William F. Curlett (County Down, Ireland, March 3, 1846 – January 21, 1914, San Francisco)[1] and Alexander Edward Curlett (called Aleck) (San Francisco, February 6, 1881 – September 5, 1942)[2] were a father-and-son pair of architects. They worked together as partners under the name of William Curlett and Son, Architects from c. 1908–1916.[3] Aleck Curlett partnered with Claud Beelman as Curlett & Beelman (1919–1932).[4]
The San Francisco firm of Curlett, Eisen, & Cuthbertson, Architects, was active in the 1880s; it designed the Los Angeles County Courthouse in 1887. In 1888, the firm occupied Room #41 of the Downey Block. (See Los Angeles, California, City Directory, 1888, p. 768.)[5]
Works
editNational Register of Historic Places
editA number of works by either or both Curletts and by Curlett & Beelman are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.[6] These works include:
Alex Curlett
edit- Board of Trade Building, 111 W. 7th St. Los Angeles, California
- Building at 816 South Grand Avenue, 816 S. Grand Ave. Los Angeles, California
- Equitable Building of Hollywood, 6253 W. Hollywood Blvd.[7]
- Fifth Street Store Building, 501-515 S. Broadway, Los Angeles, California[8]
- Roosevelt Building, 727 W. Seventh St. Los Angeles, California
William Curlett
edit- Haas Californiandy Factory, 54 Mint St. San Francisco, California
- Packard Library, 301 4th St. Marysville, California
- Theodore F. Payne House, 1409 Sutter St. San Francisco, California
- Villa Montalvo, 14800 Montalvo Rd. Saratoga, California
- Mutual Savings Bank Building, 700 Market St., San Francisco, California[9]
- Phelan Building, 760 Market St. San Francisco, California
Alex and William Curlett
edit- Hotel Congress, 303–311 E. Congress St. Tucson, Arizona
- Rialto Building, 300–320 E. Congress St. Tucson, Arizona
- Rialto Theatre, 318 E. Congress St. Tucson, Arizona
Curlett & Beelman
edit- Cooper Arms Apartments, 455 E. Ocean Blvd. Long Beach, California
- Chester Williams Building, 215 W. 5th Street, Los Angeles, California[8]
- Culver Hotel, 9400 Culver Blvd. Culver City, California
- Heinsbergen Decorating Company Building, 7415 Beverly Blvd. Los Angeles, California
- Security Building, 234 N. Central Phoenix, Arizona
Other works
editOther of their works include:
- Proper Hotel, orig. Commercial Club of Southern Californialifornia, later Californiase Hotel, 1100 S. Broadway, Downtown Los Angeles (1926, as of 2020 under renovation to open as hotel)[10]
- St. Mark's Episcopal Church (Berkeley, California)[11]
- Foreman & Clark Building, 701 South Hill St., Los Angeles (Curlett & Beelman)
Block, Curlett & Eisen
edit
Works attributed to Block, Curlett & Eisen:
- Potomac Block, west side of Broadway between 2nd and 3rd, Los Angeles, retail and offices, opened 1890.
Curlett, Eisen & Cuthbertson
editReferences
edit- ^ "William F. Curlett (Architect)". Pacific Coast Architecture Database. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
- ^ "Alexander Edward Curlett (Architect)". Pacific Coast Architecture Database. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
- ^ "Curlett, William, and Son, Architects (Partnership)". Pacific Coast Architecture Database. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
- ^ "Curlett and Beelman, Architects (Partnership)". Pacific Coast Architecture Database. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
- ^ "PCAD - Curlett, Eisen, and Cuthbertson, Architects". pcad.lib.washington.edu. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 9 July 2010.
- ^ "AMBER-20150127111802" (PDF).
- ^ a b "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form - California SP Broadway Theater and Commercial District". United States Department of the Interior - National Park Service. 9 May 1979.
- ^ National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet: Mutual Savings Bank Building, National Park Service, 22 January 2014
- ^ "DTLA-Fact-Sheet_Dec2019" (PDF). December 2019.
- ^ "Campus Outreach". St. Mark's Episcopal Church. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
- ^ "Lanfranco Block - Romanesque Revival Downtown - PocketSights". pocketsights.com. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
- ^ "To Be Replaced". Los Angeles Herald. 15 January 1888. p. 9.