Résumé

Partner, [H.W.] Metcalf and Lochridge, Architects, Long Beach, CA, 1909. Metcalf and Lochridge leased Room #614-615 of Long Beach's First National Bank Building in 1909. (See Long Beach, California, City Directory, 1909, pp. 119 and 212.)

Principal, Harvey H. Lochridge, Architect, Long Beach, CA, 1918. Lochridge had his office in Room #17 of the Woody Building in Long Beach. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Registration State: California; Registration County: Los Angeles County Source Information: U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005, accessed 02/22/2022.)

Lochridge switched his primary focus from being an architect to an civil engineer c. 1925. CA voter records of 1924 listed him as an architect, while those of 1926 categorized him as an engineer. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation California State Library; Sacramento, California; Great Register of Voters, 1924, 1926, accessed 02/22/2022.)

The Long Beach City Directory, 1931, (p. 364) indicated that Lochridge worked as an architect at that time.

Principal, Harvey Lochridge, Civil Engineer, Long Beach, CA, c. 1926-1940. Lochridge maintained a structural engineering practice in Room #331 of the Jergin Trust Building Annex in 1928. (See Long Beach, California, City Directory, 1928, p. 470.)

Engineer, Western Pipe and Steel Company, Shipbuilding Plant 1600, San Pedro, Los Angeles, CA, 04/1942. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation The National Archives At St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; World War Ii Draft Cards (4th Registration) For the State of California; Record Group Title: Records of the Selective Service System; Record Group Number: 147, accessed 02/20/2022.)

Lochridge's name was not listed as an architect or engineer in business classified sections of the Long Beach City Directory after World War II. (His wife Eleanor was listed as an interior designer up to 1965, at least.) It appears that he may have worked either part-time or periodically as an architect and/or engineer after 1945. The Long Beach, California, City Directory, 1959, (p. 421) listed Lochridge as an architect in 1959, but indicated that he was definitely retired by 1965. (See Long Beach, California, City Directory, 1965, p. 473.)

Relocation

Harvey Hayes Lochridge was born in Center Point, IA, in the east-central part of the state, on 09/21/1879. Platted in 1854, Center Point stood about 18 miles northwest of Cedar Rapids, and was an agricultural town from its beginning.

The Lochridges lived on either Summit or Franklin Streets in Center Point in 1880. Harvey was an infant at the time, but he shared the house with his parents, brother, Elbert E. Lochridge, his aunt, Mary A. King (born c. 1856 in KY), a milliner and dressmaker, and his grandmother, Phoebe D. King (born c. 1807 in NY). (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1880; Census Place: Center Point, Linn, Iowa; Roll: 351; Page: 390B; Enumeration District: 277, accessed 02/20/2022.)

His parents and two sisters lived in Elkhorn, WI, in 1900, a town about 40 miles southwest of Milwaukee in Walworth County. The 1900 US Census did not indicated that Harvey lived at home at this time. (See Ancestry.com, DetailSource Source Citation Year: 1900; Census Place: Elkhorn, Walworth, Wisconsin; Page: 2; Enumeration District: 0088; FHL microfilm: 1241820, accessed 02/20/2022.)

In 1909-1910, he resided with his mother and two sisters at 421 Pacific Avenue in Long Beach, CA. His mother headed the household. Harvey operated his own architectural practice, while his sister Grace worked as a public school teacher. (See Long Beach, California, City Directory, 1909, p. 119 and Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1910; Census Place: Long Beach Ward 4, Los Angeles, California; Roll: T624_85; Page: 18B; Enumeration District: 0042; FHL microfilm: 1374098, accessed 02/22/2022.)

During World War I, he lived at 1415 East 1st Street in Long Beach's Alamitos Beach neighborhood. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Registration State: California; Registration County: Los Angeles County Source Information: U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005, accessed 02/22/2022.)

