'.

His family: father Wolf, brothers: the eldest Maurce (Moses), Israel, Hyman, Nathaniel, Raphael (Ralph), David. His wife Helena. Their children Ruth, Irene, Winifred, and twins Josephine and Godfrey, and the youngest son, Arthur. His successor was surveyor Frank Myers, Josephine's husband.

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Lady Workers' Homes 1 - Abraham Davis

Erected to the memory of Alderman A. Davis, pioneer of flats for ladies and f...

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Lady Workers' Homes 2 - Baroness Burdett-Coutts

Holly Lodge. The late Baroness Burdett-Coutts' estate was acquired and develo...

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Lady Workers' Homes 3 - LWH directors

Lady Workers' Homes Ltd. Directors: Oliver Jones, Esq. JP - Chairman; Mrs A. ...

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