Coate, Roland E., Sr., Architect (Practice)

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Edgar Frederick Bissantz, Roland Eli Coate Sr., Roland Eli Coate Jr., William Henry Harrison, William J. Meyer, Benjamin Parker

Active 1925-1942; 1944-1956

Firm Notes

Coate, Sr., became a leading practitioner in Los Angeles of various period revival styles during the 1920s and 1930s. He became especially well-known for his "Hollywood Regency" residences of that time period.

The Stafford W. Bixby House, South Pasadena, CA was Coate, Sr.'s first independent commission.

PCAD id: 300

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Buildings and other works

NameDateCityState
1001 Holly Vista House, Pasadena, CA1951PasadenaCA
Adams, Morgan, House Project
Bandini, Elliott House, Palos Verdes Estates, CAPalos Verdes EstatesCA
Battson, Leigh McMaster and Lucy Smith Doheny, House, Beverly Hills, CA1955Beverly HillsCA
Bixby, Stafford W., House, South Pasadena, CA1925South PasadenaCA
California Petroleum Corporation Service Station, Wilshire, Los Angeles, CA1927Los AngelesCA
Campbell House, Oak Knoll, Pasadena, CA1924PasadenaCA
Charnley, William S., House, Pasadena, CAPasadenaCA
Coate, Roland E., Sr., Beach House, Emerald Bay, Laguna Beach, CALaguna BeachCA
Cukor, George, House, Beverly Hills, CA1935Beverly HillsCA
Fudger, Eva K.J., House, Hancock Park, Los Angeles, CA1925-1926Los AngelesCA
Fudger, Mrs. Richard B., House, Beverly Hills, CABeverly HillsCA
Hart, W.B., House, Pasadena, CAPasadenaCA
Johnson, Farley, House, Downey, CADowneyCA
Lipiatt, H.C.-Taylor, M.P., House, Bel-Air, Los Angeles, CALos AngelesCA
Norcross, D.C., House, Los Angeles, CALos AngelesCA
O'Melveny, Henry W., and Marie Antoinette Schilling, House, Los Angeles, CA1934Los AngelesCA
Pasadena Town Club, Pasadena, CA1931PasadenaCA
Pond, Robert E. House, Pasadena, CAPasadenaCA
Sebring, Everett, House, La Cañada Flintridge, CA1939La Cañada FlintridgeCA
Selznick, David O., House, Beverly Hills, CA1933-1934Beverly HillsCA
Smiley, Arthur S. House, Bel Air, Los AngelesLos AngelesCA
Taylor, Robert and Stanwyck, Barbara, House, Beverly Hills, CA1941Beverly HillsCA
Vinmont, Jacques House, Los Feliz, Los Angeles, CALos AngelesCA

Publications

"What Architects Are Talking about", American Architect, 139: 2595, 108, 1931-05. "Plans for residence of H.C. Lippiatt & M.P. Taylor, Bel-Air", Architectural Digest, 8: 2, 69, 1931. "House of D.C. Norcross", Architectural Record, 68: 5, 406-409, 11/1930. Gebhard, David, Winter, Robert, "Service Station, ca. 1925", Architecture in Los Angeles A Compleat Guide, 195, 1985. Gebhard, David, Winter, Robert, "Campbell House, 1924", Architecture in Los Angeles A Compleat Guide, 362, 1985. "Unnamed article", California Arts and Architecture, 14, 4/1936. "Plans for residence of Arthur S. Smiley, Bel-Air", California Arts and Architecture, 20-21, 4/1935. "Plans for Elliott Bandini House", California Arts and Architecture, part V: 4, 1/11/1931. "Plans for two residences built at Leimert Park, Los Angeles", California Arts and Architecture, 17, 9-10/1932. "Plans for the Coate Beach House at Emerald Bay", California Arts and Architecture, 20, 05/1936. "Plans for residence of W.B. Hart, Pasadena", California Arts and Architecture, 22, 5/1935. "Plans for the Farley Johnson House", California Arts and Architecture, 50, 4/1935. "Plans for Bel-Air residence of H.W. O'Melveny", California Arts and Architecture, 20-21, 3/1936. "Mrs. Richard Fudger's residence, Beverly Hills", California Home Owner, 6, 6/1928. Honnold, Douglas, Guide to Architecture in Southern California, 1769-1956, 25, 1956. Gebhard, David, Winter, Robert, Los Angeles An Architectural Guide, 400, 1994. Gebhard, David, Winter, Robert, Los Angeles An Architectural Guide, 390, 1994. Gebhard, David, Winter, Robert, "Automobile Club of Southern California", Los Angeles: An Architectural Guide, 267, 1994. Bricker, Lauren Weiss, "Roland E. Coate: Furthering an Architectural Renaissance", Reginald D. Johnson, Gordon B. Kaufmann, and Roland E. Coate, 53, 1992.

Exhibitions

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