Résumé

Clements worked in New York, NY, for different firms before traveling to California in 1911.

Designer, Morgan, Walls, and Morgan, Architects, Los Angeles, CA, c. 1922.

Partner, Morgan, Walls and Clements, Architects, Los Angeles, CA, 1923-1937. Rapidly, Clements became the firm's chief designer.

Principal, Stiles O. Clements and Associates, Architects-Engineers, Los Angeles, CA, 1937-1955.

Stiles O. and Robert O. Clements, Architects-Engineers, Los Angeles, CA, 1955-1965. Stiles O. Clements retired in 1965.

B.Arch., Drexel Institute of Technology, Philadelphia, PA; M.Arch., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA; Coursework, Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris, France;

Clements was born in Centerville, MD; he moved to Los Angeles, CA, in 1911, at age 28. In 1930, he and his family lived at 1522 Golden Gate Avenue, Los Angeles, in a house he owned. It was valued at $18,000, a significant sum in 1930; at this time, the family had a live-in servant, Marion E. Barr, thirty years old. He lived in Beverly Hills, CA, at 708 North Linden Avenue, for approximately 31 years from 1935-1966; he died at Good Samaritan Hospital, Los Angeles, CA, at the age of 82;

His mother's maiden name was Hubbard;

Stiles O. Clements married Ida M. Clements, a Canadian by birth, c. 1912.

Two sons: Robert and Harold and two daughters: Mrs. Robert Rosenast (Mary Clements Rosenast) and Mrs. William Driver. At his death, Clements had 11 grandchildren, and a brother, Thomas, living in Pasadena, CA.

SSN: 554-50-5114; Clements was interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA. Member, Bel-Air Bay Club, Pacific Palisades, CA; Member, Downtown Kiwanis Club, Los Angeles, CA; Member, Stock Exchange Club, Los Angeles, CA; Member, Lambda Alpha Fraternity, Drexel Institute of Technology, Philadelphia, PA; Member, Los Angeles Saddle and Sirloin Club, Los Angeles, CA; Clements was an avid horseman. Co-founder of Los Angeles Beautiful; Member, Downtown Garden Club, Los Angeles, CA. According to his daughter, Mary Clements Rosenast, Stiles O. Clements tended to inspect his new buildings when no one else was on the site. (See Mary Clements Rosenast, "Stiles O. Clements: A Personal View," Los Angeles Conservancy News, 12:2, 03-04/1990, p. 8.) Clements originated the Los Angeles Trees-in-the-Streets program. He also maintained an aviary on his Beverly Hills property. The US Census of 1930 indicated that Stiles O. Clements had been born in DE, not MD; his father was from MD, his mother from DE. Clements was installed as President of the Guild Opera Company on 01/26/1955;

• Centerville, MD (Architect's Birth)
  Centerville, MD

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• Los Angeles, CA (Architect's Death)
  Los Angeles, CA

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