Parkinson, John, Architect (Practice)

click to open gallery Advertisement for the Home Savings Bank located in the Alexandria Hotel, Los Angeles, 1913; from the Los Angeles, California, City Directory, 1913, ad between pages 2208 and 2209
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Arthur Bishop Chamberlin, Elmer Horace Fisher, John Parkinson, Paul J. Van Trees

Active 1885-1889; 1890-1894; 1895-1905; 1915-1920

Firm Notes

John Parkinson, Architect, had a solo practice as a building contractor and architect in Napa, CA, c. 1885-1889. The architect worked on his own in Seattle, WA, in 1890-1894. He also worked on his own in Los Angeles, CA, between 1895-1905 and 1915-1920.

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Buildings and other works

NameDateCityState
Allerton, A.G., House, Pasadena, CA1904
Ballard, William R., Flats, Ballard, Seattle, WA1889SeattleWA
Bank of Napa, Headquarters Building #2, Downtown, Napa, CA1888NapaCA
Bernard, Susana Machado, House and Barn, Los Angeles, CA1901Los AngelesCA
Blackstone's Department Store #2, Downtown, Los Angeles, CA1916-1917Los AngelesCA
Braly, John Hyde, Building, Downtown, Los Angeles, CA1903-1904Los AngelesCA
Broadway Theatre, Downtown, Los Angeles, CA1903-1903
Burdick Building, Downtown, Los Angeles, CA 1888-1889Los AngelesCA
City of Los Angeles, Fire Department (LAFD), Engine Company #18, Station #1, Los Angeles, CA1904Los AngelesCA
City of Portland, City Hall #2, Parkinson Project, Portland, OR1890PortlandOR
County of Los Angeles, Distributing Station #12, Los Angeles, CA1903Los AngelesCA
Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States, Office Building Project, Seattle, WA1890-1891
Free Methodist Church, Oregon and Washington Conference, Seattle Seminary, Alexander Hall, Ross Station, Seattle, WA1892-1893SeattleWA
Garland, William, House, Central Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA1899-1900Los AngelesCA
Grant Building, Downtown, Los Angeles, CA1901-1902Los AngelesCA
Hilton, G.H., Double House, Seattle, WA1890SeattleWA
Hotel Alexandria, Downtown, Los Angeles, CA1905-1906Los AngelesCA
Hotel Maryland #1, Old Pasadena, Pasadena, CA 1903-1904PasadenaCA
Hotel Olive, Downtown, Los Angeles, CA1904-1905Los AngelesCA
Independent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF), Hall Project, Seattle, WA1889SeattleWA
Jesuit College and Church, Seattle, WASeattleWA
Johnson, O.T., Commercial Building #2, Downtown, Los Angeles, CA1902Los AngelesCA
King Edward Hotel, Los Angeles, CALos AngelesCA
Mason Opera House, Downtown, Los Angeles, CA 1902-1903Los AngelesCA
Napa Valley Unified School District, High School Project, Napa, CA1888NapaCA
Natick House, Downtown, Los Angeles, CA 1883-1884Los AngelesCA
Parkinson, John and Meta, House #1, Los Angeles, CA1900-1901Los AngelesCA
Parkinson, John and Meta, House #2, Los Angeles, CALos AngelesCA
Parkinson, John and Meta, House #3, Santa Monica, CA1919-1920Santa MonicaCA
Parkinson, John, House, Seattle, WA1890SeattleWA
Portland Chamber of Commerce, Headquarters Building Project, Portland, OR1890PortlandOR
Seattle Athletic Club #1, Pioneer Square, Seattle, WA1892-1893SeattleWA
Seattle National Bank Building, Pioneer Square, Seattle, WA1890-1892SeattleWA
Seattle Public Schools, Cascade School, Cascade, Seattle, WA 1893-1894SeattleWA
Seattle Public Schools, Day, B.F., School, Fremont, Seattle, WA1891-1892SeattleWA
Seattle Public Schools, Denny School, 5th Avenue and Battery Street, Downtown, Seattle, WA 1883-1884SeattleWA
Seattle Public Schools, Pacific School, Seattle, WASeattleWA
Security-1st National Bank, Branch, Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA1921Hollywood, Los AngelesCA
Southern California Edison Office Building #1, Downtown, Los Angeles, CALos AngelesCA
Southern California Edison, Electric Power Station #3, Los Angeles, CA1902Los AngelesCA
Stearns, Colonel John E., House, Los Angeles, CALos AngelesCA
Superior Court of California, Shasta County, Courthouse Project, Redding, CA1888ReddingCA
Wholesale Terminal, Building #1, East 7th Street and South Central Avenue, Wholesale District, Los Angeles, CA1915-1917Los AngelesCA
Wholesale Terminal, Building #2, East 7th Street and South Central Avenue, Wholesale District, Los Angeles, CA1917-1919Los AngelesCA
Wholesale Terminal, Building #3, East 7th Street and South Central Avenue, Wholesale District, Los Angeles, CA1919Los AngelesCA
World's Columbian Exposition, Washington State Pavilion Project, Chicago, IL1892ChicagoIL

