Lee, S. Charles Architect (Practice)

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William B. David, Simeon Charles Lee

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Buildings and other works

NameDateCityState
Academy Theatre, Inglewood, CA1939InglewoodCA
Alexander Theatre, Glendale, CA1925GlendaleCA
Bakersfield Opera House, Bakersfield, CA1906BakersfieldCA
Berkeley Theatre, Downtown, Berkeley, CA 1911BerkeleyCA
Bruin Theatre, Westwood, Los Angeles, CA1937Westwood, Los AngelesCA
Chino Theatre, Chino, CA1947ChinoCA
City of Los Angeles, Department of Water and Power (LADWP), Building, Lincoln Heights, Los Angeles, CA1934-1935Lincoln Heights, Los AngelesCA
Factor, Max, Make-Up Salon, Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA1935Los AngelesCA
Florence Theatre, Florence, Los Angeles, CA1930-1932
Fox Theatres Corporation, Fox Theatre, Downtown, Bakersfield, CA1929-1930BakersfieldCA
Fox West Coast Theatres Corporation, Fox Phoenix Theatre, Phoenix, AZ1930-1931PhoenixAZ
Fox West Coast Theatres Corporation, Fox Wilshire Theatre, Beverly Hills, CA1929-1930Beverly HillsCA
Fremont Theatre, Downtown, San Luis Obispo, CA1940-1942San Luis ObispoCA
Hollywood and Western Building, Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA1927-1928Los AngelesCA
Los Angeles Theatre #2, Los Angeles, CA1930-1931Los AngelesCA
Loyola Theatre, Inglewood, CALos AngelesCA
Mayer, Louis B., Building, Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA1927-1928Los AngelesCA
Mayfair Theatre, Ventura, CA1939-1940VenturaCA
Orange Theatre, Orange, CA1924OrangeCA
Temple Theatre, Temple City, CA1940Temple CityCA
Tower Bowl, San Diego, CA1940San DiegoCA
Tower Theatre, Downtown, Los Angeles, CA1927-1927Los AngelesCA
Tower Theatre, Klamath Falls, OR1939Klamath FallsOR
Tower Theatre, Tower District, Fresno, CA1938-1939FresnoCA
Tumbleweed Theatre, Five Points, CA1939Five PointsCA
Vern Theatre, Wyvernwood, Los Angeles, CA1939Wyvernwood, Los AngelesCA
Vogue Theatre, Oxnard, CA1949-1950OxnardCA
West Coast Theatre, Long Beach, CA 1924-1925Long BeachCA
Westlake Theatre #2 MacArthur Park, Los Angeles, CA1925-1926Los AngelesCA

Publications

Clepper, Irene, "Refurbishing 60-year-old theater is challenge for California crew. (Fox Theater, Bakersfield, California)", Air Conditioning, Heating & Refrigeration News, 1995-05-15. Naylor, David, American Picture Palaces The Architecture of Fantasy, 219, 1981. Naylor, David, American Picture Palaces The Architecture of Fantasy, 219, 1981. Naylor, David, American Picture Palaces The Architecture of Fantasy, 201, 218, 1981. Naylor, David, American Picture Palaces The Architecture of Fantasy, 219, 1981. Naylor, David, American Picture Palaces The Architecture of Fantasy, 141, 143, 219, 1981. Naylor, David, American Picture Palaces The Architecture of Fantasy, 219, 1981. Naylor, David, American Picture Palaces The Architecture of Fantasy, 203-204, 220, 1981. Naylor, David, American Picture Palaces The Architecture of Fantasy, 203, 220, 1981. Lee, S. Charles, "The Influence of West Coast Designers on the Modern Theater", Journal of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers, 50: 329-336, 350-359, 04/1948. Gebhard, David, Winter, Robert, Los Angeles An Architectural Guide, 82-83, 1994. Gebhard, David, Winter, Robert, Los Angeles An Architectural Guide, 299, 1994. Gebhard, David, Winter, Robert, Los Angeles An Architectural Guide, 107, 1994. Gebhard, David, Winter, Robert, Los Angeles An Architectural Guide, 145, 1994. Gebhard, David, Winter, Robert, "80. Tower Theatre", Los Angeles An Architectural Guide, 236, 1994. Gebhard, David, Winter, Robert, Los Angeles An Architectural Guide, 317, 1994. Gebhard, David, Winter, Robert, Los Angeles An Architectural Guide, 235, 1994. "15 million for new theater by (Fox) West Coast Theaters", Los Angeles Evening Express, 13, 12/02/1929. "Showhouse construction takes advantage of low costs", Los Angeles Times, part V: 1, 5/4/1930. "Theatre crop for 1929 grows", Los Angeles Times, 4, 01/27/1929. "Bakersfield theater award (contract) given", Los Angeles Times, 3, 03/09/1930. "Bakersfield theater plan prepared", Los Angeles Times, 17, 12/08/1929. "Vern Theatre, Wyvernwood, Los Angeles", Southwest Builder & Contractor, 36, col 1, 12/15/1939. "Academy Theatre, Inglewood, CA", Southwest Builder & Contractor, 65, col 2, 08/04/1939. "Orange Theatre Notice", Southwest Builder & Contractor, 57, 5/9/1924. "Academy Theatre, Inglewood, CA", Southwest Builder and Contractor, 58, col. 1, 07/21/1939. "Florence Theatre preliminary plans", Southwest Builder and Contractor, 50, col 2, 04/25/1930. "Academy Theatre, Inglewood, CA, plans", Southwest Builder and Contractor, 46, col. 3, 06/09/1939. "Temple City theater plans", Southwest Contractor and Manufacturer, 43, col .3, 4/12/1940. Shepherd, Roger, Structures of Our Time, 35, 2002.
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