Hunt & Chambers: Hunt house (Pasadena, Calif.)
The house that Myron Hunt designed for himself and his family on North Grand Avenue in Pasadena, California, bears a small resemblance to his previous house in Illinois. The gardens, loggia, and other outdoor areas highlight the difference in climate between the two sites.
Myron Hunt & H. G. Chambers records, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
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Hunt & Chambers: Hunt house (Evanston, Ill.)
The house for Myron Hunt's family, on Wesley Avenue in Evanston, Illinois, is a vaguely Prairie-style, with some Craftsman and Bungalow influences.
Hunt & Chambers: Hueneme Bank building (Hueneme, Calif.)
This Neoclassical style building was home to the Hueneme Bank, later served as the Port Hueneme city hall, and is now the Port Hueneme Historical Society Museum. It was named a Ventura County Historic Landmark in 1977.
Myron Hunt, architect H.C. Chambers, architect Hunt and Chambers, architects
Hunt & Chambers: Hawks house (Beverly Hills, Calif.)
Howard Hawks was a director, screen writer, and producer from the 1920s until the 1950s. The house in Benedict Canyon was built with stucco and stone, with a vaguely Colonial style and early California ranch influences.
Myron Hunt, architect H.C. Chambers, architect Hunt and Chambers, architects Florence Yoch and Lucille Council, landscape architects
Hunt & Chambers: Gillespie house (Montecito, Calif.)
Myron Hunt and Elmer Grey were the supervising architects for the design of the James Waldron Gillespie House, for the originating architect Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue. Gillespie took Goodhue on a seven month around-the-world tour as inspiration for the design of the house, El Fureidis. The house is famous as a filming location for the movie Scarface.
Myron Hunt, architect Elmer Grey, architect Hunt and Grey, architects Goodhue, Bertram Grosvenor, architect
Hunt & Chambers: Garland house (Balboa, Calif.)
This large beach house was sited directly on the sand. With large balconies facing the water, the house allowed for indoor/outdoor living on the beach. The house sat on a corner lot, and included a long wooden boardwalk through the loose sand dunes to the beach.
Myron Hunt, architect H.C. Chambers, architect
Hunt & Chambers: Fowler house (Chino, Calif.)
This house for Margaret Fowler was adjacent to the Boys Republic property she purchased for the organization. After her death in 1936, the organization donated the home to a polio treatment center, which was named Casa Colina Convalescent Home for Crippled Children.
Hunt & Chambers: Flintridge Country Club (La Canada Flintridge, Calif.)
The Flintridge Country Club was built with thick walls, to block out the hot summer air and retain heat in the winter. The Club maintained separate spaces for women and men-- locker rooms, lounges-- but the center of the main building featured the dining room for all club members. The Country Club closed in the 1940s, and portions of the property were taken over by St. Francis High School.
Hunt & Chambers: Flintridge Biltmore Hotel (La Canada Flintridge, Calif.)
The hotel was built for Senator Frank Putnam Flint, who later sold the hotel to the Bowman-Biltmore Hotels company. In 1931, the building and 30 acre grounds were sold to form the Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy, a Catholic school for grades k-12.
Myron Hunt, architect Harold Chambers, architect Hunt & Chambers, architects W.M. Clarke, photographer
Hunt & Chambers: First Congregational Church (Riverside, Calif.)
This church is in the Spanish Colonial style, with a Churrigueresque style steeple. The building is in the shape of a Latin cross, with two-foot-thick walls which are made of reinforced concrete, and a red tile roof that highlights the Spanish Colonial style. Hunt & Grey were chosen as architects for the church after a competition for the design, which included architects Arthur Benton and Lester Moore. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.
Myron Hunt, architect Elmer Grey, architect Hunt & Grey, architects
Hunt & Chambers: Emery house (San Marino, Calif.)
This estate for Katherine Sinclair Emery (widow of Frank Emery, who at the time of his death was considered one of the richest men in California) sits on 9 acres in San Marino. The Tudor style house is now known as Thornton Gardens. Hunt worked with landscape architects Florence Yoch, Lucille Council, and Katherine Bashford on the estate gardens. The National Trust for Historic Preservation acquired the house in 2018, along with the Huntington Library, and will preserve the house and grounds.
