Hunt, Myron, Architect (Practice)

click to open gallery Bird's-eye view of Santa Barbara, Calif., looking north to the Santa Barbara Mountains, 1877; the orange box encloses the Burton's Mound property, site of the Potter Hotel; from the Library of Congress
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Harold Coulson Chambers Sr., Leland Lewis Evison, Myron Hubbard Hunt, McNeal Swasey

Active 1903-1904, 1910-1919

Hunt had previously worked with Elmer Grey, operating a practice in Los Angeles, CA; Hunt began a partnership with longtime employee, Harold C. Chambers, in 1920; Hunt moved to new offices in 10/1919.

PCAD id: 325

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Buildings and other works

NameDateCityState
Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles, CA 1919-1921Los AngelesCA
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks (BPOE), Lodge, Pasadena, CAPasadenaCA
City of Pasadena, Department of Public Works, Brookside Park, Baseball Field, Pasadena, CA1931-1932PasadenaCA
City of Pasadena, Department of Public Works, Parker-Mayberry Bridge, Pasadena, CA1916PasadenaCA
Emery, Frank, Entrance Gates, Oak Knoll, Pasadena, CA1916-1917PasadenaCA
Fowler, Eldridge Merick and Margaret Brewer, House, Pasadena, CA PasadenaCA
Fowler, Margaret Brewer, House, Chino Hills, CA1915-1916Chino HillsCA
George Junior Republic, Atwood Chapel, Chino Hills, CA1916-1917Chino HillsCA
George Junior Republic, Fowler Cottage, Chino Hills, CA1912Chino HillsCA
George Junior Republic, Laws Cottage, Chino Hills, CA1912Chino HillsCA
George Junior Republic, McCormick Cottage, Chino Hills, CA1912Chino HillsCA
Good Housekeeping Model House
Hollywood Bowl, Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA1926-1929Hollywood, Los AngelesCA
Hotel Maryland #1, Old Pasadena, Pasadena, CA 1903-1904PasadenaCA
Hotel Maryland #1, Pergola and Gardens, Old Pasadena, Pasadena, CA1903PasadenaCA
Hotel Maryland #2, Old Pasadena, Pasadena, CA1914-1914PasadenaCA
Hunt, Myron, House, Pasadena, CA1905PasadenaCA
Huntington, Henry E., Library, San Marino, CA1919San MarinoCA
Huntington, Henry E., and Arabella, House, San Marino, CASan MarinoCA
Knight House, Montecito, CA1924MontecitoCA
La Vina Sanatorium, Altadena, CA 1911AltadenaCA
Lockwood, Dr. C.D., House, Pasadena, CAPasadenaCA
Main Street Apartment House, Los Angeles, CA1903Los AngelesCA
McNary, James G., House, El Paso, TX1916-1917El PasoTX
Neustadt, Effie, House, Los Angeles, CA1903Los AngelesCA
Occidental College, Johnson, O.T., Hall, Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, CA1913-1914Los AngelesCA
Occidental College, Master Plan, 1911, Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, CALos AngelesCA
Point Loma Hotel Project, San Diego, CA1924San DiegoCA
Pomona College, Bridges Auditorium, Claremont, CA1932ClaremontCA
Pomona College, Bridges, Mabel Shaw, Hall of Music, Claremont, CA1917ClaremontCA
Potter Hotel Company, Potter Hotel, Santa Barbara, CA 1902-1903Santa BarbaraCA
Red Hill Country Club, Rancho Cucamonga, CA1922Rancho CucamongaCA
Robbins, E.F., House, Oak Knoll, Pasadena, CA
Santa Barbara County National Bank, Santa Barbara, CA1927Santa BarbaraCA
Stewart, Mrs. Mary, House, Montecito, CA1918MontecitoCA
Storrow Bungalows, Pasadena, CA1903PasadenaCA
University of California, Berkeley (UCB), Hearst, Phoebe Apperson, Campus Plan Competition, Hunt Entry Project, Berkeley, CA1899BerkeleyCA
Wentworth Hotel Corporation, Wentworth Hotel, Pasadena, CA1905-1907PasadenaCA

