Partners: network
Thornton Montaigne Abell, William Francis Cody, Leland Lewis Evison, Harry Thomas MacDonald, Norman Foote Marsh, Howard Henry Morgridge, Benjamin Parker, Herbert James Powell, David D. Smith, Whitney Rowland Smith, Frederick S. Stott
Firm Notes
Marsh, Smith and Powell, Architects, had its headquarters in Los Angeles, CA; it was the University Architect at the University of Southern California, and employed a number of USC architecture alumni right out of school; Thornton M. Abell worked as Designer, Chief Draftsman, and Architect Superintendant, 1930-1942 for Marsh, Smith and Powell; William F. Cody, Architect, Palm Springs, CA, worked for Marsh, Smith and Powell before 1942; Whitney R. Smith, Architect, worked for the firm in 1939.
PCAD id: 126
Name | Date | City | State |
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1st Methodist Church #2, Upland, CA | 1930 | Upland | CA |
2111 East Woodlyn Road House, Pasadena, CA | 1951 | Pasadena | CA |
Bush, George, Memorial Garden, South Pasadena, CA | 1942 | South Pasadena | CA |
Montebello Unified School District, Suva Street School, Bell Gardens, CA | 1946 | Bell Gardens | CA |
Newport-Mesa Unified School District, Corona del Mar Elementary School, Corona del Mar, CA | 1944 | Corona del Mar | CA |
Novak House, Franklin Hills, Los Angeles, CA | 1937 | Franklin Hills, Los Angeles | CA |
Parkhurst Building, Ocean Park, Santa Monica, CA | 1926-1927 | Santa Monica | CA |
Santa Monica School District, Roosevelt School, Santa Monica, CA | 1935 | Santa Monica | CA |
South Pasadena Unified School District, South Pasadena High School, Fine Arts Building, South Pasadena, CA | | South Pasadena | CA |
South Pasadena Unified School District, South Pasadena High School, Science Building, South Pasadena, CA | | South Pasadena | CA |
University of Southern California (USC), Taper Hall for the Humanities, Exposition Park, Los Angeles, CA | | | |
Upland Unified School District, Upland Elementary School #2, Upland, CA | 1938 | Upland | CA |
"Progress in school design as evidenced by the work of Marsh, Smith & Powell", Architect & Engineer of California, 14-22, 11/1938. Powell, Herbert J., "Trends in present day school design", Architect and Engineer, 23-36, 11/1938. Greene, David A., "Calm and Collecting", Dwell, 3: 6, 94-101, 6/2003. "Southern California Chapter's Honor Awards", Journal of the American Institute of Architects, 7: 2, 77, 02/1947. "Southern California Chapter's Honor Awards", Journal of the American Institute of Architects, 7: 2, 77, 02/1947. "Advanced to Fellowship in 1947", Journal of the American Institute of Architects, 7: 5, 239, 05/1947. Gebhard, David, Winter, Robert, Los Angeles An Architectural Guide, 24, 1994. "School dispenses with walls, slashes costs", Los Angeles Times, 21, 07/15/1973. Mid-Century Architecture in America, 164-165, 1961. Englehardt, N.L., School Planning Associates, Portfolio A Elementary School Classrooms, plate A6, 1941. "Obituary, Smith, David D.", Southwest Builder & Contractor, 103, 8/28/1964. "Upland Methodist Church, Upland", Southwest Builder and Contractor, 52, col 2, 12/05/1930.