Myron Hunt, architect Harold Chambers, architect Hunt & Chambers, architects W.M. Clarke, photographer Florence Yoch and Lucille Council, landscape architects Katherine Bashford, landscape architect
Hunt & Chambers: Elks Club lodge (Pasadena, Calif.)
The Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks (Lodge #672) has been the headquarters of the Elks in Pasadena since 1911. The Colonial Revival style building has been the site of many television and film shoots, as well as a prominent place during the Rose Bowl Parade.
Hunt & Chambers: Cole house (Pasadena, Calif.)
George Watson Cole was the librarian for the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery from 1915 to 1924. Previously, Cole had studied with Melvil Dewey, and worked at the Newberry Library in Chicago and public libraries on the East Coast. The floor plan hints at Cole's occupation, with an unusual combination dining room/library and a room labelled 'books.'
Myron Hunt, architect Harold Chambers, architect Hunt & Chambers, architects
Hunt & Chambers: Cochran house (Los Angeles, Calif.)
This house for Guy Cochran was designed in the American Bungalow style, and written about in the Craftsman magazine. It featured large windows overlooking a manicured terrace for indoor/outdoor living.
Myron Hunt, architect Elmer Grey, architect Hunt and Grey, architects
Hunt & Chambers: Chapoton house (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Myron Hunt designed this large house for Martha Chapoton, widow of a prominent Detroit doctor, in the gated community of Fremont Place.
Hunt & Chambers: Canoga Park High School (Canoga Park, Calif.)
These renderings for the Cafeteria and Boys Physical Education building at Canoga Park High School were designs by Chambers and Hibbard, the architects who continued the firm after Myron Hunt's death in 1952.
H.C. Chambers and Lester Hibbard, architects
Hunt & Chambers: California Junior Republic (Chino Hills, Calif.)
The buildings for the California Junior Republic, an all-boys school for troubled youth, were designed by Myron Hunt in 1911, with additional buildings by Chambers and Hibbard in 1950. Originally named George Junior Republic, the facility changed its name in 1921 to California Junior Republic, and finally Boys Republic in 1953.
Myron Hunt, architect H.C. Chambers and Lester Hibbard, architects
Hunt & Chambers: California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, Calif.)
Throop Polytechnic Institute was founded in 1891 and changed its name to California Polytechnic Institute in 1920. Throop Hall was damaged in a 1971 earthquake and was demolished in 1973. Some of the decorative elements of the original building were saved and the original building site is now Throop Memorial Garden.
Hunt & Chambers: Buick Garage (Los Angeles, Calif.)
This Buick garage and possibly dealership, is an example of the Art Deco style from the 1920s.
Hunt & Chambers: Hotel Belmar (Mazatlan, Mex.)
This hotel for Lewis Bradbury was one of many hotels designed by Myron Hunt. This one is located in the resort town of Mazatlan, Mexico.
Hunt & Chambers: Boyleston apartments (Evanston, Ill.)
Myron Hunt attended Northwestern University in Evanston, then studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, traveled in Europe for a few years, and finally returned to Evanston to work for the Boston-based firm Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge. In 1899 he designed this Georgian Revival style six-unit apartment building on Clark Street.
Hunt & Chambers: Biltmore Garages (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Parking garages were a new type of building in the 1920s, with the recent invention of the motorized vehicle. Garages of this time period catered to the wealthy, with valet services, fuel stations, and service bays which would work on your car while you stayed in the hotel.
Hunt & Chambers: Berger house (Los Angeles, Calif.)
The Leo Berger house in Los Angeles has a Monterey style facade, with second story balcony and tile roof.
Myron Hunt, architect Padilla, photographer
Hunt & Chambers: Bard house (Hueneme, Calif.)
This Italian Renaissance Revival mansion was designed by Myron Hunt for Senator Thomas Bard, who was an early land developer and founder of the Union Oil Company. The Bard family owned the house until 1944 when it was acquired by the United States Navy, and today the house sits on the base of Naval Base Ventura County.
Hunt & Chambers: Babcock house (Tenafly, NJ)
While Myron Hunt is known for his houses in the Los Angeles area, he also designed houses in the Chicago area and along the east coast. This house for Mrs. Graham Babcock is an example of Hunt's eastern style.