The Lochridges had relocated to 304 Orizaba Avenue in the Bluff Heights neighborhood of Long Beach when the US Census Bureau undertook its 1920 census. The household included Harvey and his wife, his two son Richard and Jack, and a housekeeper, Marjorie Allison (born c. 1878 in Canada). They rented the house in 1920 and continued to rent the same dwelling in 1930 and 1940, paying $60 per month in rent in 1930 and $50 in 1940. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1910; Census Place: Long Beach Ward 4, Los Angeles, California; Roll: T624_85; Page: 18B; Enumeration District: 0042; FHL microfilm: 1374098, accessed 02/22/2022 and Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1910; Census Place: Long Beach Ward 4, Los Angeles, California; Roll: T624_85; Page: 18B; Enumeration District: 0042; FHL microfilm: 1374098, accessed 02/22/2022.)

In 1940, Harvey worked as a structural engineer, Eleanor had employment as an interior designer and son John, then 24, served as a copy editor at an advertising company. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1910; Census Place: Long Beach Ward 4, Los Angeles, California; Roll: T624_85; Page: 18B; Enumeration District: 0042; FHL microfilm: 1374098, accessed 02/22/2022.) Just after the onset of World War II, in 1942, the architect and his family resided at the same address, and remained here in 1944. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation The National Archives At St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; World War Ii Draft Cards (4th Registration) For the State of California; Record Group Title: Records of the Selective Service System; Record Group Number: 147, accessed 02/20/2022 and and Ancestry.com, Source Citation California State Library; Sacramento, California; Great Register of Voters, 1944, accessed 02/22/2022.) They likely moved from this residence when the last of their children left home c. 1945.

Lochridge and his wife lived at 3665 East 1st Street in Long Beach between 1946 and 1965.

Lochridge died in Los Angeles County, CA, at the age of 91.

Parents

His mother Sarah A. King (born 07/22/1852 in NY-d. 04/20/1952 in Los Angeles County, CA) had been widowed by age 57. According to the 1910 US Census, she had had six children during her life, of whom four survived in that year.

The architect's father was George C. Lochridge (born 06/21/1844 in Madisonville, KY-d. 04/21/1903 in Long Beach, CA), a Congregationalist minister. During the Civil War, George Lochridge volunteered as a private in the 5th Regiment, Company E, of the Iowa Cavalry. (See Ancestry.com, Source Information Ancestry.com. U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012, accessed 02/20/2022.) Just after the war's end in 1870, George lived with his parents, Isaac Newton Lochridge (born 01/24/1823 in Madisonville, KY-d. 11/25/1902 in Colesburg, IA), a wagon maker, and Martha Goldstein (born 05/26/1826 in IN-d. 07/29/1902 in Colesburg, IA), in what the US Census called "Colony," Iowa (likely the town of Colesburg), and worked as a teacher.

He had a brother, Elbert Emerson Lochridge (born 06/09/1877 in Center Point, IA-d. 10/03/1961 in Springfield, MA) and two sisters: Grace Lena Lochridge Jaggard (born 02/17/1885 in Seneca, KS-d. 06/1973 in Bloomfield, NJ) and Edna Lochridge (born 08/01/1894 in KS-d. 04/05/1949 in Los Angeles County, CA). A brother Harry Lochridge (born 12/1875 in IA-d. 07/12/1879 in Center Point, IA) died at age three and about seven months.

Elbert became the Chief Sanitary and Civil Engineer for the City of Springfield, MA, by 1918. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Registration State: Massachusetts; Registration County: Hampden Source Information: U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005, accessed 02/20/2022.) Edna became a public school teacher, who earned both bachelor's and master's degrees. She lived with her mother Sarah at 517 Indian Hill Road in San Jose, CA, in 1940. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1940; Census Place: San Jose, Los Angeles, California; Roll: m-t0627-00255; Page: 63A; Enumeration District: 19-714A, accessed 02/20/2022.)

Spouse

He wed Eleanor Pitchlynn Adams (born 10/07/1888 in Washington, DC-d. 10/28/1968 in Long Beach, CA) on on 05/04/1910.

