Morgan, Walls and Clements, Architects (Partnership)

click to open gallery Exterior view of Los Angeles from the roof of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce Building, Los Angeles, 1932; from the University of Southern California (USC) Libraries, California Historical Society Collection, Item #CHS-49232
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Robert Oliver Clements, Stiles Oliver Clements, Octavius Weller Morgan Sr., Charles C. Wagner, John A. Walls

Active 1923-1937

Firm Notes

Morgan, Walls and Clements operated in Los Angeles, CA between 1923 and 1937. Octavius Weller Morgan, Sr., (1886-1951) and Stiles O. Clements (1883-1966) were the primary design influences within the firm.

PCAD id: 46

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Buildings and other works

NameDateCityState
611 South La Brea Avenue Automobile Showroom, Los Angeles, CA1927Los AngelesCA
Adamson, Merritt Huntley and Rhoda Rindge Adamson, House, Malibu, CA1928-1929MalibuCA
American Telephone and Telegraph Company (A, T and T), Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company, Office Building, Los Angeles, CA1911Los AngelesCA
Bank of America National Trust and Savings Association, Branch, 6780 Hollywood Boulevard, Hollywood, Los Angeles, CALos AngelesCA
Bank of Italy National Trust and Savings Association, Branch, Compton, CA1927Compton
Bank of Italy, Branch, Oceanside, CA1927OceansideCA
Bank of Italy, Headquarters Building #1, Los Angeles, CA1920-1922Los AngelesCA
Belasco Theatre #2, Downtown, Los Angeles, CA1925-1926Los AngelesCA
Belvedere Gardens Public Market, East Los Angeles, CA1937East Los AngelesCA
Beverly Hills Unified School District, Beverly Hills High School, Beverly Hills, CA1926-1927Beverly HillsWA
Blackstone's Department Store #2, Downtown, Los Angeles, CA1916-1917Los AngelesCA
Casa Camino Real, Los Angeles, CALos AngelesCA
Chapman Park Apartments, 615 South Alexandria Avenue, Los Angeles, CALos AngelesCA
Chapman Park Market, Koreatown, Los Angeles, CA1928-1929Los AngelesCA
Chapman Park Studio Building, Central Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA1928-1929Los AngelesCA
Chouinard Art Institute, Los Angeles, CA1929Los AngelesCA
Clements Supermarket
Clements, Robert O., House, San Marino, CASan MarinoCA
Clements, Stiles O., House, Beverly Hills, CABeverly HillsCA
Coast Savings Bank, Main Office Building #1, Downtown, Los Angeles, CA1925-1926Los AngelesCA
Cobb, Olive J., Building, Central Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA1923-1924Los AngelesCA
Coulter's Department Store, Wilshire Branch, Los Angeles, CALos AngelesCA
Crescent Creamery Company, Production Facility, Los Angeles, CA1924Los AngelesCA
DeHaven, Carter, Music Box Theatre, Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA1926Los AngelesCA
Dominguez-Wilshire Building, Los Angeles, CA1928-1930Los AngelesCA
El Capitan Office Building, Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA1924-1926Los AngelesCA
El Capitan Theatre #1, Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA1922-1926Los AngelesCA
Famous Department Store, Long Beach, CALong BeachCA
Fuller, W.P., Paint Company, Warehouse, Los Angeles, CALos AngelesCA
Godfredson Truck Corporation, Office Building, Los Angeles, CALos AngelesCA
Highland Towers Apartments, Hollywood, Los Angeles, CALos AngelesCA
Hite Building, Los Angeles, CA1923-1924Los AngelesCA
Hollenbeck Home for the Aged, Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, CA 1896Los AngelesCA
Hollywood Cemetery, Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA1900Los AngelesCA
Hollywood Park Turf Club, Race Track, Inglewood, CA 1937-1938InglewoodCA
Independent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF), Hall, Exposition Park, Los Angeles, CA1923-1924Los AngelesCA
Independent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF), Hall, Oro Grande, CA1924Oro GrandeCA
Independent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF), Hall, Van Nuys, Los Angeles, CA1924Los AngelesCA
Independent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF), Hall, Watts, Los Angeles, CA1926Los AngelesCA
Julian Medical Building, Owl Drug Company, Store, Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA1934Los AngelesCA
KEHE Radio Building, Los Angeles, CA1936Los AngelesCA
Klein-Norton Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA1924-1925Los AngelesCA
Leimert Theatre, Los Angeles, CA1931Crenshaw District, Los AngelesCA
Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), Jefferson, Thomas High School, Los Angeles, CA1936Los AngelesCA
Masonic Building, Golden State Lodge, Los Angeles, CA1925Los AngelesCA
Mayan Theatre, Downtown, Los Angeles, CA1926-1927Los AngelesCA
McKinley Building, Wilshire Center, Los Angeles, CA 1927Los AngelesCA
Mullen and Bluett Department Store, Miracle Mile, Los Angeles, CA1947-1949Los AngelesCA
Murray, Arthur, Dance Studio, Los Angeles, CA1941Los AngelesCA
Pacific National Bank, Downtown, Los Angeles, CA1925-1926Los AngelesCA
Pellissier Building, Los Angeles, CA1930-1931Los AngelesCA
Pig 'N Whistle Restaurant, Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA1927Los AngelesCA
Professional Building, Phoenix, AZPhoenixAZ
Richfield Oil Company of California, Office Building, Downtown, Los Angeles, CA 1928-1929Los AngelesCA
Samson Tyre and Rubber Company, Factory, Los Angeles, CA1929-1930City of Commerce, Los AngelesCA
Security-1st National Bank, 5209 Wilshire Boulevard Branch, Los Angeles, CA1929Los AngelesCA
Story Building #2, Downtown, Los Angeles, CA1908-1909Los AngelesCA
Thorpe Building, Los Angeles, CA1924Los AngelesCA
Toberman Storage Company, Warehouse, Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA1925Los AngelesCA
Warner Brothers Western Theatre, Los Angeles, CA1930-1931Los AngelesCA

