Smith, George Washington, Architect (Practice)

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Lutah Maria Riggs, George Washington Smith

Active 1918-1930

Firm Notes

G.W. Smith worked primarily in and around Santa Barbara, CA for 12 years, and was noted for his sophisticated essays in the Spanish Colonial Revival Style.

PCAD id: 438

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Buildings and other works

NameDateCityState
Birge, Mrs. Humphrey, House Project, Palm Springs, CA
Casa de la Guerra, Santa Barbara, CA1819-1827Santa BarbaraCA
Fagan, Paul, House, Pebble Beach, CAPebble BeachCA
Gavit E. Palmer and Mary, House, Montecito, CA1919MontecitoCA
Heller, Edward H., House, Atherton, CA1927AthertonCA
Jackling, Daniel Cowan, House, Woodside, CA 1925WoodsideCA
Johnson, Kirk B., House, Montecito, CA1929MontecitoCA
Kern, Henry, House, Beverly Hills, CABeverly HillsCA
Lobero Theatre #2, Santa Barbara, CA1922-1924Santa BarbaraCA
Moffitt, H.C., House, Woodside, CAWoodsideCA
Pettigrew, Perce L., and Laura Doe, House, Professorville, Palo Alto, CA1925Palo AltoCA
Prindle House, Oak Knoll, Pasadena, CA1926PasadenaCA
Smith, George Washington, House #1, Montecito, CA1916-1917MontecitoCA
Smith, George Washington, House #2, Santa Barbara, CASanta BarbaraCA
Stark, Jack, House, Montecito, CA1928MontecitoCA
Steedman, George Fox and Carrie Howard, House, Montecito, CA1925MontecitoCA
Stewart, Mrs. Mary, House, Montecito, CA1918MontecitoCA
Young, Archibald, House, Arroyo Seco, Pasadena, CA1928-1929PasadenaCA

Publications

American Theatres of Today, 172-173, 1927. Hanson, A.E., Arcadian Landscape : The California Gardens of A.E. Hanson, 1920-1932, 85-90, 1985. "Residence of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Kern, Beverly Hills, California; George Washington Smith, Architect ", Architect, 08/1928. Morrow, Irving F., "Architecture with a Personality Homes by George Washington Smith around Santa Barbara", Architect and Engineer, LXXI: 3, 51, 63-69, 1922-12. Stern, Robert A.M.,, Architect's Eye, 120-121, 1979. Bottomley, William Lawrence, "The American Country House "La Casa Dracaena", Residence at Santa Barbara, Calif.: George Washington Smith, Archt. ", Architectural Record, XLVIII: IV, 258, 261-272 , 1920-10. "Portfolio of Current Architecture", Architectural Record, 64: 17-21, 7/1928. "Recent European Theaters", Architectural Record, 229-244, 9/1932. "Entrance front, the house of Craig Heberton, Montecito, California", Architectural Record, 1: 119-127, 1924-02. Bottomley, William Lawrence, "The American Country House", Architectural Record, XLVIII: 4, 261, 1920-10. "Residence of Craig Heberton, Esq., Montecito, Calif", Architectural Record, 451, 453, 1924-05. Simonson, Lee, "Theatre Planning", Architecture for the New Theatre, 17, 1935. Gebhard, David, Winter, Robert, "Prindle House, 1926, 1928", Architecture in Los Angeles A Compleat Guide, 363, 1985. Hand, Raymond, T.B., "Jacob's Ladder", Arts and Decoration, XLV: 6, 35-37, 1937-02. "Jackling House, Woodside", California Arts and Architecture, 19, 6/1934. "Better Theatres Section: Lobero Theatre #2, Santa Barbara", Exhibitors Herald and Motion Picture World, 30-32, 9/1/1928. Gebhard, Patricia, "180. Daniel C. Jackling House, Woodside, California", George Washington Smith: Architect of the Spanish Colonial Revival, 159, 2005. Gebhard, David, Winter, Robert, "Pettigrew House", Guide to Architecture in San Francisco and Northern California, 170, 1985. Gebhard, David, Winter, Robert, Guide to Architecture in San Francisco and Northern California, 154, 1985. Gebhard, David, Winter, Robert, Guide to Architecture in San Francisco and Northern California, 150, 1985. "Books: George Washington Smith, 1876-1930; The Spanish Colonial Revival in California", Journal of the American Institute of Architects, 46: 1, 74, 07/1966. "Little theatre gains through anonymous gift", Los Angeles Times, part I: 8, 4/14/1931. Goodrich, Jean Smith, "Casa del Herrero", Noticias, Quarterly Journal of the Santa Barbara Historical Society, XLI: 2, cover, 1-42, Summer 1995. "Steedman House, Santa Barbara, CA", Pacific Coast Architect, 76, 02/1927. "Jackling, D.C., House, Woodside, CA", Pacific Coast Architect, 26, 02/1927. "Lobero Theatre #2, Santa Barbara plans 11/9/1923", Southwest Builder & Contractor, 46, col 2, 11/9/1923. "Lobero Theatre #2, Santa Barbara", Southwest Builder & Contractor, 33, 07/18/1930. "Lobero Theatre #2, Santa Barbara plans 10/26/1923", Southwest Builder & Contractor, 42, col 1, 1923-10-26. "Lobero Theatre #2 Plans, Santa Barbara", Southwest Builder & Contractor, 42, col 1, 10/26/1923. "Little theatre foregrounds", Theatre Art Monthly, 567, 626, 9/1925. "Lobero Theatre, Santa Barbara, illustrations", Theatre Arts, 626-627, 9/1925. "Second House of George Washington Smith, Santa Barbara, California", Western Architect, 31: pl 12-14, 05/1922. "Residence of Craig Heberton at Santa Barbara, California", Western Architect, 31: 10-11, 1922-05.

Exhibitions

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