PCAD - Burton and Parkinson, Architects

Aerial view of the Homer Laughlin Building (center) and the Million Dollar Theatre Building (right), Los Angeles, CA, c. 2019. From Google Maps/Street View

Exterior view of the Currier Building, Los Angeles, c. 1900; from the Los Angeles Public Library (LAPL), Security Pacific National Bank Collection, Item #LAPL00018871

Portrait of Alvan Tyler Currier, CA, c. 1910. From Find A Grave.com, photo supplied by Werner H.

Printed view of the Currier (far left) and Bradbury Buildings (center), Los Angeles, c. 1897. From the Los Angeles Public Library (LAPL), Security Pacific National Bank Collection, Item #LAPL00013859

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James Lee Burton, John Parkinson

Active 1894-1895

Firm Notes

The firm of Burton and Parkinson was based in Los Angeles, CA; Burton, an established architect in Los Angeles, formed the partnership in mid-September 1894 with a newcomer to the city, John Parkinson; Parkinson operated a healthy practice in Seattle, WA, until the Depression of 1893 halted most building in that city; Parkinson was seventeen years younger than Burton.

In 1895, the firm operated in Rooms #94-95 of the Stowell Block, at 226 South Spring Street. (See Los Angeles, California, City Directory, 1895, p. 1506.) The Stowell Building was named for the Stowell Cement Pipe Company which operated in Room #4 in 1895. (See Los Angeles, California, City Directory, 1895, p. 1319.)

PCAD id: 87

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Buildings and other works

Name	Date	City	State
Cook, A.B., House, Redlands, CA	1895	Redlands	CA
Currier Building, Downtown, Los Angeles, CA	1895	Los Angeles	CA
England, J.W., House, Redlands, CA	1895	Redlands	CA
Laughlin, Homer Building, Downtown, Los Angeles, CA	1897	Los Angeles	CA
Perris Land Company Building, Perris, CA	1894	Perris	CA

Publications

"Photo of Broadway between 3rd Street and 4th Street, 1907", Arrowhead, 4, 01/1908. "Currier Building View", Arrowhead, 4, 1/1908. "Perris Land Company Office Building article", Builder & Contractor, 1, col 1, 11/28/1894. "Burton and Parkinson partnership formed", Builder & Contractor, 1, col 2, 9/19/1894. "England, J.W., House, Redlands article", Builder & Contractor, 1, col 2, 3/6/1895. "Burton, James Lee, biographical profile", Builder & Contractor, 2, col 3, 3/7/`894. "Currier Building Notice", Builder and Contractor, 2 col. 1, 1895-01-02. "Rebirth at the city's historic center; Grand Central Square is a spectacular urban catalyst", Los Angeles Downtown News, 30, 11/07/1994. "New Los Angeles Public Library will have delightful roof garden for city readers", Los Angeles Examiner, 45, 03/04/1906. "Public Library to begin moving this week", Los Angeles Times, 33, 03/18/1906. "$100,000 Fire Strikes Old Currier Building", Los Angeles Times, part I: 20, 1/13/1968. LeBerthon, J. L., Our Architecture : Morgan & Walls, John Parkinson, Hunt & Eager, n.p., 1904.

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