Hunt & Chambers: Taylor house (Los Angeles, Calif.)
The Russel Taylor house in Los Angeles is an example of a traditional house, with a Colonial style front facade and a center stair hall. The public rooms at the front of the house lead out to a back terrace, which faces an expansive flat year. Upstairs, three main bedrooms along with maid's rooms and baths occupy the second floor.
Gregory Ain: Wilfong house (Altadena, Calif.)
This house in Altadena for John C. Wilfong was a long, low, glass-walled house with views towards the mountains. The investment banker Wilfong wanted a house where he and his wife could entertain and raise their child. Ain designed a linear house with formal entertaining areas that could be walled off with a sliding partition from the informal living areas. Unfortunately, the house burned in 1993 and was completely destroyed.
Gregory Ain, architect Joseph Johnson and Alfred Day, architects Julius Shulman, photographer
Gregory Ain papers, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
Gregory Ain: Tierman house (Los Angeles, Calif.)
The house for Samuel and Celia Tierman was sited on a steep lot in the Silver Lake neighborhood of Los Angeles. The small house, with a pyramid-shaped roof, stucco walls, and attached garage was part of Ain's philosophy of bringing modern homes to small budgets. The roof with central skylight and fireplace gave the house a monumental feel on the inside, with high ceilings in the main living area. The house was named Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Landmark #124 in 1974.
Gregory Ain, architect Visscher Boyd, associate architect Julius Shulman, photographer
Gregory Ain: Scharlin house (Los Angeles, Calif.)
The Scharlin house in Silver Lake was built for the founder of one of the first co-operative nursery schools in Los Angeles, Rose Scharlin. The house sits at the top of the ridge, on a sloping site far back from the street, with views in multiple directions. The children's bedrooms, as well as the living room and den had sliding walls for flexible living arrangements.
Gregory Ain, architect Julius Shulman, photographer
Gregory Ain: Orans house (Los Angeles, Calif.)
The Maurice and Alice Orans House was located on a steeply sloped small lot in the Silver Lake area of Los Angeles. The garage was built at street level with entrance and exit doors; the curved driveway allows for easy entrance and egress, extra parking, and to eliminate the need to back out onto a busy street. The house rises above the garage in four levels- bedrooms, service areas, maid's room, and main living areas. Multiple terraces on different levels provide ample outdoor space.
Gregory Ain: Museum of Modern Art exhibition house (New York, NY)
The exhibition house Ain designed for the Museum of Modern Art and the Woman's Home Companion magazine was built in New York City in 1950. It was designed to show how modern living could be made accessible to most homeowners, with sliding walls separating the two smaller bedrooms, as well as the ability to open up the living room, dining room, and main bedroom to create a large entertaining area.
Gregory Ain, architect Joseph Johnson and Alfred Day, architects
Gregory Ain: Mesner house (Sherman Oaks, Calif.)
This house for Leo Mesner is in the Sherman Oaks section of Los Angeles. The only portion of the house visible from the street is the garage, with the main view of the house is from the backyard. Inside, the house is spread out on four levels, each separated by a half-flight of stairs.
Los Angeles, Calif.; Sherman Oaks, Calif.
Gregory Ain: Hural house (Los Angeles, Calif.)
The Alexander and Flora Hural house featured a dental lab on the upper level. It is located in the Hollywood Hills section of Los Angeles.
Gregory Ain, architect George Agron, architect Julius Shulman, photographer
Gregory Ain: Hay house (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Harry Hay commissioned Ain to design this house for his mother, Margaret Hay. With clearstory windows and a garage at the front of the property and living room facing the private backyard, the house was seen as a perfect place for Harry Hay to conduct meetings of the Mattachine Society (an early gay rights group). The property has been designated Los Angeles Cultural-Historic Monument #981.
Gregory Ain: Byler house (Los Angeles, Calif.)
The Albert E. Byler house is located near the top of Mt. Washington, with a view towards downtown Los Angeles. The house is small, measuring less than five hundred square feet, with only a main room, kitchen, and bathroom. The exterior was clad in Douglas fir, and the interior walls were redwood. A wood trellis highlighted the wood theme on the outside as well.
Gregory Ain, architect Philip Fein, photographer
Gregory Ain: Beckman house (Los Angeles, Calif.)
