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Among the many books he has written, published, or contributed to are Rexford Newcomb’s Mediterranean Domestic Architecture in the United States (1999), George Washington Smith: An Architect’s Scrapbook (2001), Casa del Herrero (2009), Robert Winter’s Myron Hunt at Occidental College (2012), and Ranches: Home on the Range in California ...
Mar 19, 2024 · Description. Myron Hunt and Elmer Grey worked for railroad magnate and real estate mogul Henry Huntington to design buildings to house Huntington's extensive library and art collections. The Mediterranean revival style building formed the basis for the Huntington Library and Art Gallery, which first opened to the public in 1928.
Nov 11, 2019 · Noted architect Myron Hunt began a long association with Boys Republic in 1911, at the request of Boys Republic’s Board of Directors. Hunt is perhaps best known for designing such Southern California landmarks as Pasadena’s Rose Bowl, the Huntington Library, the Pasadena Public Library, and buildings at Occidental College and Pomona College.
Architects Myron H. Hunt (1868-1952) and Harold C. Chambers (1885-1971) worked in Los Angeles and its vicinity. Myron Hunt worked on his own from 1908-1920. Harold Coulson Chambers started working with Hunt as a draftsman in 1907, when the latter was still a partner with architect Elmer Grey, (1903-1908), and gradually worked his way up to ...
Partners: network. Harold Coulson Chambers Sr., Leland Lewis Evison, Myron Hubbard Hunt, McNeal Swasey. Active 1903-1904, 1910-1919. Hunt had previously worked with Elmer Grey, operating a practice in Los Angeles, CA; Hunt began a partnership with longtime employee, Harold C. Chambers, in 1920; Hunt moved to new offices in 10/1919. PCAD id: 325.
Apr 9, 2019 · “Myron Hunt was not a great architect,” Winter wrote. “He was not even in the running. But he was a good architect and an extraordinarily successful one as the world measures success.” History professor Jeremiah Axelrod agreed with Winter — Hunt’s status as an architect came more from his business sensibility than his artistic ability.
Miller continued expanding his rechristened Glenwood Mission Inn, adding a 45-room Cloister Wing in 1911; a Spanish Wing by famed architect Myron Hunt, including 10 guestrooms and an art gallery filled with European paintings, completed in 1915; and, between 1929 and 1931, an International Rotunda and the St. Francis Chapel, featuring seven of ...
