PCAD - Kump, Ernest J., Associates, Architects

Aerial view of Coast Guard Base Alameda, with Swimming Pool circled, Alameda, 2009; from Wikimedia Commons, photo by Petty Officer Erik Swanson, 2009

Postcard view of the San Jose State College Student Union, San Jose, CA, c. 1969. From Student Union Incorporated of San Jose State University.edu, "History of the Student Union," accessed 04/24/2019

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James D. Fessenden, Ernest Joseph Kump Jr., Peter Sidney Sabin, Peter Walker

Active 1962-

Firm Notes

Ernest J. Kump Associates was headquartered in Palo Alto, CA. In the 1940s-1960s, Kump's firm was known variously as Ernest J. Kump Company (1942-1949), Ernest J. Kump, (1950-1955), Office of Ernest J. Kump, (1955-1960) and Kump Associates (1962-19??). In 1962, Kump Associates leading figures were Carrol S. Rankin, James D. Fessenden, Clifford Stokes, Arthur B. Sweetser, Robert Sprague, James B. Hill, and Peter Sabin.

PCAD id: 96

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Buildings and other works

Name	Date	City	State
Acalanes Union High School District, District Administration Building Project, Lafayette, CA	1955
Acalanes Union High School District, Las Lomas High School, Lafayette, CA	1956-1957
Acalanes Union High School District, Long Range Building Program, Lafayette, CA	1947-1956
Acalanes Union High School District, Miramonte High School, Orinda, CA	1953-1957
Alameda Unified School District, Alameda High School, Alameda, CA	1958	Alameda	CA
All Saints' Episcopal Church, Watsonville, CA	1960-1962	Watsonville	CA
Cabrillo College, Watsonville, CA
City of Los Altos, Civic Center, Los Altos, CA	1960	Los Altos	CA
Foothill Junior College, Campus Plan, Los Altos Hills, CA	1960-1962	Los Altos	CA
Hillsborough City School District, North Hillsborough Elementary School, Hillsborough, CA		Hillsborough	CA
Kump, Ernest, Architectural Office, Palo Alto, CA	1957-1958	Palo Alto	CA
Mills College, Classroom Building, Oakland, CA		Oakland	CA
Pacific Lumber Company, Headquarters, San Francisco, CA	1983	San Francisco	CA
Pudlin, Samuel, House, Fresno, CA		Fresno	CA
San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD), Hoover, Herbert, Junior High School, San Francisco, CA	1955	San Francisco	CA
San Jose State College, Student Union Building, San Jose, CA	1967-1969	San Jose	CA
San Jose Unified School District, San Jose High School #2, San Jose, CA
Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara, Courthouse #9, San Jose, CA	1962-1964	San Jose	CA
United States Coast Guard (USCG), Base Alameda, Swimming Pool, Alameda, CA	1959-1960	Alameda	CA
United States Government, Department of State, U.S. Embassy, Staff Housing, Seoul, South Korea	1959	Seoul
University of California, Berkeley, Horticultural Science Building, Berkeley, CA		Berkeley	CA

Publications

American Architects Directory 1962, Second Edition: 397, 1962. "Architects in the News: Kling, Obata, and Kump Honored", Architectural Record, 133: 2, 244, 02/1963. Hitchcock, Henry-Russell, Drexler, Arthur, Built in USA: Post-War Architecture, 78-79, 1952. "UIA amd the Schoolhouse", Journal of the American Institute of Architects, 46: 5, 104, 11/1966. "Newslines: First HEW Program Bestows 7 Top Awards", Journal of the American Institute of Architects, 46: 5, 23, 11/1966. "What Does the Architect Give His Public?", Journal of the American Institute of Architects, 7: 6, 281-283, 06/1947. "Where architects hang their hats", Pacific Architect and Builder, 65: 12, 34-36, 12/1959. "Project Review", Pacific Architect and Builder, 64: 3, 5, 1958-03. Reid, John Lyon, "Perspectives He Sees Further Through a Sieve than Most: Ernest Joseph Kump", Pencil Points, XXVI: 4, 87-88, 04/1945. "Foothill College, 1957-60", Process: Architecture, 85, 34-39, 10/1989. "Foothill College, Los Altos Hills, California, 1957-1960 ", Process: Architecture, 85, 34-39, 10/1989. "P/A Fifth Annual Design Awards Program: Rickey's Multistory Garden Hotel", Progressive Architecture, 39: 1, 87, 1958-01. Montgomery, Roger, "Most popular campus; follow-up: Foothill College, Los Altos Hills, Calif", Progressive Architecture, 54: 113-117, 06/1973. "P/A News Bulletins", Progressive Architecture, 39: 1, 74, 1958-01.

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