The A.O. Beckman house was sited on a flat lot, and Ain configured the house so that many of the rooms had direct access to the outdoors. The house was located in the La Brea neighborhood of Los Angeles, and was featured in both Architectural Record and Arts & Architecture magazines in 1940-1941. At 2100 square feet, and including maid's quarters, this is one of Ain's larger pre-war houses.
Gregory Ain: Becker house (Los Angeles, Calif.)
The Isador and Rosa Becker house presented a slightly Streamline Moderne style front facade, with curved walls on the exterior. Inside, the house featured a 'reverse' floor plan-- the main living areas were at street level, and the bedrooms were one floor below. It is located in the Moreno Highlands neighborhood of the Silver Lake section of Los Angeles.
Gregory Ain, architect George Agron, architect
Gregory Ain: Ain home (Los Angeles, Calif.)
The Ruth March Ain house was built for Ain's second wife, and is located in the Laurel Canyon area of Los Angeles.
Gregory Ain, architect Harry Hartman, photographer
Gregory Ain: Goldberg house (San Fernando Valley, Calif.)
The Dr. I. Goldberg house was located in the Encino area of the San Fernando Valley. For this house, redwood siding was used. Ain generally preferred stucco since he did not like that the giant redwood trees were cut down for building materials.
Gregory Ain: Ernst house (Los Angeles, Calif.)
The house for Anselem Ernst was built on a sloping hillside lot in the Los Feliz Oaks neighborhood. The exterior angles and interior use of space and geometry are very reminiscent of Rudolph Schindler, with whom Ain worked for a time in the early 1930s. It is a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument #840.
Gregory Ain, architect Fred Dapprich, photographer
Gregory Ain: Eisenstadt house (Los Angeles, Calif.)
The Ben and Clara Eisenstadt house was built on a hilltop site along Blair Drive in Los Angeles. It now overlooks the Universal Studios lot.
Gregory Ain: Edwards house (Los Angeles, Calif.)
The Charles H. Edwards house was Ain's first solo commission after working for Richard Neutra and Harwell Hamilton Harris. The house, sited on a flat lot in the Hollywood Hills, was named House Beautiful Magazine's "House of the Year" for 1938.
Gregory Ain: Domela house/studio (Los Angeles, Calif.)
This house and studio for Jocelyn and Jan Domela was located in the Tarzana neighborhood of Los Angeles. Jan Domela was a well-known artist and illustrator for the movie studios.
Gregory Ain: Daniel / Irons house (Los Angeles, Calif.)
This house, set on a steep lot overlooking the Silver Lake reservoir, was built for the director of the Los Angeles Newspaper Guild Ursel Daniel. She was single at the time the house was built and later married Martin Irons.
Roland Coate: Goldwater house (Los Angeles, Calif.)
This large house in the Mid-Wilshire neighborhood of Los Angeles was built for Lemuel Goldwater, a garment industry pioneer and relative of Senator Barry Goldwater.
Roland Coate, architect George Haight, photographer A.E. Hanson, landscape architect
Roland Eli Coate, Sr. papers, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
Roland Coate: Gabriel house (San Marino, Calif.)
This Spanish Colonial Revival style house was built on a large lot in San Marino for O. Nicholas Gabriel.
Roland Coate, architect George Haight, photographer
Roland Coate: Lippiatt house (Bel Air, Calif.)
Coate built this house for Mrs. H.C. Lippiatt and Mrs. F.M.P. Taylor in a Colonial Revival style, with influences of Spanish, Monterey, and New Orleans styles. The house backs onto the Bel Air Country Club golf course, and is close to the campus of UCLA.
Roland Coate: Liebig house (Bel Air, Calif.)
The house for Rudolph and Caroline Liebig is located on a large flat lot in the Bel Air section of Los Angeles.
Roland Coate: Leimert Park houses (Los Angeles, Calif.)
The area of South Los Angeles known as Leimert Park was developed in the late 1920s by Walter Leimert, and was one of the first planned communities in Southern California. The neighborhood was landscaped by the Olmstead Brothers, and in addition to Coate, also includes works by Richard Neutra and Sumner Spaulding.
Roland Coate: Johnson house (Downey, Calif.)
