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This desert house for Maryon (also listed as Marian) Toole, is located in Palm Desert, which at the time was an unincorporated area known as Palm Village. It features stone walls with wood framing, large glass walls and clerestory windows to let in…

The Maurice Kallis house is sited on a north-facing slope in Studio City, with a wide view of the San Fernando Valley. The house originally contained a separate apartment and detached artist studio, but is now a single family home.

This very early work of Schindler was done while he was still in the employ of the Chicago architecture firm Otternheim, Stern, and Reichert, just prior to Schindler leaving to work for Frank Lloyd Wright at Taliesin. Built at Buena Avenue and…

This house in the Studio City area of Los Angeles, was built in 1941 for Samuel and Yolanda Goodwin. The two-bedroom plus den house is sited on a street-to-street lot, with views of the valley.

The house designed for writer Rose Harris was built on top of a rocky ridge in the Laurel Canyon area of Los Angeles. The steep hillside site provided an unobstructed view down the canyon, but the footprint of the house was small, due to the…

The Bethlehem Baptist Church on South Compton Avenue in Los Angeles is Schindler's only religious structure. It is one of very few examples of modern architecture in South Los Angeles. The African-American church congregation commissioned Schindler…

Schindler was working for Frank Lloyd Wright when Thomas Hardy commissioned a series of 18 worker houses near Racine, Wisconsin.

The James B. Irving house was a temporary home designed by Schindler while he was employed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Schindler designed the home quickly, after Irving requested a temporary home since his had been destroyed by a tornado.
The Irvings…

This photograph of the exterior of the house shows the growth of landscaping along the front and patio areas.

Some of the hallmarks of Schindler's later works can be seen in these interior photographs. The built-in furniture, focus on natural light, and the use of wood on the walls and ceiling are architectural details seen throughout his career in various…

The original idea for the Barnsdall site was that it was to have an on-site theater, housing for actors and staff, as well as the main house. The Director's House, also referred to as House A was designed by Wright and built with Schindler as the…

The James Eads How house in the Silverlake area of Los Angeles, is sited on top of a ridge, with views of the San Fernando Valley. The house at 2400 square feet, is large for a Schindler, and is built with center-cut redwood and poured concrete.…

The blueprints for the elevations of the Director's House (House A) show the Prairie influence on Wright's design. With a long row of clearstory windows, concrete walls, and horizontal lines, the house clearly shows the Wright design. Wright brought…

The owners of a successful furniture business, Frank and Ruth Wilmot Cowlishaw commissioned Coate to design a large ranch house and stables for their 640 acre working ranch in Arizona. The house was L shaped and centered around a pool in the back of…

This house, an interpretation of a Monterey style house, was one of Coate's earliest commissions as a solo architect, after the dissolution of the Johnson, Kaufmann, and Coate partnership. Stafford W. Bixby was a descendant of early California…

The John E. Barber house is an early example of Coate's Monterey Revival style-- a second story balcony, center hall, with the majority of rooms opening onto outside space. Grayson C. and John Edwin Barber were a well-to-do and prominent Pasadena…

This house is a departure from Coate's Spanish and Monterey Revival style. Built for industrialist Ira L. Bryner and his wife Margaret, the house was sited on an irregular hillside lot and bore the hallmarks of a Georgian Revival, with some Colonial…

Real estate investor Jacob Stern commissioned this house from Coate in 1928. The over 9000 square foot estate was designed in the Mediterranean Revival style, on a 2.2 acre parcel of land. The 30 room mansion was sited on the crown of a hill,…

Irene Mayer and David C. Selznick, a well-known movie producer, commissioned this house from Coate at the height of the great depression. The house was a Georgian Revival on a large lot in the center of Beverly Hills, surrounded by other movie…

This large house, on a prominent hill overlooking the Bel Air Country Club was commissioned by petroleum executive David C. and Irene Norcross. The house features many Monterey Revival influences, as well as some intricate ironwork on a double-height…

This house was built for Eva J.K. Fudger, daughter of a citrus rancher and wife of a Toronto businessman. Fudger had been living across the street when she commissioned Coate to build this house with a view towards the adjacent Wilshire Country Club.…

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.

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…

This large Spanish Colonial style house was erected on San Leandro Lane for a Mrs. Dorothy D. Cotton.

This Monterey Colonial style house was designed by Coate for business executive Lionel M. Armstrong.

This house for Herbert Allen Jr. is located in the Oak Knoll neighborhood of Pasadena.

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…

Coate designed this large house for movie producer Arthur Hornblow Jr and his second wife, actress Myrna Loy.

This Spanish Colonial Revival style house was built on a large lot in San Marino for O. Nicholas Gabriel.

The house for Rudolph and Caroline Liebig is located on a large flat lot in the Bel Air section of Los Angeles.

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…

This house for Frank Hickman is located near the campus of UC Los Angeles in the "Little Holmby" area of Westwood.

Roland Coate designed and built this beach house for his family in the Emerald Bay area of Laguna Beach.

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.

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…

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…

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…

The Joseph Campbell house in Pasadena is one of Roland Coate's earliest solo commissions. This Andalusian style home has some Spanish accents.

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.

The plot plan for the first floor of the Materials Research Lab building shows the intricacies of fitting new buildings into the campus. The original Engineering building is immediately to the south, with an access road, pedestrian and bike paths…

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…

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…

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.…

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…

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…

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…

Robert Stacy-Judd was an architect, archeologist, and tireless promoter of himself and his work. These portraits exhibit how his persona of Mayan explorer informed his architectural explorations.

