Thornton Fitzhugh

Thornton Fitzhugh (1864–1933)[1] was an American architect.[2] Among his major works are the Beaux Arts and Romanesque Pacific Electric Building in downtown Los Angeles, California, and a number others which are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.[3]

For part of his career he worked in a partnership, Fitzhugh, Krucker and Deckbar.

Works include:[4]

  • Pacific Electric Building, (1902–1904), 610 S. Main St., downtown Los Angeles, CA
  • Highland Park Presbyterian Church #1, (1903), Highland Park neighborhood, Los Angeles, CA
  • Mayfair Apartments, (1906), Los Angeles, CA
  • Bank of Highland Park Building, (1906), Highland Park neighborhood Los Angeles, CA
  • Mrs. J.H. Newell and Miss Anna B. Clarkson House, (1907), Los Angeles, CA
  • S.R. Jordan House, (1908) Venice neighborhood, Los Angeles, CA
  • Watkins and Belden Hotel Project, (1913), Los Angeles, CA
  • Trinity Auditorium Building, (1911–1914), Los Angeles, CA
  • Cooper Arms Apartments, (1923), Long Beach, CA
  • G.E. Noll Building, Phoenix, Arizona, NRHP-listed
  • Glendale Woman's Club Clubhouse, 7032 N. 56th Ave. Glendale, Arizona, NRHP-listed
  • First Presbyterian Church (San Luis Obispo, California) (1904)

His brother Lee Mason Fitzhugh was also a noted architect who designed the First United Methodist Church, Glendale, AZ[5]

References

  1. ↑ "PCAD – the Pacific Coast Architecture Database – Home". Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  2. ↑ "THORNTON FITZHUGH". Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  3. ↑ National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  4. ↑ "PCAD – the Pacific Coast Architecture Database – Home". Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  5. ↑ "Church History". Retrieved 12 July 2017.


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