This large Monterey-style house was designed for A Parley Johnson and his wife Geline "Gypsy" Johnson. They were citrus growers, and the house was originally surrounded by 50 acres of orange groves. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986 as Casa de Parley Johnson; the house is currently used by the Assistance League of Downey.
Roland Coate, architect W.M. Clarke, photographer Florence Yoch and Lucile Council, landscape architects
Roland Coate: Hornblow house (Beverly Hills, Calif.)
Coate designed this large house for movie producer Arthur Hornblow Jr and his second wife, actress Myrna Loy.
Roland Coate, architect Maynard Parker, photographer
Roland Coate: Hickman house (Los Angeles, Calif.)
This house for Frank Hickman is located near the campus of UC Los Angeles in the "Little Holmby" area of Westwood.
Los Angeles, Calif.; Holmby Hills, Calif.
Roland Coate: Cotton house (Montecito, Calif.)
This large Spanish Colonial style house was erected on San Leandro Lane for a Mrs. Dorothy D. Cotton.
Montecito, Calif.; Santa Barbara, Calif.
Roland Coate: Coate beach house (Laguna Beach, Calif.)
Roland Coate designed and built this beach house for his family in the Emerald Bay area of Laguna Beach.
Roland Coate: Eshman House (Bel Air, Calif.)
The M.G. Eshman house in Bel Air is a very good example of a classic American Colonial Revival style house. Sited on a large flat lot, the house is just down the street from the famous Hotel Bel-Air.
Roland Coate: Armstrong house (Arcadia, Calif.)
This Monterey Colonial style house was designed by Coate for business executive Lionel M. Armstrong.
Roland Coate, architect W.M. Clarke, photographer
Roland Coate: Allen house (Pasadena, Calif.)
This house for Herbert Allen Jr. is located in the Oak Knoll neighborhood of Pasadena.
Roland Coate: All Saints Episcopal Church (Beverly Hills, Calif.)
This church was one of Coate's early solo commissions, after leaving the firm Johnson, Kaufmann and Coate. It is also one of his few church commissions. The structure is a very good example of Spanish Colonial Revival style, which was very popular in the early 1920s.
Roland Coate: Campbell house (Pasadena, Calif.)
The Joseph Campbell house in Pasadena is one of Roland Coate's earliest solo commissions. This Andalusian style home has some Spanish accents.
Roland Coate: Battson house (Lake Arrowhead, Calif.)
Oil company executive Leigh Battson was married to Lucy Doheny and living at the Greystone Mansion in Beverly Hills when they commissioned Coate to design a vacation home on Lake Arrowhead. The estate featured steeply sloping roofs which prevented snow from accumulating, and allowed for easier snow removal. Multiple buildings were constructed, including a main house, boat house with dock, entrance gate with guard house, and servants quarters.
Roland Coate, architect George D. Haight, photographer
Roland Coate: Warner house (Beverly Hills, Calif.)
This house for Jack Warner (one of the founding brothers in Warner Brothers Studios), was an alteration of and addition to an existing house. The Georgian style mansion with a Greek-style portico featured interior design by William Haines and landscape architecture by Florence Yoch.
Roland Coate, architect Fred Dapprich, photographer
Roland Coate: Heath house (San Marino, Calif.)
The house for Edward Heath in San Marino (also listed as Pasadena), has some characteristics of a Regency style home, with an unusual double-height porch.
Albert Frey: Lyons house (Palm Springs, Calif.)
The J.A. Lyons house was a large (5 bedroom), sprawling house in the Smoke Tree Ranch development in Palm Springs. With five bedrooms and four bathrooms, the Lyons house was much more grand than some of Frey's other residences.
Albert Frey, architect Clark & Frey, architects
Albert Frey papers, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
Albert Frey: Cree house (Palm Springs, Calif.)
The Raymond Cree house was built on the border of Palm Springs and Cathedral City. Cree was a real estate developer who had originally wanted to build a luxury resort on the site; instead a two bedroom house with pool and valley views was constructed.
Albert Frey, architect Clark, Frey & Chambers, architects
Albert Frey: Newton house (Palm Springs, Calif.)
The Harold R. Newton house on Palisades Drive in Palm Springs was a small house perched on the side of a steeply sloping lot. Multiple terraces created a more stable hillside and provided space for an access stairway.
