PCAD - Somervell and Putnam, Architects

Exterior view of the Merchants Bank of Canada, Vancouver, BC, 1918. From "Recent Canadian Branch Banks: The Merchants Bank Vancouver," Construction, vol. XI, no. 4, 04/1918, p. 114

Interior view of the banking room of the Merchants Bank of Canada, Vancouver, BC, 1918. From "Recent Canadian Branch Banks: The Merchants Bank Vancouver," Construction, vol. XI, no. 4, 04/1918, p. 113

Interior view of the clerks' room of the Merchants Bank of Canada, Vancouver, BC, 1918. From "Recent Canadian Branch Banks: The Merchants Bank Vancouver," Construction, vol. XI, no. 4, 04/1918, p. 114

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John L. Putnam, Woodruff Marbury Somervell

Active 1910 -c. 1930

Somervell and Putnam operated offices first in Vancouver, BC and Seattle, WA, 1910-1923, and apparently Dallas, TX. A "Personals" article in the American Architect of 11/19/1923 stated: "Somervell & Putnam, architects, have moved their office from 604 Mercantile Bank Building, Dallas, Tex., to 706 Hibernian Bank Building, Los Angeles, CA." Somervell & Putnam worked in Los Angeles, CA, between 1924-1929.

PCAD id: 1311

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Buildings and other works

Name	Date	City	State
BC Sugar Refining Company Limited Warehouses, Garage, Vancouver, BC, Canada		Vancouver	BC
Bank of Ottawa Building, Vancouver, BC, Canada		Vancouver	BC
Birks, Henry and Sons, Building, Vancouver, BC, Canada	1912-1913	Vancouver	BC
British Columbia Electric Railway, Office Building, Vancouver, BC, Canada	1911-1912	Vancouver	BC
City Club Building, Los Angeles, CA	1924-1925	Los Angeles	CA
Foxen, Mrs. Charles, House, San Luis Obispo, CA	1927
House by Somervell, W. Marbury, Santa Barbara, CA	1925	Santa Barbara	CA
London Building, Vancouver, BC, Canada	1912	Vancouver	BC
Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), 38th Street School, Los Angeles, CA	1924-1925	Los Angeles	CA
Merchants Bank of Canada, Vancouver, BC, Canada	1916
Rivers, E.B., House, Project, Los Angeles, CA	1929	Los Angeles	CA
Rogers, B.T., House, Vancouver, BC, Canada		Vancouver	BC
Toronto Dominion Bank Local Headquarters, Vancouver, BC, Canada		Vancouver	BC
Vancouver Civic Center Project, Vancouver, BC, Canada	1912	Vancouver	BC

Publications

"Personals", American Architect and Architectural Review, CXXIV: 2435, 574, 1923-12-19. "Estates for Sale", Architectural Digest, 62: 2, 150, 2/2005. Kalman, Harold, Exploring Vancouver 2, 268, 1978. Kalman, Harold, Exploring Vancouver 2, 252, 1978. Kalman, Harold, Exploring Vancouver 2, 85, 1978. Kalman, Harold, Exploring Vancouver 2, 90, 1978. Kalman, Harold, Exploring Vancouver 2, 233, 1978. Kalman, Harold, Exploring Vancouver 2, 233, 1978. "Ball Club Work", Los Angeles Times, E9, 01/17/1926. "Coast Covered by Architect", Los Angeles Times, F1, 10/21/1928. "Somervell awarded a Certificate to Practice Architecture in the State of California", Southwest Builder & Contractor, 46, col 2 and 3, 5/16/1924. "Foxen, Mrs. Charles, House article", Southwest Builder & Contractor, 49, col 2, 5/20/1927. "38th Street School, Los Angeles article", Southwest Builder & Contractor, 56, col 1, 10/24/1924.

Somervell and Putnam, Architects (Partnership)

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Publications