PCAD - Hudson and Munsell, Architects

Exterior view of the Los Angeles County General Hospital, Administration Building, Los Angeles, 2009; from Flickr Commons, photo by Kansas Sebastian

Exterior view of the Los Angeles County Hall of Records #1 (left), County Courthouse (center) and County Hall of Justice (right), Los Angeles, 1927; from the University of Southern California (USC), Libraries, California Historical Society Collection, Item #CHS-33190

Exterior view of the Los Angeles County Hall of Records from the site of the new City Hall; view of LA Times Building tower #3 (left) and City Hall #3 (right), Los Angeles, c. 1926; from University of Southern California (USC), Libraries, California Historical Society Collection, Item #35191

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Frank Dale Hudson, William A.O. Munsell

Active c.1900-10/1919

Firm Notes

This firm operated in Southern California from about 1900 until 10/1919. An notice in the American Architect and Architecture stated: "F.D. Hudson and W.A. Munsell announce the dissolution of the firm of Hudson & Munsell, architects. Mr. Hudson's address will be 416 Stimson building, and Mr. Munsell's address 414 Stimson Building, Los Angeles." (See "Personal," American Architect and Architecture, vol. 116, no. 2295, 12/17/ 1919, p. 763.)

PCAD id: 530

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Buildings and other works

Name	Date	City	State
857 Roanoke Road House, San Marino, CA		San Marino	CA
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks (BPOE), Lodge, San Pedro, Los Angeles, CA	1909	Los Angeles	CA
Bloomer, A.F., House, Los Angeles, CA	1910	San Marino	CA
Briggs, Mary L., House, Los Angeles, CA	1912	Los Angeles	CA
Chatsworth Methodist Church, Women's Club Building, Chatsworth, Los Angeles, CA	1912	Los Angeles	CA
City of Los Angeles, Fire Department (LAFD), Engine Company #29, Station #1, Los Angeles, CA	1910	Los Angeles	CA
County of Los Angeles, Detention Home, Los Angeles, CA	1910	Los Angeles	CA
County of Los Angeles, General Hospital, Administration Building, Lincoln Heights, Los Angeles, CA	1909	Los Angeles	CA
County of Los Angeles, Hall of Records Building #1, Downtown, Los Angeles, CA	1908	Los Angeles	CA
Gartz, A.F., House, Altadena, CA	1908	Altadena	CA
Gillett, G.G., House, Los Angeles, CA
Guasti, Secondo, House, West Adams, Los Angeles, CA	1910	Los Angeles	CA
Kissam, Jonas Butler and Cornelia Burrows, House, Los Angeles, CA	1906-1907	Los Angeles	CA
Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), 79th Street School, Los Angeles, CA	1924	Los Angeles	CA
Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), 95th Street School, Los Angeles, CA		Los Angeles	CA
Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), Murchison Street School, Los Angeles, CA	1924-1925	Los Angeles	CA
Masonic Building, Blue Lodge, Los Angeles, CA	1907	Los Angeles	CA
Natural History Museum, Exposition Park, Los Angeles, CA	1913	Los Angeles	CA
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles, Saint Anthony's Church #1, Long Beach, CA	1902-1904	Long Beach	CA
Stewart, Will H., House, Alhambra, CA		Alhambra	CA
Terminal School District, School, Los Angeles, CA	1904	Los Angeles	CA
Thom, Cameron Erskine, House Project, West Adams, Los Angeles, CA	1905	Los Angeles	CA

Publications

"Gartz, A.F., House, Altadena", Architect and Engineer of California, 75, 04/1908. "Citation for Los Angeles Masonic Temple", Architect and Engineer of California, 83, 10/1897. Gebhard, David, Winter, Robert, "Exposition Park", Architecture in Los Angeles A Compleat Guide, 257, 1985. Gebhard, David, Winter, Robert, Los Angeles An Architectural Guide, 239, 1994. "Plans for new school building", Los Angeles Daily Journal, 6, 07/21/1904. "Plans for Hall of Records, Los Angeles", Los Angeles Daily Journal, 1, 02/04/1908. "Guasti, Secondo, House, West Adams", Los Angeles Daily Journal, 2, col 1-2, 01/13/1910. "Elks Club plans, San Pedro, CA", Los Angeles Daily Journal, 2, col 1, 11/19/1909. "Thom, C.E., House, Plans", Los Angeles Daily Journal, 2, col 2, 09/29/1905. "Elks Club, San Pedro", Los Angeles Times, 1, 02/20/1910. "Plans for Elks Club Lodge, San Pedro, CA", Los Angeles Times, 24, 01/23/1910. "Los Angeles County Detention House plans", Los Angeles Times, 8, 06/19/1910. "Stewart, Will H., House plans", Los Angeles Times, 12, 04/19/1908. "Masonic Temple great building", Los Angeles Times, 1, 09/29/1907. "Hudson and Munsell prepare plans for 79th Street School, Los Angeles", Southwest Builder & Contractor, 54, col 2, 9/19/1924. "Plans for women's club building", Southwest Builder and Contractor, 13, col 1, 08/19/1912. "Murchison Street School plans", Southwest Builder and Contractor, 50, col 3, 07/04/1924. "Murchison Street School call for construction bids", Southwest Builder and Contractor, 54, col 1, 11/14/1924. "Murchison Street School contracts with costs", Southwest Builder and Contractor, 49, col 2, 03/14/1924. "95th Street School Addition", Southwest Builder and Contractor, 53, col 1, 12/19/1924. Who's Who on the Pacific Southwest, 186, 1913.

Hudson and Munsell, Architects (Partnership)

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