Albert Frey: Desert Museum (Palm Springs, Calif.)
This is an early rendering of the Palm Springs Desert Museum, later renamed the Palm Springs Art Museum, in its earlier location on Tahquitz Drive. Clark & Frey worked with the Williams, Williams, Williams architecture firm, which also included E. Stuart Williams, who designed the current Art Museum building in the 1970s.
Albert Frey, architect Frey & Clark, architects Williams, Williams, Williams, architects
Albert Frey papers, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture previous hit Museum next hit ; University of California, Santa Barbara.
Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture previous hit Museum next hit ; University of California, Santa Barbara.
Albert Frey: Pelletier house (Palm Desert, Calif.)
The Adrian Pelletier house in Palm Desert was built as the town was being developed as a getaway for Hollywood stars. Its location near both the Shadow Mountain Club and Marrakesh Country Club was a very desirable location.
Albert Frey, architect Julius Shulman, photographer Clark, Frey, and Chambers, architects
Albert Frey: Clark and Frey office building (Palm Springs, Calif.)
Albert Frey was in partnership with John Porter Clark from 1939 until 1957. This office building was the firm's office on North Palm Canyon Drive in downtown Palm Springs. The unassuming modern two-story building now houses retail stores on its first floor.
Albert Frey, architect Clark and Frey, architects John Porter Clark, architect Bernard Anderson, photographer
Lutah Maria Riggs: Berkey house (Carpenteria, Calif.)
The beach house for Peter Berkey III, a former Air Force pilot, sits oceanside along Padaro Lane with an unobstructed view of the Pacific. The siting of the house on a small rise allows for unobstructed views of the mountains to the north as well.
Lutah Maria Riggs, architect Richard Fish, photographer
Lutah Maria Riggs papers, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
Lutah Maria Riggs: Jefferson card room (Montecito, Calif.)
Mr and Mrs Percival Jefferson owned the 1916 Reginald Johnson-designed house, Miraflores. After her death in 1950, Mr.s Jefferson's friend and secretary, Helen Marso, donated the house and grounds to begin the Music Academy of the West.
Barton Myers: Wolf house (Toronto, Ont.), drawing
For this early house on a steeply sloping lot, Myers used pilings to raise the house and create space for a patio or eventual addition.
Barton Myers, architect A.J. Diamond and Barton Myers Architects, architects
Barton Myers papers, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
Robert Stacy-Judd: National Hall project (Los Angeles, Calif.)
The National Hall project, for the client Paramount Group, was a group of buildings two city blocks square, at the corner of Sunset and Vine in Hollywood. The project was to include a 23,000 seat auditorium, a 13-story department store, office buildings, hotel, and a 2,500 seat theater. Each of these components was to feature Stacy-Judd's signature "Mayan" style decorative motifs.
Robert Stacy-Judd papers, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara
Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara
Robert Stacy-Judd: Twin Lakes Park (Chatsworth, Calif.)
Twin Lakes Park was a resort development featuring two man-made lakes. Stacy-Judd designed the entrance gate in Mayan style, on the aptly named Mayan Road. He also designed the clubhouse and a few "Aztec" style cabins. Unfortunately, the lakes have been drained and filled in, and both the gate and clubhouse have been demolished when the 118 freeway was expanded.
Robert Stacy-Judd: Streets of All Nations
The unbuilt "Streets of All Nations" project was designed as a large-scale commercial enterprise. Stacy-Judd designed restaurants, motels, theaters, churches and temples, art galleries, and residences all grouped by country and architectural style. He blended a number of different styles, including Art Deco, Modern, and Mayan, as well as regional styles like Swiss Chalet and Indian.
Robert Stacy-Judd: Stacy-Judd house (Minot, ND)
The house Robert Stacy-Judd designed and built for himself and his first wife is a modified Swiss Chalet style house. It has a raised floor plan, where the main living area is on the second floor, with bedrooms and integrated garage on the lower level. It was located on a large plot of land near the corner of Springfield Avenue and Robert Street NE (a note on a map in the files suggests the street was named after Stacy-Judd).
Robert Stacy-Judd: Morris Plan Bank (Long Beach, Calif.)
