PCAD - Dryden, Nathaniel, Building Contractor

Exterior view of the Indian Pavilion, World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, IL, 1893; from Wikimedia Commons, photo taken from C.D. Arnold, H.D. Higinbotham, Official Views Of The World's Columbian Exposition, (Saint Louis, MO: C.B. Woodward Co., 1893)

Portrait of Harry Winchester Robinson, c. 1910; from Find A Grave.com

Portrait of Leslie C. Brand, c. 1910; from California State University, Northridge, Oviatt Library, Digital Collections

Portrait of Virginia Dryden Robinson, c. 1897; from Find A Grave.com

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Nathaniel Dryden

Active 1893-

Firm Notes

Dryden worked as a building contractor in and around Los Angeles, CA, beginning in 1893.

PCAD id: 1820

Buildings and other works

Name	Date	City	State
Brand, Leslie Coombs and Mary Louise Dean, House, Brand Park, Glendale, CA	1903-1904	Glendale	CA
Campbell, Daniel, House, Glendale, CA	1903
Johnson, O.T., Commercial Building #1, Downtown, Los Angeles, CA	1893-1894	Los Angeles	CA
Robinson, Harry Winchester and Virginia Dryden, House, Beverly Hills, CA	1911	Beverly Hills	CA

Publications

Gleye, Paul, Architecture of Los Angeles, 107, 1981. "Robinson, Harry W., House, Beverly Hills notice", Builder and Contractor, 7, 1911-02-09. "Johnson, O.T., Commercial Building #1, notice", Builder and Contractor, 1, 1893-03-15. "Johnson, O.T., Commercial Building #1, notice 04/04/1894", Builder and Contractor, 1, col 5, 04/04/1894. "Robinson, Virginia, Dryden article", California Life in Town and Country, np, 7-8/1915. Perry, E. Caswell, Glendale: A Pictorial History, 48, 1990. Historic Preservation Element, 14, 1977. "Robinson, Virginia, Dryden article 8/22/1971", Los Angeles Herald-Examiner, D-1, 8/22/1971. Smith, Anne Thompson, "Style was her legacy", Los Angeles Herald-Examiner, B: 3, "Plans for the Harry Robinson Residence, Beverly Hills", Los Angeles Magazine, 176, 4/1984. "Robinson, Virginia, Dryden obituary", Los Angeles Times, I: 21, 23, 8/6/1977. Pomeroy, Elizabeth, Lost and Found; Historical and Natural Landmarks of the San Gabriel Valley, 200, 2000. Black, Esther Boulton, Rancho Cucamonga and Dona Merced, 198, c. 1975. Lindstrom, Robert, "Robinson gardens: a glimpse beyond the gates", Westways, 27-29, 8/1986. Bies, Frank, "Glendale's Brand", Westways, 41, 5/1978.

Links

Virginia Robinson Set the Style in Beverly Hills