Ralph Carlin Flewelling FAIA (May 4, 1894 – December 30, 1975) was an American architect. He designed many buildings in Los Angeles County, California.
Ralph Carlin Flewelling | |
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| Born | May 4, 1894 St. Louis, Michigan, U.S. |
| Died | December 30, 1975 |
| Alma mater | Wesleyan University Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Children | Ralph Hunter Flewelling born 1930 |
| Parent | Ralph Tyler Flewelling |
Early life
editFlewelling was born on May 4, 1894, in St. Louis, Michigan.[1] His father was Ralph Tyler Flewelling.[1] He graduated from Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut and he received a Master's degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1917.[1]
Career
editFlewelling started his career as a draftsman for Henry M. Patterson, a Los Angeles-based architect, from 1921 to 1923.[1] He then worked for William Lee Woollett (1874-1955) from 1924 to 1925.[1] He opened his own architectural practise in 1925.[1]
Flewelling designed the Hawthorne School in Beverly Hills, California in 1928.[1][2] He designed the Electric Fountain in Beverly Hills in 1931.[1] He also designed the post office in Beverly Hills in 1932 and 1933.[1][3] Later, he designed the city hall and police station in Newport Beach, California in 1949.[1][4] He also designed the All Saints' Episcopal Church in Riverside, California.[1][5]
Flewelling became a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects in 1941.[1]
With Walter Leland Moody
editTogether with Walter Leland Moody, Flewelling designed Santa Ana College located at 1530 West 17th Street in Santa Ana, California in 1947.[1][6] Two years later, in 1949, they designed Paradise Canyon Elementary School located at 471 Knight Way in La Canada, California.[1][7]
They designed Morningside High School located at 10500 Yukon Avenue in Inglewood, California in 1953.[1][8] The following year, in 1954, they designed the Center Street School located at 700 Center Street in El Segundo, California.[1][9] That year, they also designed the Del Norte School in West Covina, California.[1][10] A year later, in 1955, they designed the Hawthorne High School in Hawthorne, California.[1][11]
They designed the Seeley W. Mudd Library located at 640 North College Avenue in Claremont, California in 1970; it is named for Seeley W. Mudd.[1][12]
Personal life and death
editFlewelling married twice, first in 1925 and then in 1951.[1] He had a child in 1930.[1] He died on December 30, 1975, in Los Angeles County, California.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v Pacific Coast Architecture Database
- ^ Pacific Coast Architecture Database: Beverly Hills Unified School District, Hawthorne School, Beverly Hills, CA
- ^ Pacific Coast Architecture Database: United States Government, Postal Service (USPS), Post Office, Beverly Hills Main, Beverly Hills, CA
- ^ Pacific Coast Architecture Database: City of Newport Beach, City Hall and Police Station, Newport Beach, CA
- ^ Pacific Coast Architecture Database: Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, All Saints' Episcopal Church, Riverside, CA
- ^ Pacific Coast Architecture Database: Santa Ana Junior College, Santa Ana, CA
- ^ Pacific Coast Architecture Database: La Canada Unified School District, Paradise Canyon Elementary School, La Canada, CA
- ^ Pacific Coast Architecture Database: Inglewood Unified School District, Morningside High School, Inglewood, CA
- ^ Pacific Coast Architecture Database: El Segundo Unified School District, Center Street School, El Segundo, CA
- ^ Pacific Coast Architecture Database: West Covina Unified School District, Del Norte School, West Covina, CA
- ^ Pacific Coast Architecture Database: Centinela Valley School District, Hawthorne High School, Hawthorne, CA
- ^ Pacific Coast Architecture Database: Claremont College, Mudd, Seeley W., Library, Claremont, CA