Résumé

Job Captain, Warren and Wetmore, Architects, New York, NY, 1926-1928.

Designer, William Van Alen, Architect, New York, NY, 1928; Meyer indicated that he was a designer who worked on the Chrysler Building in New York.

Associate, M. Eugene Durfee and William J. Meyer, Associated Architects, Los Angeles, CA, 1933-1934. Meyer worked as an associate architect with Durfee on the Georgian Hotel, Santa Monica, CA, (1933) and a medical building in El Centro, CA, (1934).

Job Captain, Roland E. Coate, Sr., Los Angeles, CA, 1936-1937. Meyer served as Job Captain and Superintendent for the Jack Warner House in 1936-1937.

Principal, William J. Meyer, Architect, Pasdena, CA, 1946- . In 1955, Meyer lived and worked at 230 Berkshire Avenue, Pasadena, CA.

Professional Activities

When surveyed in 1955, Meyer indicated that he was a Registered Architect in the State of CA.

Member, American Institute of Architects (AIA). Southern CA Chapter, c. 1943.

Member, AIA, Pasadena Chapter, c. 1955.

Member, AIA, Los Angeles Chapter, Committee for Redevelopment of Central Business District of Los Angeles, 1943-1944.

Relocation

William J. Meyer was born in Bellingham, WA, in 1900. He spent time during his career in New York City during the mid-to-late 1920s, working for at least two prestigious firms, that of Warren and Wetmore and William Van Alen. Warren and Wetmore designed several buildings in Los Angeles, CA, and this may have been an impetus to move to that city by the early 1930s.

He resided at 230 Berkshire Avenue in what was Pasadena, CA, in 1955, but became the City of La Cañada Flintridge in 1976.

Spouse

Meyer married in 1927.

Children

When surveyed in 1955, Meyer indicated that he and his wife had had two children.

Biographical Notes

Member, Motion Picture Alliance for Preservation of the American Way of Life, 1944- . Meyer belonged to this until at least 1955.

Meyer was a member of the Pasadena Republican Club from at least 1946 until 1956.

Chairman, American Red Cross Funding Campaign, Pasadena, CA, 1945.

Trustee, La Cañada Congregational Church, Pasadena, CA, 1947-1950.

In 1955, Meyer reported having traveled in Canada, the US, Alaska, and Mexico.