Résumé

Loft Molder, during WW I at the American Shipbuilding Company, San Pedro, CA, 1917-1918.

Draftsman, George Washington Smith, Architect, Santa Barbara, CA, 1919.

Principal, Wallace Neff, Architect, Pasadena, CA. Neff had an office at 30 North Raymond Avenue, Room #801, in 1928. (See Los Angeles Directory Company's Pasadena, California, City Directory, 1928, p. 534.)

Professional Activities

Member, American Institute of Architects (AIA), Southern California Chapter, 1924-1982.

Professional Awards

Fellow, American Institute of Architects (FAIA), 1956;

College

Coursework, Munich, Germany, 1911-1913.

Coursework in art, Geneva, Switzerland, 1913-1914.

Coursework, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, School of Architecture, Cambridge, MA, 1915-1917. At MIT, Neff studied with the distinguished church architect, Ralph Adams Cram (1863-1942), among others.

Relocation

Edwin Wallace Neff was born in La Mirada, CA, on 01/28/1895. He went by his middle name professionally.

Neff resided at 979 North Lake Avenue in Pasadena, CA, in 1928. (See Los Angeles Directory Company's Pasadena, California, City Directory, 1928, p. 534.)

He lived at 1883 Orlando Street in San Marino, CA, in 1930, in a residence that had an approximate value of $100,000, a large sum for the period.

He died in Laguna Beach, CA, at the age of 87.

Parents

Neff's mother's maiden name was McNally.

Spouse

Neff married Louise Up de Graaf in 1925.

Children

With Louise Up de Graaf, he had three children: Phyllis Neff, Wallace Neff, Jr., and Arthur Neff.

Biographical Notes

SSN: 555-54-9489.

• La Mirada, CA (Architect's Birth)
  La Mirada, CA

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• Laguna Beach, CA (Architect's Death)
  Laguna Beach, CA

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