PCAD - Kysor and Morgan, Architects

Detail of the second floor of the McDonald Building lithograph, showing the office of Kysor and Hennessey, Architects (center), Los Angeles, CA, 1880. From the University of Southern California (USC) Libraries, California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960, Item #CHS-14324, from Thompson & West's History of Los Angeles (1880)

Exterior view of the Pico House Hotel, Los Angeles, 1891; from Water and Power Associates

Lithographic view of the McDonald Building, Los Angeles, CA, 1880. From the University of Southern California (USC) Libraries, California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960, Item #CHS-14324, from Thompson & West's History of Los Angeles (1880)

Location of Saint Vibiana's Cathedral (right in green), Los Angeles, 1921; from Baist's Real Estate Atlas Surveys, 1921

View of Main Street from 2nd Street, with the Childs Opera House (right center) Los Angeles, c. 1889. From the University of Southern California (USC) Libraries, California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960, Item #CHS-4302

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Ezra Franklin Kysor, Octavius Morgan

Active 1880-1886

Firm Notes

The previous architectural firm was Kysor, Morgan and Hennessy, formed in 1879 in Los Angeles, CA. Hennessy left the partnership to relocate in Australia in 1880, making it just Kysor and Morgan.

The firm prospered during the building boom of the 1880s in Los Angeles, CA. It became known as "Kysor, Morgan and Walls," as of 01/1887.

PCAD id: 84

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Buildings and other works

Name	Date	City	State
Cardona Building, Downtown, Los Angeles, CA		Los Angeles	CA
Fort Street Methodist Episcopal Church, Downtown, Los Angeles, CA	1870	Los Angeles	CA
Grand Opera House, Downtown Los Angeles, CA	1883-1884	Los Angeles	CA
McDonald Building #1, Downtown, Los Angeles, CA		Los Angeles	CA
Pico House Hotel, Downtown, Los Angeles, CA	1869-1870	Los Angeles	CA
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles, Saint Vibiana's Cathedral, Los Angeles, CA	1876	Los Angeles	CA
Schiefflein, Mrs. Jane, House, Lincoln Heights, Los Angeles, CA		Los Angeles	CA

Publications

Withey, Henry F., Withey, Elsie Rathburn, Biographical Dictionary of American Architects (Deceased), 356-357, 1970. "Recent and projected work of the two Los Angeles architectural firms of Kysor and Morgan and Boring and Haas", California Architect and Building News, 128, 1885-08. Gebhard, David, Winter, Robert, Guide to Architecture in Southern California, 74, 1965. Wilson, John Albert, History of Los Angeles County, 1880. Gebhard, David, Winter, Robert, Los Angeles An Architectural Guide, 251, 1994. "Schiefflein House, East Los Angeles, Los Angeles", Los Angeles Times, np, 01/01/1885. "The Reaction", Los Angeles Times, 2, 02/18/1882. "Kysor and Morgan advertisement", Los Angeles Times, O 1, 7/23/1882. "Fort Street Methodist Church closed for remodeling", Los Angeles Tribune, 3, col 1, 03/07/1887.

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