PCAD - Brown, Carroll H., Architect

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Active c. 1890-1920

Firm Notes

Brown practiced on his own in Los Angeles, CA, beginning around 1890, the date when he began an important commission for the lumber and real estate magnate T.D. Stimson (1828-1898). Successful completion of the Stimson House led to many other commissions for the young architect.

PCAD id: 1239

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Buildings and other works

Name	Date	City	State
Catalina Yacht Club, Terminal Island, CA	1898	Terminal Island	CA
City of Pasadena, City Hall #2, Pasadena, CA	1902-1903	Pasadena	CA
Griffith, A.P., Block, Azusa, CA	1894	Azusa	CA
Henne Building, Downtown, Los Angeles, CA	1896-1897	Los Angeles	CA
Stimson, Thomas Douglas and Achsah J. Spencer, House, University Park, Los Angeles, CA	1890-1891	Los Angeles	CA
Stimson, Thomas Douglas, Building, Downtown, Los Angeles, CA	1893	Los Angeles	CA
Wilcox Building #2, California Club, Clubhouse #2, Downtown, Los Angeles, CA	1895-1896	Los Angeles	CA

Publications

Azusa Herald and Pomotropic Golden anniversary, October 20, 1937; 50 years of progress, 7, 19, 1937. "Here's a castle next door", Branding Iron, 14-16, 1990-1991. Bartley, Nancy, "Griffith Block Azusa plans 1894", Builder & Contractor, 1, col 2, 6/6/1894. "Plans for the Catalina Yacht Club at Terminal Island", Builder and Contractor, 1, col 3, 04/13/1898. "Brown designs Stimson Block", Builder and Contractor, 1, 05/10/1893. "Stimson Block--the finest office building in southern California--one of the best in the state", Builder and Contractor, 1, 05/10/1893. "Griffith Block Azusa 1901", Land of Sunshine, 169, 2/1901. "Griffith Block Azusa 1897", Land of Sunshine, 39, 6/1897. Gebhard, David, Winter, Robert, "Stimson House, 1891", Los Angeles An Architectural Guide, 267, 1994. "California Club in Wilcox Block", Los Angeles Daily Journal, 8, 02/20/1896. "Griffith Block Azusa remodeling 1910", Los Angeles Daily Journal, 2, col 1, 11/25/1910. "The Henne Building", Los Angeles Times, 38, 01/01/1897. Doherty, Jake, "Castle keep", Los Angeles Times, 12, 01/02/1994. "1st skyscraper in city to fall; parking lot due", Los Angeles Times, 34, col 1-3, 04/01/1963. "To lay a pipe line", Los Angeles Times, 7, 09/23/1898. "Griffith Block Azusa remodeling 1920", Southwest Builder & Contractor, 12, col 1, 7/30/1920.

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No. 212 - Stimson Residence

Brown, Carroll H., Architect (Practice)

Buildings and other works

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