Structure Type: built works - commercial buildings - commercial buildings
Designers: Haenke and Dodd, Architects (firm); William James Dodd (architect); J. Martyn Haenke (architect); Julia H. Morgan (architect)
Dates: constructed 1912-1913
San Francisco architect Julia Morgan (1872-1957) produced this design for her faithful patron, William Randolph Hearst, publisher of the morning Los Angeles Herald and the evening Los Angeles Express; according to the Los Angeles An Architectural Guide (1994), J. Martyn Haenke (b. 1880) of the Los Angeles firm, Haenke and Dodd, appears to have assisted Morgan in producing the working drawings and supervising construction; the Hearst organization moved into the building in late 1914.
L.A. Historic Cultural Monument #178, named 08/17/1977;
Alterations were made by Morgan in 1921; alterations made and an annex built in 1930-1931;
Los Angeles City Historical-Cultural Monument (08/17/1977): 178
PCAD id: 198