The Morris Plan Bank was a national banking system which primarily loaned money to middle-class people who had trouble obtaining regular loans. The Bank was started in Virginia in 1910, and soon had locations all across the country, including Los Angeles and Long Beach. This bank was possibly located on Pine Avenue in downtown Long Beach.
Robert Stacy-Judd: Hansen house (Santa Monica, Calif.)
This house possibly located on San Vicente in Santa Monica, features a board and batten exterior, painted light green. Unusual features include a large circular front door and a flat-roofed house volume contrasting with a more traditional gabled roof.
Robert Stacy-Judd, architect R.H. Stone, photographer
Brentwood Heights, Calif.; Los Angeles, Calif.
Robert Stacy-Judd: Lake Mead Recreation Area (Lake Mead, Nev.)
After the Hoover Dam was built in the mid-1930s, Lake Mead became a popular recreation area. Stacy-Judd put forth a proposal to the National Park Service for three tourist areas: Boulder Beach, Lost City, and Pierce Ferry. The handwritten caption for the first image above reads: "Lake Mead Recreational Area (U.S. Parks Dept.) Approx. 3 1/4 million acres. Consisting of three large resorts, approx. 150 miles apart, triangulating the Lake. Working drawings were completed and bids taken on much of the works when projects were postponed due to World War 2. Above, is Boulder Beach, spreads 4 1/2 miles along shore."
Lake Mead, Nev.; Boulder Beach, Nev.; Pierce's Ferry, Ariz.; Overton, Nev.
Robert Stacy-Judd: Empire Theater (Edmonton, Alberta)
In 1919, Stacy-Judd moved to Calgary, Alberta, Canada and partnered with architect William B. Major to construct buildings in the rapidly growing area. The Empire Theater and Apartments in Edmonton contained a number of different architectural influences, from a Tudor exterior to an Arts and Crafts inspired lobby. Stacy-Judd had experience designing theaters in England, and he also designed the stage and elaborate auditorium paintings.
Robert Stacy-Judd, architect McDermid Photography, photographer William B. Major, architect
Robert Stacy-Judd: Armory (Williston, ND)
The National Guard Armory in Williston, North Dakota was designed by Stacy-Judd with a castle-like tower and turrets on either side of the entrances. The Armory was financed with a combination public, private, State, and National funds, since the community would use the Armory for community gatherings as well as the National Guard.
Robert Stacy-Judd, architect Olson, photographer
Thornton Abell: Mt. Vernon Junior High School (Los Angeles, Calif.)
This commission from the Los Angeles School District for a classroom building at Mt. Vernon Junior High, was located in the West Adams neighborhood. It is now named the Johnnie Cochran Middle School.
Thornton Abell, architect Richard Fish, photographer
Thornton M. Abell papers, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
Thornton Abell: Niedringhaus/Reber duplexes (Montecito, Calif.)
Abell designed side-by-side duplexes for sisters Mary McKeen Niedringhaus and Christine Reber. Both houses had private views of the mountains and each side of the duplex also contained a rental unit.
Thornton Abell: Degnan shopping center (Los Angeles, Calif.)
For this shopping center in the Leimert Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, Abell designed the business block for Philip M. Gordon and the Los Feliz Investment Company.
Los Angeles, Calif.; Liemert Park, Calif.
Thornton Abell: KTLA Studio Plant (Hollywood, Calif.)
For this axonometric drawing, Abell shows a cut-away of the Paramount Television Productions studio plant on North Bronson Avenue in Hollywood. Klaus Landsberg, a pioneering electrical engineer for the early television studios, is listed as the 'West Coast Director' of this plant.
Thornton Abell: Valley Center Shopping Center (Van Nuys, Calif.)
This rendering for a shopping center was commissioned by M. Russell Davis and Philip Mackay Gordon, builder and business property developers. This early work shows influences of Streamline Moderne as well as a more Modern aesthetic.
Thornton Abell: Charnock Road Elementary (Mar Vista, Calif.)
The site plan for the Charnock Road Elementary School shows how additional buildings could be added to the site as enrollment grew during the population boom of the 1950s. This was a project for the Los Angeles City School district in the Mar Vista neighborhood.
Thornton Abell, architect Julius Shulman, photographer
Thornton Abell: National Home Show model home (Inglewood, Calif.)
This house was built for the Los Angeles Seventh National Home Show and Building Exposition. Abell designed a model home named "The Californian."