This church building is widely regarded as one of the premier examples of Mayan Revival style architecture. It was declared a city landmark in 1975, and placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009. The exterior steeple is stepped up…

The pair of bungalows for Dr. H. Gale Atwater were part of a larger swath of land owned by Atwater along Avon Park Terrace, adjacent to Elysian Park. Atwater had previously built another "Hopi-style" house on the property, and commissioned Stacy-Judd…

As travel by personal car became more feasible during the 1920s, the mountains surrounding Los Angeles on the east became weekend getaways for residents. The use of hot springs for relaxation and to cure various ailments was a popular attraction. The…

The founder of the Philosophical Research Society, Manely P. Hall, had commissioned buildings by Stacy-Judd previously, due to their shared interest in Mayan design. The Library in the Philosophical Research Society was designed to hold the many rare…

Robert Stacy-Judd worked for the railroad in England, then moved to the United States and worked for the Great Northern Railroad in North Dakota. After a couple of years, he started his own practice in Minot. The Central Block was originally designed…

The Carey house is a fascinating study of architectural vision versus reality. The rendering of the house is in the "Mayan" style, reminiscent of Stacy-Judd's Aztec Hotel. The photographs of the completed house show a much more subdued and modest…

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…

The La Jolla Beach and Yacht Club was a large-scale commission for Stacy-Judd after his success with the Aztec Hotel in Monrovia. For the Club, he created a more subdued theme, with triangular shaped window openings, adobe-style exterior walls, and…

Theosophy was a religion that began in the United States in the late 1800s as a mix of esoteric Spiritualism, occult influences, and adaptation various Asian religions. The Krotona Institute started in the Beechwood Canyon area of Los Angeles in…

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…

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…

As the population of the Los Angeles region grew in the early 1920s, developers purchased land that was formerly ranches to turn into housing developments. Merrick & Ruddick developed the San Fernando Valley area, and asked Stacy-Judd to design and…

The small community of Lake Sherwood is situated in the mountains of Ventura County, northwest of Los Angeles. The man-made lake and surrounding forest land was used in the 1922 filming of Robin Hood, and as the setting for many subsequent movies.…

Photo of the front hall and staircase in the Trousdale Construction Co. model house, located on Carla Ridge in Beverly Hills, California.

Photo of the living room in the Trousdale Construction Co. model house, located on Carla Ridge in Beverly Hills, California.

Photo of the living room in the Trousdale Construction Co. model house located on Carla Ridge in Beverly Hills, California.

Photo of the street elevation of Trousdale Construction Co. model house, located on Carla Ridge in Beverly Hills, California.

Photo of the exterior side of Lotery House in Los Angeles, California.

Photo of the exterior of the Los Angeles Lotery House.

Plot plan of Rex Lotery's house in the Brentwood area of Los Angeles, California.

Ground floor plan of Rex Lotery's house in the Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. Lotery completed this house for himself in 1962.

Topographic map of Lotery house site. Architect Rex Lotery built this house for himself in 1996 in the Montecito neighborhood of Santa Barbara, California.

Site plan of Lotery house with aerial view of house and terraces. Architect Rex Lotery built this house for himself in 1996 in the Montecito neighborhood of Santa Barbara, California.

Photo of front entrance of Gerald Florence house taken from the street.

Interior photo of wall and ceiling detail in Gerald Florence House in Beverly Hills, California.

Photo of exterior entrance of Gerald Florence House.

Photo of dining room in Gerald Florence house located on Loma Vista in Beverly Hills, California. Clerestory windows are in view.

Photo of the study in the Los Angeles Lotery House. The dining room is visible in the background on the left side.

Photo of exterior view of Lotery House in Los Angeles from the street.

Photo of Brayton House from below, located in Beverly Hills, California.

Photo of the kitchen in the Lotery House in Los Angeles, California.

Photo of exterior of Rex Lotery House in Los Angeles, California.

Photo of living room in the Los Angeles Lotery House.

Photo of master bedroom in the Lotery House in the Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California.

Photo of upstairs hallway in Los Angeles Lotery house. The stairs are also visible on the left side of the photo.

Photo of a bathroom in the Los Angeles Rex Lotery house.

Photo of dining room in Lotery House in Los Angeles, California.

Photo of bedroom in Rex Lotery House in Brentwood area of Los Angeles, California.

Photo of the living room in the Gerald Florence house in Beverly Hills, California.

Photo of chairs in a bedroom in the Gerald Florence House in Beverly Hills, California.

Magazine advertisement by Frojen Advertising Inc. showing five architects of the Trousdale Estates, including Rex Lotery, Richard Dorman, William Stephenson, Edward Fickett, and A. Quincy Jones. The advertisement describes the combined work of the…

This photograph shows a model of South Hall, with Girvetz Hall in the foreground. Marsh, Smith & Powell designed Girvetz in 1955, shortly before Marshs' death. The firm changed its name to Powell, Morgridge, Richards, & Coughlin in the early 1960's…

This Demonstration House #3 was located on Alameda Padre Serra street, near the Mission in Santa Barbara.

View from the street of La Linda Vista bungalow court.

This house received First Prize in the 4 Room Class for small homes. This Demonstration Home cost $2500 to build on East Cota Street in Santa Barbara.

Caption on back of photograph: "Tied with Atlanta, George for First Prize Demonstration House #1 - East Yanonali St. Better Homes in America Campaign 1925"

This unidentified house on Western Avenue in Santa Barbara was a Demonstration House for the Better Homes Committee.

This house on Alameda Padre Serra in Santa Barbara was a Demonstration House for the Better Homes Committee.

This is an exterior view of a Demonstration House for the Better Homes Committee, it is a house on Hermosa Road in Santa Barbara.

This was a Demonstration House for the Better Homes Committee, owned by Mrs. B. Smith of the Mission Canyon neighborhood of Santa Barbara.

Two story stucco house with small front yard

A two story house with garden and trees

A small house surrounded by a flower garden.