Publications

"Detail Models Facilitate Design", American Architect, 44-45, 05/1931. Sexton, R.W., "In California They Have Learned the Beauty of Unsurfaced Concrete", American Architect, 139: 2596, 50, 6/1931. Breeze, Carla, American Art Deco Architecture and Regionalism, 17, 2003. Naylor, David, American Picture Palaces The Architecture of Fantasy, 90, 104-105, 203, 218, 1981. Naylor, David, American Picture Palaces The Architecture of Fantasy, 203, 217, 1981. Naylor, David, American Picture Palaces The Architecture of Fantasy, 219, 1981. American Theatres of Today, 80-82, 1927. American Theatres of Today, 94-95, 1927. "Pershing Square Garage, Los Angeles", Architect and Engineer, 12, 03/1951. "Richfield Building", Architect and Engineer, 92, 01/1930. "Richfield Building", Architectural Digest, 7: 3, 13-15, 1929. "McKinley Builiding", Architectural Digest, 6: 4, 80, 1928. Mackertich, Tony, Mackertich, Peter, Architectural Expressions A Photographic Reassessment of Fun in Architecture, 32-34, 2001. "Recent European Theaters", Architectural Record, 57: 229-244, 9/1932. "The Richfield Oil Building, Los Angeles", Architectural Record, 67: 6, 505-510, 06/1930. Marquis, Donald E., "Archaeologial Aspects of the Mayan Theatre of Los Angeles, California", Art and Archaeology, 29: 98-111, 124, 3/1930. "Archaeological Aspects of the Mayan Theatre of Los Angeles", Art and Archaeology, 29: 3, 98-111, 1930-03. "Pacific National Bank building, Los Angeles", Builder and Contractor, 47, 1925-01-02. "Lincoln Heights Odd Fellows Lodge", Builder and Contractor, 7, col 3, 06/01/1911. Allen, Harris, "Terra Cotta Versus Terra Firma", California Arts and Architecture, 32-39 , 02/1930. Rifkind, Carole, Field Guide to American Architecture, 221-222, 226-228, 1980. Gebhard, David, Winter, Robert, Guide to Architecture in Southern California, 77, 1965. Haefele, Marc B., "City Limits: McKinley Assassinated!", LA Weekly, 13, 18-19, 01/30/1998-02/05/1998. Gebhard, David, Winter, Robert, Los Angeles An Architectural Guide, 269, 1994. Gebhard, David, Winter, Robert, "McKinley Building", Los Angeles An Architectural Guide, 203, 1994. Gebhard, David, Winter, Robert, Los Angeles An Architectural Guide, 253, 1994. Gebhard, David, Winter, Robert, "Mayan Theater", Los Angeles An Architectural Guide, 234, 1994. Gebhard, David, Winter, Robert, Los Angeles An Architectural Guide, 235, 1994. Gebhard, David, Winter, Robert, Los Angeles An Architectural Guide, 234, 1994. Gebhard, David, Winter, Robert, "Toberman Storage Warehouse (now Bekins), 1925", Los Angeles An Architectural Guide, 158, 1994. Gebhard, David, Winter, Robert, Los Angeles An Architectural Guide, 284, 1994. Gebhard, David, Winter, Robert, Los Angeles An Architectural Guide, 262, 1994. Gebhard, David, Winter, Robert, Los Angeles An Architectural Guide, 187, 1994. Gebhard, David, Winter, Robert, Los Angeles An Architectural Guide, 259, 1994. Gebhard, David, Winter, Robert, Los Angeles An Architectural Guide, 160, 1994. Gebhard, David, Winter, Robert, "Security First National Bank of Los Angeles (now Security Pacific Bank Building), 1929", Los Angeles An Architectural Guide, 192, 1994. "CRA to purchase Belasco Theater", Los Angeles Conservancy News, 7: 6, 1, 11-12/1985. Bernstein, Ken, "McKinley Building Update--When Preservation Efforts Fall on Deaf Ears", Los Angeles Conservancy News, 3, 11-12/1998. Delvac, Barbara Hoff, "McKinley Building Falls to Demolition", Los Angeles Conservancy News, 20: 2, 1, 4, 3-4/1998. Hoff Delvac, Barbara, "Conservancy intervention halts demolition of McKinley Building", Los Angeles Conservancy News, 1, 5, 11-12/1997. "Manufacturers take products straight to consumers", Los Angeles Daily Business Journal, 4, 12/10/1990. "Return of the Mayan", Los Angeles Downtown News, 1, 1990-03-05. "Black