Thornton Abell: Braddock Street School (Los Angeles, Calif.)
This elementary school was one of many schools designed by Abell. Located in the Culver City area of Los Angeles, this school is now a 'gifted magnet' school. The photographs by Julius Shulman were thoughtfully staged.
Thornton Abell: Beck house (Los Angeles, Calif.)
This house in the Bel Air Hills section of Los Angeles, was built for Dr. William S. Beck. Sited on a steeply upwardly sloping lot in a canyon, the house was placed close to the road to take advantage of the only flat portion of the lot.
Thornton Abell: Abell office (Santa Monica, Calif.)
The Thornton Abell office building in Santa Monica highlights his architectural style for clients. The use of clean lines, indoor/outdoor living, and sliding partition doors were all features showcased in the photos by architectural photographer Julius Shulman.
Barton Myers: Dundas-Sherbourne (Toronto, Ont.), Vacant Lottery site plan
"Vacant Lottery" was a special issue of Design Quarterly magazine which was co-written by Barton Myers and George Baird in 1978. The graphics show the existing buildings in dark blue, new construction in light blue, outside space is orange, and other existing buildings not part of the project are dark grey. For Dundas-Sherbourne, Myers and Diamond added infill housing (the light blue rectangles in the above image) behind the existing housing (dark blue) in order to add density without changing the character of the neighborhood.
Barton Myers, architect A.J. Diamond and Barton Myers Architects
Barton Myers: Griffin's Restaurant (Toronto, Canada)
Myers designed an open and airy restaurant within the structure of an old warehouse building in downtown Toronto.
Barton Myers, architect Barton Myers Associates, architects Ian Samson, photographer
Barton Myers: Yorkville Library (Toronto, Canada)
The Yorkville Branch Library in Toronto was originally designed in 1907 by architect Robert McCallum, the city architect, as part of a Carnegie library grant. Myers added on to the original Beaux Arts style building, with an addition to the back of the building.
Barton Myers, architect Barton Myers Associates, architects
Barton Myers: Indian Paintbrush offices (Santa Monica, Calif.)
The Indian Paintbrush production company building is an example of adaptive re-use of a previously under-utilized brick building into modern office space. Myers designed a one-story office complex with a partial second-story, and a rooftop deck.
Barton Myers, architect Barton Myers Associates, architects Ciro Coelho. photographer
Barton Myers: Dundas-Sherbourne (Toronto, Canada)
The Dundas-Shelbourne project was an infill housing scheme undertaken by the City of Toronto's Non-Profit Housing Corporation. Instead of tearing down existing housing stock to build high-rise towers, Myers and Diamond designed 5- to 7-story medium-rise infill housing, sited on the back half of the existing housing units. This allowed the neighborhood to retain old housing stock, while adding new units.
Barton Myers, architect A.J. Diamond and Barton Myers, architects
Barton Myers: Ghent Square (Norfolk, Vir.)
Ghent Square was a project for the Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority. Myers designed townhomes for the northeast quadrant of the square-- the development was sited around a central green space.
Barton Myers: Bekins house (Montecito, Calif.)
For the Bekins house in the Toro Canyon area of Montecito, Myers utilized the same type of steel construction he used in his own nearby house. Myers worked with landscape architects Arcadia Studios to preserve some of the landscape features originally placed on the site by Lockwood de Forest, a noted local Santa Barbara landscape architect.
Barton Myers: Earl Bales Outdoor Theatre (Toronto, Ontario)
This 1500-seat theater is modeled on Greek and Roman theaters. It overlooks a ravine, which provides a natural backdrop to the stage performances. The Earl Bales Outdoor Theater is now called the Barry Zukerman Amphitheater in Earl Bales Park.
Barton Myers: Ontario Medical Association building (Ontario, Canada)
The building, at 240 St. George Street in Toronto, was designed to be the office space for the Ontario Medical Association. The building now houses the Consulate General of the People's Republic of China.
Barton Myers: Don Watt Studio (Toronto, Ontario)
Don Watt was the founder of The Watt Group, a retail branding and design consultancy business. Myers designed the Studio building with an interior atrium which included trees.
Barton Myers, architect Barton Myers Associates, architects Patricia Layman Bazelon, photographer