PCAD - Winter Construction Company

Construction photo of the monolithic reinforced concrete trusses supporting the theatre roof, Grauman's Metropolitan Theatre, Los Angeles, c. 1922; from "Great Balcony in New Grauman Theater Shows Slight Deflection under Test," Southwest Builder and Contractor, no. 1527, 06/30/1922, p. 15

Exterior view of the Metropolitan Theatre while "The Mikado of Jazz" was being performed there, Los Angeles, CA, 1928. From University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections, Society and Culture Collection, Rene Irene Grage Photograph and Ephemera Collection. PH Coll 1229, Item #SOC8271

Postcard of Grauman's Metropolitan Theatre and Office Building. Los Angeles, c. 1923; from Los Angeles Theatres Blogspot.com

Site map of Grauman's Metropolitan Theatre, location, Los Angeles, 1923; from Baist's Real Estate Atlas of Surveys of Los Angeles, 1923, (Philadelphia: G.W. Baist Company, 1923), pl. 2

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Brook Hawkins

Firm Notes

In the 1920s, the Winter Construction Company developed a reputation for building theatres; an important early job was for evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson's Angelus Temple in 1921-1922; prior to the company's efforts on the Angelus Temple, Brook Hawkins and the Winter Construction Company worked on Sid Grauman's highly publicized and technically innovative Metropolitan Theatre (1921-1923) in Los Angeles.

PCAD id: 3576

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Buildings and other works

Name	Date	City	State
Angelus Temple, Echo Park, Los Angeles, CA	1921-1922	Los Angeles	CA
Grauman's Metropolitan Theatre and Office Building, Downtown, Los Angeles, CA	1921-1923	Los Angeles	CA
Pasadena Community Playhouse, Old Pasadena, Pasadena, CA	1924-1925	Pasadena	CA

Publications

"Winter Construction Company awarded Metropolitan Theatre masonry contract", Southwest Builder and Contractor, 16, col 3, 1921-04-22. "Figueroa Theatre contracts", Southwest Builder and Contractor, 50, col 2, 01/02/1925. "Figueroa Theatre plans", Southwest Builder and Contractor, 59, col 1, 02/27/1925.

Winter Construction Company (Corporation)

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