PCAD - Wood, James M., Architect

Advertisement for California Theatre #2, San Francisco, CA, 1890. From “New California Theatre,” Daily Alta California, vol. LXXXII, no. 153, 06/02/1890, p. 1

Aerial view of the Loring Office Building, Riverside, c. 2017. From Google Maps/Street View

Detail view of the theatre's exterior as depicted in the lithographic image of the California Theatre #2, San Francisco, CA, 1889. New California Theatre program, 1889, from the collection of the Museum of Performance and Design, Performing Arts Library, San Francisco, CA, Collection of San Francisco Bay Area Theater Images and Memorabilia, Item #CSFPAL_PAGE001_117

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John Galen Howard, Sidney P. Lovell, James Madison Wood

Firm Notes

New York-born contractor and architect James M. Wood (1841-c. 1923) spent most of his career in Chicago, IL, and the Midwest. He spent the late 1880s and early 1890s working on the West Coast, and was active in Tacoma, WA, c. 1888. He also practiced in Los Angeles, CA, in 1888.

PCAD id: 1643

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Buildings and other works

Name	Date	City	State
Burbank Theatre, Downtown, Los Angeles, CA	1893	Los Angeles	CA
California Theatre #2, San Francisco, CA	1889	San Francisco	CA
Grand Opera House, Downtown Los Angeles, CA	1883-1884	Los Angeles	CA
Loring Office Building and Opera House, Riverside, CA	1889-1890	Riverside	CA
Marquam Grand Theatre, SW Portland, Portland, OR	1889-1890	Portland	OR
Tacoma Theatre, Tacoma, WA	1888-1890	Tacoma	WA

Publications

"A Riverside Opera House", Los Angeles Herald, 30: 20, 5, 1888-04-22. "The New Grand", Los Angeles Times, 3, 1888-07-08. Bailey, Scott, "The Tacoma Theatre", Marquee, 29: 2, 4-17, 1997.

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Loring: The man behind the opera house name 1 of 2 By Nita Hiltner Sosman & Landis: Shaping the Landscape of American Theatre. Employee No. 78 – James M. Wood

Wood, James M., Architect (Practice)

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