Morgan, Julia H., Architect (Practice)

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Elizabeth Boyter, Dorothy Wormser Coblentz, Bjarne Dahl, Edward Bright Hussey, Thaddeus Joy, James LaFeaver, Julia H. Morgan, Louis Schalk, Camille Solon, Walter Theodore Steilberg

Active 1904-1906; 1910-1952

Firm Notes

Julia Morgan operated an office in the Merchant's Exchange Building, San Francisco, CA for 46 years, from 1906-1952. In 1920, her staff included: Walter Steilberg, Dorothy Wormser, Thaddeus Joy, Louis Schalk, and a man named Clifford.

PCAD id: 437

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Buildings and other works

NameDateCityState
2814 Derby Street House, Berkeley, CA1908BerkeleyCA
2816 Derby Street House, Berkeley, CA1908BerkeleyCA
67 San Leandro Way House, Saint Francis Wood, San Francisco, CA1921San FranciscoCA
Asilomar Conference Center, Merrill Hall, Pacific Grove, CAPacific GroveCA
Baptist Divinity School, Hobart Hall, Berkeley, CA1918-1919BerkeleyCA
Baylor, Margaret, Inn, Downtown, Santa Barbara, CA1926-1927Santa BarbaraCA
Berkeley Women's City Club, Berkeley, CA1929-1930BerkeleyCA
Burke, Katherine Delmar, School, Presidio Heights, San Francisco, CA1916-1917San FranciscoCA
Chickering, Allen L., Sr., and Alma S., House, Piedmont, CA1911PiedmontCA
College Avenue Presbyterian Church, Oakland, CA1917OaklandCA
Fairmont Hotel, Nob Hill, San Francisco, CA1902-1907San FranciscoCA
Goodrich, Chauncey, House, Saratoga, CA1919SaratogaCA
Gregory, Warren and Sarah McLean Hardy, House #2, Greenwood Terrace, Berkeley, CA1912BerkeleyCA
Hail, Anthony House, San Francisco, CASan FranciscoCA
Hearst Hacienda, Fort Hunter Liggett, Jolon, CA1929-1930JolonCA
Hearst, Phoebe Apperson, House, Pleasanton, CA 1902PleasantonCA
Hearst, William Randolph, Castle, Roman Pool, San Simeon, San Luis Obispo, CASan Luis ObispoCA
Hearst, William Randolph, Castle, San Simeon, San Luis Obispo, CA1919-1947San SimeonCA
Hearst, William Randolph, House, McCloud River, Siskyou County, CA1924McCloud RiverCA
Hollywood Studio Club Building, Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA1925-1926
Ilsen, Frederick George, House, Adams Point, Oakland, CA1913-1914OaklandCA
King's Daughters of California Home for Incurables, Oakland, CA1912OaklandCA
Ladies Protection and Relief Society, The Heritage Retirement Home, San Francisco, CA1924-1925San FranciscoCA
Lombard, James, House, Piedmont, CA1915PiedmontCA
Merchants Exchange Building #3, Financial District, San Francisco, CA1903San FranciscoCA
Methodist Chinese Mission School, San Francisco, CA1907-1910San FranciscoCA
Mills College, Alumnae Hall, Oakland, CA1916
Mills College, Carnegie, Margaret, Library, Oakland, CA1905-1906OaklandCA
Mills College, El Campanil, Oakland, CA1903-1904OaklandCA
Mountain View Cemetery, Chapel of the Chimes, Oakland, CA1909OaklandCA
Reed, Benjamin, House, Piedmont, CA1926PiedmontCA
Saint John's Presbyterian Church, Berkeley, CA1908-1910BerkeleyCA
Saratoga Foothill Club, Saratoga, CA1915SaratogaCA
Thomas House, Berkeley, CABerkeleyCA
United States Army (USA), Camp Fremont, Hostess House, Palo Alto, CAPalo AltoCA
White, Ralph, House, Berkeley, CA1913BerkeleyCA
Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA), Activities Building, West Fresno, Fresno, CA
Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA), Building, Berkeley, CA1919BerkeleyCA
Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA), Building, Chinatown, San Francisco, CA1932San FranciscoCA
Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA), Building, Oakland, CA1913-1915OaklandCA
Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA), Building, Pasadena, CA1921-1922PasadenaCA
Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA), Building, San Francisco, CA1915San FranciscoCA
Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA), Recreation Center, Fresno, CA1922FresnoCA
Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA), Residential Building, Fresno, CA1921-1922FresnoCA
Zagar, Steven, Child's Playhouse, San Luis Obispo, CASan Luis ObispoCA

