George Wyman

George Herbert Wyman (1860 – 1939) was an American architect, best known for his involvement in construction of the Bradbury Building at 304 South Broadway in Los Angeles, California.

In 1892, Hunt was approached by the mining millionaire Lewis Bradbury to construct a landmark building for a site in downtown Los Angeles.

[2][4] In the utopian society of the year 2000 the hero is taken to visit a commercial store: It was the first interior of a twentieth-century public building that I had ever beheld, and the spectacle naturally impressed me deeply.

[citation needed] This narrative has been contested by John Crandell, who claims that the original story was unsubstantiated and relied on a single testimony from Wyman's daughters.

Using a planchette, a device similar to a Ouija board, they traced out the message Mark Wyman was George's younger brother, who had died at the age of 8.

A particular question is why did Esther McCoy not consult a single primary source of information other than the allegation of Wyman's relatives, their claim that George had worked for Sumner Hunt.