PCAD - Campbell, Paul, House, Stockton, CA

AKA: Dohrmann, George W., Sr., and Bertha, House, Stockton, CA

Structure Type: built works - dwellings - houses

Designers: Wurster, William W., Architect (firm); Theodore C. Bernardi (architect); William Wilson Wurster (architect)

Dates: constructed 1936-1937

1 story

Stockton, CA

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The property backed up to the 14-Mile Slough in 1938.

Overview

The Campbell House was one of Wurster's most interesting and unheralded residential designs of the 1930s, a quintessential Modern ranch house.

Building History

The house was later owned by George W. Dohrmann, Sr., an insurance agent, and his wife, Bertha.

Building Notes

Theodore Bernardi had a great deal of influence on the plan of the Campbell House.

PCAD id: 3845

Publications

"Design Decade: Home", Architectural Forum, 73: 4, 253, 1940-10. "House in Stockton, California", Architectural Forum, 72: 4, 252-253, 1940-04. "Dean of the M.I.T. Architecture School Describes the Small House", Boston Sunday Globe, 1946-02-03. "Building Now", House and Garden, 89: 5, 76, 1946-05. Mock, Elizabeth B., If You Want to Build a House, 60, 1946. Huff, Darrell, "Modern Ranch House", Liberty Magazine, 24: 28-29, 1947-04-26. Hamlin, Talbot, "Of Houses as Places to Live", Pencil Points, 19: 8, 492, 1938-08. Scully, Vincent, "Doldrums in the Suburbs", Perspecta, 9: 283, 1965. Nelson, George, Wright, Henry, Tomorrow's House, 194, 1946.