Publications

Rochlin, Harriet, "A Distinguished Generation of Women Architects in California", AIA Journal, 66: 9, 38-39, 08/1977. "Julia Morgan: Architect, note", AIA Journal, 66: 13, 98, 12/1977. "Hacienda of Mrs. Phoebe Hearst, rear view, Pleasanton, Cal", American Architect and Building News, 23: 207-208, pl. 1565, 1905-12. "Obituary", American Institute of Architects Journal, 28: 1, 28, 5/1957. "Eight women architects in California", Architect & Engineer, 110, 12/1921. "Women architects", Architect & Engineer, 58, 10/1937. Cuff, Dana, "Julia Morgan Office", Architecture: The Story of Practice, 144, 1991. Baldessarini, Sonia Ricon, Architektinnen: wie Frauen bauen: von Julia Morgan bis Zaha Hadid, 2001. Beach, John, "The Bay Area Tradition 1910-1918", Bay Area Houses, 76-80, 1988. Winter, Robert, Vertikoff, Alexander, Craftsman Style, 2004. Gebhard, David, Winter, Robert, Guide to Architecture in San Francisco and Northern California, 276, 1985. Gebhard, David, Winter, Robert, "Warren Gregory House, 1912", Guide to Architecture in San Francisco and Northern California, 258-259, 1985. Aidala, Thomas R., Hearst Castle San Simeon, 1981. Aidala, Thomas R., Hearst Castle San Simeon, 32, 1981. James, Cary , Julia Morgan, 1988. Lo, Louise, Julia Morgan: A Life by Design, 1990. Julia Morgan: Architect, 1990. "Julia Morgan", Notable American women: the modern period: a biographical dictionary, 1980. Bohan, Suzanne, "SF hotel regains lustrous past: Fairmont reopens bar, restaurant that were designed in 1907", Sacramento Bee, 01/08/2000. Woodbridge, Sally B., Woodbridge, John M., San Francisco Architecture: The Illustrated Guide to Over 1,000 of the Best Buildings, Parks, and Public Artworks in the Bay Area, 173, 1992. Garnett, Porter, "III. Hacienda del Pozo de Verona Residence of Mrs. Phoebe A. Hearst", Stately Homes of California, 21-29, 1915. Kieckhefer, Richard, Theology in Stone: Church Architecture from Byzantium to Berkeley, 127-130, 2004. Boutelle, Sara Holmes, Toward a Simpler Way of Life: the Arts & Crafts Architects of California, 1997. Boutelle, Sara, "Some Professional Roles: 1860-1910", Women in American Architecture: A Historic and Contemporary Perspective, 82, 1977. Boutelle, Sara, "Some Professional Roles: 1860-1910", Women in American Architecture: A Historic and Contemporary Perspective, 82, 84, 1977. Boutelle, Sara, "Some Professional Roles: 1860-1910", Women in American Architecture: A Historic and Contemporary Perspective, 82, 1977. Boutelle, Sara, "Some Professional Roles: 1860-1910", Women in American Architecture: A Historic and Contemporary Perspective, 84, 1977. Boutelle, Sara, "Some Professional Roles: 1860-1910", Women in American Architecture: A Historic and Contemporary Perspective, 85, 1977. Boutelle, Sara, "Some Professional Roles: 1860-1910", Women in American Architecture: A Historic and Contemporary Perspective, 85, 1977. Boutelle, Sara, "Some Professional Roles: 1860-1910", Women in American Architecture: A Historic and Contemporary Perspective, 86, 1977. Boutelle, Sara, "Some Professional Roles: 1860-1910", Women in American Architecture: A Historic and Contemporary Perspective, 87, 1977. Paine, Judith, "Pioneer Women Architects", Women in American Architecture: A Historic and Contemporary Perspective, 63, 1977. Paine, Judith, "Pioneer Women Architects", Women in American Architecture: A Historic and Contemporary Perspective, 64, 1977. Boutelle, Sara, "Julia Morgan", Women in American Architecture: A Historic and Contemporary Perspective, 79-87, 1977. Boutelle, Sara, "Some Professional Roles: 1860-1910", Women in American Architecture: A Historic and Contemporary Perspective, 80, 1977. Boutelle, Sara, "Some Professional Roles: 1860-1910", Women in American Architecture: A Historic and Contemporary Perspective, 80, 1977. Boutelle, Sara, "Some Professional Roles: 1860-1910", Women in American Architecture: A Historic and Contemporary Perspective, 80, 1977. Boutelle, Sara, "Some Professional Roles: 1860-1910", Women in American Architecture: A Historic and Contemporary Perspective, 81, 1977. Reiss, Suzanne, Work of Walter Steilberg and Julia Morgan, 1976.

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