and Gold Color Motif on Oil Skyscraper", Los Angeles Examiner, Section IV: 3, 10/14/1928. "Downtown Structure to Be Guide: Richfield Building is the Second Tallest Building at this Date", Los Angeles Times, 2, 08/25/1929. "Market Contract Let", Los Angeles Times, 5, 1937-06-20. "West C of C Makes Beautification Awards Restored Wiltern Theatre, Fox Plaza in Century City, Capture Top Honors", Los Angeles Times, Home Edition: 5, 04/19/1987. "Remodeling Job on Richfield Building", Los Angeles Times, 17, 01/15/1953. Ouroussoff, Nicolai, "Commentary; Failing a Landmark; When a school district's building plan hinges on demolishing a historic site, something is amiss", Los Angeles Times, F1, 07/15/2002. "Miracle Mile Designer Stiles Clements Dies", Los Angeles Times, 3, 01/16/1966. Shuster, Beth, "Building gets a monthlong reprieve", Los Angeles Times, B6, 12/18/1997. Kinchen, David M., "1929-Vintage Market Will Get New Life", Los Angeles Times, 1, 06/12/1988. "Five Buildings Announced for Immediate Construction", Los Angeles Times, 1, 1924-11-30. "Mullen & Bluett to Open Miracle Mile Unit Today", Los Angeles Times, 14, 02/24/1949. "Huge Apartment to Rise", Los Angeles Times, A1-A2, 1925-03-27. "Three Sites Designated as Historical Landmarks", Los Angeles Times, Home Edition: 12, 11/14/1985. Piccalo, Gina, "A new generation savors the pleasures of city's first mall", Los Angeles Times, B1, B10, 10/21/2000. "Increased Demand for Business Space Tempts Builders", Los Angeles Times, V1, 4 col. 3, 12/23/1923. "Good Art Enhances Theater Decoration", Los Angeles Times, 9, 1927-09-04. "Gershwin Show Will Open New Mayan Theater", Los Angeles Times, 13, 1927-08-14. Hebert, Ray, "End Arrives for L.A.'s Richfield Building", Los Angeles Times, B4, 11/13/1968. "Old Mayan Theater May Retrieve Glory", Los Angeles Times, 1, 1989-06-11. "Architectural Display Set", Los Angeles Times, F5, 01/11/1959. "New Clothing Store to Open Next Feb. 24", Los Angeles Times, 19, 02/10/1949. "The Citadel to Rise at Former Tire Plant Mixed-Use Project in Commerce to Retain Assyrian Facade", Los Angeles Times, 1, 03/22/1987. "Obituary Stiles O. Clements", Los Angeles Times, 01/17/1966. "Black and Gold Building with 'Satin Finish' Lends New Tone to Styles on Pacific Coast", Madera Tribune, XLIV: 57, 2, 1929-07-08. "Theatres of Los Angeles including Hollywood and more.", Marquee, 30: 1, 4-29, 1998. Marquis, Donald E., "Ancient Art in the Theatre", Motion Picture Herald, 18-21, 1931-01-17. Clements, Stiles O., "Some considerations in the design of small banks", Pacific Coast Architect, 11-26, 12/1928. "Richfield Oil Building Neon Lighting", Southern California Business, inside back cover, 06/1930. "Odd Fellows Lodge Plans Washington Blvd at Oak Street", Southwest Builder and Contractor, 52, col 2, 02/15/1924. "Bank of Italy, Oceanside Branch, plans", Southwest Builder and Contractor, 51, col1, 10/07/1927. "Odd Fellows Hall, Los Angeles", Southwest Builder and Contractor, 42, col 2, 11/09/1923. "Bank of Italy, Compton Branch", Southwest Builder and Contractor, 53, col 2, 10/07/1927. "Richfield Building", Southwest Builder and Contractor, 26, 01/24/1930. "Van Nuys Odd Fellows Hall plans", Southwest Builder and Contractor, 58, col 2, 03/07/1924. Southwest Builder and Contractor, 34, col 2, 05/12/1933. "Bank of Italy, Compton Branch plans", Southwest Builder and Contractor, 53, col 2, 10/07/1927. "Chapman Market Notice", Southwest Builder and Contractor, 59, col. 1, 1928-06-22. "Richfield Building", Southwest Builder and Contractor, 25, 08/08/1930. Gebhard, David, The Richfield Building, 1928-1968, 1970. "Richfield Building", Western Advertising, cover, 7/31/1930. Williams, Diane, Wiltern: From Pastureland to Performing Arts Center, 1985.
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