Publications

"Seattle National Bank Building, Seattle, WA", American Architect and Building News, plate, 07/05/1890. "Study for the Equitable Life Assurance Building, Seattle", American Architect and Building News, 30: 12/12/1891. "Braly Block", Architect and Engineer, 30, 1905-09. Ochsner, Jeffrey Karl, Anderson, Dennis Alan, Distant Corner Seattle Architects and the Legacy of H.H. Richardson, 283-284, 2003. Woodbridge, Sally, Montgomery, Roger, Guide to Architecture in Washington State, 205, 1980. Woodbridge, Sally, Montgomery, Roger, Guide to Architecture in Washington State An Environmental Perspective, 115, 1980. Ochsner, Jeffrey Karl, "Seeing Richardson in His Time: The Problem of the Romanesque Revival", H.H. Richardson The Architect, His Peers and Their Era, 125, 1999. "Residence, A.G. Allerton, Pasadena, Cal. John Parkinson, Architect, Los Angeles, Cal. ", Inland Architect and News Record, XLVI: 1, plate, 1905-08. Gebhard, David, Winter, Robert, "Brady [sic] Building", Los Angeles An Architectural Guide, 237, 1994. Gebhard, David, Winter, Robert, "94. Alexandria Hotel, 1906", Los Angeles An Architectural Guide, 237, 1994. Gebhard, David, Winter, Robert, "Fire Engine House No. 18, 1904", Los Angeles An Architectural Guide, 266, 1994. "Langtry, Lillie, plays Mason Opera House", Los Angeles Herald, 8, 01/08/1904. "Farewell appearance of Helena Modjeska", Los Angeles Herald, 8, 02/06/1906. "Mason Opera House demolition 3/15/1955", Los Angeles Herald-Express, 3/15/1955. "Mason Opera House demolition 3/16/1955", Los Angeles Herald-Express, 3/16/1955. "Mason Opera House demolition 3/14/1955", Los Angeles Herald-Express, 3/14/1955. "Historic Mason Opera House to be razed", Los Angeles Mirror-Times, 12/21/1954. "Mason Opera House razed", Los Angeles Times, part I: 1, 7/17/1956. "The New Wholesale and Shipping Center of Los Angeles", Los Angeles Times, V1, 05/05/1918. Rasmussen, Cecilia, "L.A. then and now/'Wall Street of the West' had its peaks, crashes", Los Angeles Times, B3, 06/11/2000. "Mason Opera House construction commences", Los Angeles Times, part II: 1, 3/8/1902. "Came from Boston to decorate our opera house", Los Angeles Times, part II: 1, 1/23/1903. "The Laughlin Building California's Finest Office Structure as It Is", Los Angeles Times, 26, 07/05/1898. "Two Notable Homes Sold", Los Angeles Times, V2, 03/14/1920. "Three Thousand More", Los Angeles Times, 19, 06/23/1900. "Classic home is pure Mission style", Los Angeles Times, 1, 07/17/1904. "Parkinson House ", Los Angeles Times, 1, 05/14/1905. "City Briefs", Los Angeles Times, 14, 02/16/1899. "Savings Bank & Trust Company Building", Los Angeles Times, 1, 1903-03-01. "Braly Block Raised L.A.'s Sights", Los Angeles Times, 29, 1985-06-23. Rasmussen, Cecilia, "L.A. then and now/'Wall Street of the West' had its peaks, crashes", Los Angeles Times, B3, 2000-06-11. "Braly Building", Los Angeles Times, 2, 1902-07-04. "Braly Block", Los Angeles Times, 8, 1904-01-10. Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, Los Angeles and vicinity, n.p., 1904. Kronzek, Lynn, Los Angeles, place of possibilities: the People and Resources that Created Los Angeles, 455, 1998. LeBerthon, J.L., Our Architecture : Morgan & Walls, John Parkinson, Hunt & Eager, n.p., 1904. Parkinson Centennial 1894-1994, 14, 1994. Ochsner, Jeffrey Karl, "John Parkinson", Shaping Seattle Architecture, 10, 1994. Ochsner, Jeffrey Karl, "John Parkinson", Shaping Seattle Architecture A Historical Guide to the Architects, 30, 1994. Ochsner, Jeffrey Karl, "John Parkinson", Shaping Seattle Architecture A Historical Guide to the Architects, 28 - 33, 1994. Ochsner, Jeffrey Karl, "John Parkinson", Shaping Seattle Architecture A Historical Guide to the Architects, 31, 1994. Welch, S.L., Southern California Illustrated Annual, 41, 1886-1887. "Parkinson House ", Sunset Magazine, 265, 03/1909. "Residence of John Parkinson, Los Angeles, California", Western Architect, 10: 7, unnumbered plate, 07/1907. "Hotel Maryland, Pasadena, California", Western Architect, 10: 7, 1907-07.
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