Martin, A.C. and Associates, Architects (Partnership)

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John Day, Charles Griggs, Fred Sami Hassouna, Howard Raymond Lane, J. Edward Martin, Albert Carey Martin Sr., Albert Carey Martin Jr., Joseph Jacinto Mora, Michael J. O'Sullivan, John Rollow

Active 1945-1990

Firm Notes

John Day was a Partner in 1971; the firm, founded as A.C. Martin, Architect, in 1909, was headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

The firm's name was changed to "A.C. Martin Partners, Incorporated." In 2020, the firm was known simply as "A.C. Martin."

PCAD id: 98

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Buildings and other works

NameDateCityState
1900 Avenue of the Stars Building, Century City, Los Angeles, CA1969-1970Los AngelesCA
444 Plaza Building, Bunker Hill, Downtown, Los Angeles, CA1979Los AngelesWA
515 South Figueroa Street Office Building, Downtown, Los Angeles, CALos AngelesCA
ARCO Plaza, Downtown, Los Angeles, CA1972-1973Los AngelesCA
Boulevard Theatre #1, Los Angeles, CALos AngelesCA
Cass-Johansing Company,Offices, Building, Los Angeles, CA1953Los AngelesCA
City of Glendale, Municipal Services Building1965GlendaleCA
City of Los Angeles, Department of Water and Power (LADWP), Ferraro, John, Office Building, Bunker Hill, Los Angeles, CA1964-1965Los AngelesCA
Consolidated Western Steel Corporation, Showroom Building, Los Angeles, CA1954Los AngelesCA
County of Orange, Jail #4, Santa Ana, CA1970Santa AnaCA
Crystal Cathedral, Garden Grove, CA1980Garden GroveCA
Facelle Company, Tissue Manufacturing Facility, Oxnard, CAOxnardCA
Freeman, Daniel, Memorial Hospital, Inglewood, CA1954InglewoodCA
General Telephone Corporation (GTE), Buildings, CA1955
Johnson, S.C., Wax Company Building, Los Angeles, CA1951-1954Los AngelesCA
Kohler of Kohler Company Showroom, Los Angeles, CALos AngelesCA
Lakewood Shopping Center, Lakewood, CA1951-1952LakewoodCA
Martin, Albert Carey, Jr., House, Whittier, CAWhittierCA
Martin, Albert Carey, Sr., House, Los Angeles, CALos AngelesCA
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles, Saint Basil's Church, MacArthur Park, Los Angeles, CA1974Los AngelesCA
Sears, Roebuck and Company, Department Store, Alhambra, CA1971AlhambraCA
Security Pacific National Bank (SPNB), Headquarters Building #2, Los Angeles, CA1972-1974Los AngelesCA
Southern California Gas Company, Headquarters Building #1, Downtown, Los Angeles, CA1924Los AngelesCA
Sunkist Growers, Incorporated, Headquarters Building, Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, CA1968Los AngelesCA
Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles, Courthouse #4, Los Angeles, CA1956-1958Los AngelesCA
Union Bank Square, Downtown, Los Angeles, CA1967Los AngelesCA
Union Hardware Building, Los Angeles, CA1947Los AngelesCA
Union Hardware and Metal Company Building, Los Angeles, CALos AngelesCA
United States Borax Company, Laboratory, Los Angeles, CA
United States Government, Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), Lawrence Radiation Laboratory (LRL), Theoretical and Computing Building, Livermore, CA1965LivermoreCA
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Temporary Powell Library, Westwood, Los Angeles, CA 1992-1992Los AngelesCA
Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA), Building #4, Downtown, Los Angeles, CA1986Los AngelesCA

Publications

"Tissue Manufacturing Facility Facelle Company", American Institute of Architects Journal, 56: 5, 40-41, 11/1971. "Orange County Jail", Architectural Record, 150: 2, 119, 8/1971. "This Modern Building Has a Long Life Line", Architectural Record, 30: 8, 23, 08/1941. "New Design Concept for Wells Fargo", Civic Center News, 5, 09/19/1978. "Wells Fargo Headquarters Notice", Civic Center News, 5, 9/19/1978. "Wells Fargo Bank Headquarters #2 Notice", Civic Center News, 5, 9/19/1978. "Downtown's 4th largest offices planned for 5th and Flower", Civic Center News, 1, 18, 07/04/1978. Library Builders, 92-95, 1997. Gebhard, David, Winter, Robert, "Sears Complex, 1971", Los Angeles An Architectural Guide, 303, 1994. Gebhard, David, Winter, Robert, Los Angeles An Architectural Guide, 116-117, 1994. Gebhard, David, Winter, Robert, "Wells Fargo Building (444 Plaza Building), 1979", Los Angeles An Architectural Guide, 222, 1994. Gebhard, David, Winter, Robert, Los Angeles An Architectural Guide, 222, 1994. Gebhard, David, Winter, Robert, Los Angeles An Architectural Guide, 203, 1994. Gebhard, David, Winter, Robert, Los Angeles An Architectural Guide, 134, 1994. Gebhard, David, Winter, Robert, Los Angeles An Architectural Guide, 219, 1994. Maese, Kathryn, "Building a legacy", Los Angeles Downtown News, 7, 12/02/2004. "Art work to grace Wells Fargo tower", Los Angeles Times, 14, 06/13/1982. Thurber, Jon, "Obituary J. Edward Martin, 88; led family architectural firm", Los Angeles Times, B13, 11/26/2004. "Union Bank Square, Los Angeles", Los Angeles Times, 3, 04/08/1966. "Union Bank Square planned", Los Angeles Times, 14, 09/26/1965. Vrana, Debora, "Arco Plaza Wins Star Tenant", Los Angeles Times, C1-C2, 11/20/2003. Redstone, Louis G., New Downtowns, 60-61, 158-160, 1976. "Security Pacific National Bank Plaza 1974", Process Architecture, 85, 56, 10/1989. Honnold, Douglas, Southern California Architecture 1769-1956, 65, 1956.

Exhibitions

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