Her parents Charles Carroll Adams (born 12/13/1861 in Newbury, Maine-d. 02/17/1953 in Los Angeles County, CA) and Mary Juliet Adams (born 07/1860 in Washington, DC- d. 06/05/1944 in West Orange, NJ), were both born on the East Coast, but moved to Long Beach, CA, by at least 1900. In 1900, Eleanor lived with her parents, sister Ruth Adams (born c. 1893 in Washington, DC) and brother Charles C. Adams, Jr., (born c. 1898 in Washington, DC) on a farm near Long Beach. Charles was listed as a farmer by 1900 US Census, possibly raising fruit trees. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1900; Census Place: Long Beach, Los Angeles, California; Page: 24; Enumeration District: 0109; FHL microfilm: 1240091, accessed 02/22/2022.)

By 1910, Charles, Sr., had changed professions, as per the census, selling "art curios." (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1910; Census Place: Long Beach Ward 5, Los Angeles, California; Roll: T624_85; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 0045; FHL microfilm: 1374098, accessed 02/22/2022.)

Eleanor continued to work as an interior designer in 1948. (See Long Beach, California, City Directory, 1948, p. 527.)

Children

He and Eleanor had two sons: Richard Stanley Lochridge (born 07/11/1911 in Long Beach, CA-d. 10/07/1999 in Laguna Hills, CA) and John Emerson Lochridge (born 02/08/1916 in Long Beach, CA-d. 05/29/1974 in Riverside County, CA).

In 1942, Richard lived at 2324 Figueroa Street in Los Angeles, CA. See Ancestry.com, Source Citation The National Archives At St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; World War Ii Draft Cards (4th Registration) For the State of California; Record Group Title: Records of the Selective Service System; Record Group Number: 147, accessed 02/22/2022.) Richard wed Elizabeth A. Keeler (born 08/14/1911 in CO-d. 01/23/2004 in Laguna Hills, CA) on 03/20/1939 in CA.

John Lochridge wed Beverly Allen Walker (born 02/07/1919 in CO-d. 07/23/1974 in Riverside County, CA) on 06/22/1942. She attended Woodrow Wilson High School in Long Beach, CA, like Lochridge.(See Ancestry.com, Source Citation California Department of Public Health, courtesy of www.vitalsearch-worldwide.com. Digital Images, accessed 02/24/2022.) He served as a Lieutenant (J.G.) in the US Navy during World War II, joining it on 06/15/1942 and was discharged in 1945. (See Ancestry.com, Source Information Ancestry.com. U.S., Select Military Registers, 1862-1985 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors, accessed 02/24/2022.) He likely was recalled during the Korean War, serving until 1954. (See Ancestry.com, Source Information Ancestry.com. U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011, accessed 02/24/2022.)

Biographical Notes

Lochridge's name was misspelled in Los Angeles Public Library California Index as "Lockridge."

At age 62 in 1942, Lochridge stood 5-feet, 10-and-1/2-inches tall, and weighed 170 pounds. He had a light Caucasian complexion with brown eyes and gray hair. His World War II draft registration card indicated that he had a birth mark on his right ear. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation The National Archives At St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; World War Ii Draft Cards (4th Registration) For the State of California; Record Group Title: Records of the Selective Service System; Record Group Number: 147, accessed 02/20/2022.)

Lochridge and his wife were registered Republican voters in the elections of 1924, 1926, 1930, 1934, 1936, 1940, 1942, 1944, 1946, 1948, 1952, 1954, and 1956. He also voted Republican in the election of 1914. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation California State Library; Sacramento, California; Great Register of Voters, 1900-1968, accessed 02/22/2022.)

He and Eleanor departed New York, NY, aboard the American Export Lines' S.S. Exeter on 08/24/1956 to spend two-and-a-half months in Spain. They landed in Barcelona, Spain. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Series Title: Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels and Airplanes Departing from New York, New York, 07/01/1948-12/31/1956; NAI Number: 3335533; Record Group Title: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787-2004; Record Group Number: 85; Series Number: A4169; NARA Roll Number: 398, accessed 02/22/2022.) They returned aboard the American Export Lines' S.S. Excambion from Barcelona to New York, landing on 11/05/1956. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1956; Arrival: New York, New York, USA; Microfilm Serial: T715, 1897-1957; Line: 21; Page Number: 170 Source Information: New York, U.S., Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010, accessed 02/22/2022.)

SSN: 570-20-7946.