Publications

"House of Livingston Jenks, Esq., San Francisco, Cal.", American Architect, CVII: 2042, 84, 1915-02-10. "Maryland Hotel, Pasadena, Cal.", American Architect, CVII: 2042, 81, 1915-02-10. "Good Housekeeping Magazine Ad Good Architecture Begins at Home", American Architect, 139: 2591, 112, 1/1931. "Obituary Myron Hunt", Architect & Engineer, 35, 8/1952. "The Henry E. Huntington Library, San Marino, California", Architect (New York), 1: pl 81-84, 1924-01. "Mr. Myron Hunt busy", Architect and Engineer, 113, 02/1919. "Fireproof Residence", Architect and Engineer, 108, 07/1918. "Huntington, Henry, Mansion", Architect and Engineer of California, 87, 09/1908. "Bridges Hall of Music, Pomona College, Claremont, Calif.", Architectural Forum, XLIV: 6, 385-386, 06/1926. Howard, John Galen, "The College Administration Building", Architectural Forum, XLIV: 6, 408, 06/1926. "Henry E. Huntington Library, San Marino, California", Architectural Forum, 36: 95-96, pl. 33-34, 1922-03. Henry, Ralph C. , "The Design of Memorial Buildings", Architectural Forum, XLIV: 6, 354, 06/1926. "Country House Architecture on the Pacific Coast", Architectural Record, XXXVIII: 4, 432-433, 1915-10. "Myron Hunt at Occidental College", Classicist, 15, 40-49, 2018. Colorado Street Bridge HAER No. CA-58 JM Spanning the Arroyo Seco at Colorado Boulevard, Pasadena Los Angeles County. California, 16-17, 1988-12. "Demolition of Hollywood Bowl strikes sour note with some", Engineering News-Record, 19, 9/11/2000. Barrett, Harry, "Hollywood Bowl dedicated to beauty and people", Grizzly Bear, 76, 9/1925. Northcutt, John Orlando, Hollywood Bowl Story, 1962. Torrence, Bruce T., Hollywood: The First 100 Years, 114-115, 117, 126-127, 202, 1979. Palmer, Edwin Obadiah, Hollywood: The First 100 Years, 1: 210-213, 259, 1938. Gebhard, David, Winter, Robert, Los Angeles An Architectural Guide, 391, 1994. Bernstein, Ken, Sandmeier, Trudi, "Hollywood Bowl shell - a post-mortem", Los Angeles Conservancy News, 3, 11-12/2000. Looseleaf, Victoria, "Not just another song and dance", Los Angeles Downtown News, 17, 6/19/2000. Komaiko, Leslee, "Bowl-O-Rama", Los Angeles Downtown News, 8, 7/13/1998. "Hollywood Bowl the perfect setting for Centennial pageant", Los Angeles Herald-Examiner, 07/24/1950. Goldin, Greg, "Epitaph: the Hollywood Bowl shell, 1929-2003", Los Angeles Magazine, 38, 8/2003. Rasmussen, Cecilia, "WPA projects", Los Angeles Times, B3, 11/22/1993. Swed, Mark, "A sonic work in progress", Los Angeles Times, E1, E22, 7/24/2004. Lin, Sara, Smith, Doug, "New shell takes a bow at the Bowl", Los Angeles Times, A1, A25, 6/10/2004. Roug, Louise, "A Bowl full of changes", Los Angeles Times, E36, 7/31/2003. Haithman, Diane, "Thinking outside the Bowl", Los Angeles Times, 6 +, 7/1/2001. Haithman, Diane, "Lawsuit may force delay of Hollywood Bowl project", Los Angeles Times, B3, 6/7/2001. Ouroussoff, Nicolai, Swed, Mark, "The once and future Hollywood Bowl", Los Angeles Times, F1, F14, 9/9/2000. Zamichow, Nora, "Hollywood Bowl may shed famous shell", Los Angeles Times, A1, A19, 8/26/2000. "200 North Grand Avenue House, Pasadena, article", Los Angeles Times, 1, 08/06/1905. "Huntington will be Sheraton no longer", Los Angeles Times, 1, 11/12/1987. DiMassa, Cara Mia, "Homes for the taking, no kidding", Los Angeles Times, A1, A32, 05/06/2004. Myrick, David F., Montecito and Santa Barbara, 1: 199, 1989. Baxter Art Gallery, Myron Hunt, 1868-1952 The Search for a Regional Architecture, 110, 1984. Russell, Ron, "Shell game", New Times Los Angeles, 14+, 02/01/2001. Hunt, Myron, "Palos Verdes--Where bad architecture is eliminated", Pacific Coast Architect, 9-20, 04/1927. "Hollywood Bowl reforestation program", Pacific Coast Musician, 8, 5/2/1925. "Changes at Maryland started", Pasadena Star-News, 1, 6/29/1923. Gally, Sid, "Resurrection of a hotel gem", Pasadena Star-News, 2005-11-07. "Ten year lease of hotels taken by D.M. Linnard", Pasadena Star-News, 13, 5/1/1923. Swope, Christopher, "Family Values, Posterity's Loss", Preservation, Westenberg, Kerri, "A bigger Bowl?", Preservation, 20-21, 1-2/2001. "Ambassador Hotel additions 2/27/1920, Los Angeles", Southwest Builder & Contractor, 15, col 1, 2/27/1920. "Ambassador Hotel Bungalow plans being completed", Southwest Builder and Contractor, 15, 05/07/1920. "Architect Myron Hunt prepares plans for erection of four bungalows", Southwest Builder and Contractor, 12, col 2, 05/21/1920. "Plans for Point Loma Hotel", Southwest Builder and Contractor, 44, col 2, 01/04/1924. "Plans for a country club at Ontario by Myron Hunt, architect, of Los Angeles", Southwest Builder and Contractor, 39, col 1, 08/04/1922. "Ambassador Hotel Bungalow plans", Southwest Builder and Contractor, 15, col 1, 02/27/1920. "Belvedere Hotel additions 04/09/1920", Southwest Builder and Contractor, 18, col 3, 1920-04-09. "Belvedere Hotel additions 04/23/1920", Southwest Builder and Contractor, 15, col 1, 1920-04-23. "New Offices, Myron Hunt", Southwest Builder and Contractor, 12, 11/07/1919. "New Offices of Myron Hunt", Southwest Builder and Contractor, 11, 10/24/1919. Souvenir Program Grand Dedicatory Benefit Opening of the New Hollywood Bowl, 06/22/1926. Kim, Queena sook, "Fate of Faded Ambassador Hotel Divides Korean Groups", Wall Street Journal, B1, B8, 01/08/2003. "Residence of Mrs. McKee, Pasadena, California", Western Architect, 10: 7, unnumbered plate, 07/1907.

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