PCAD - James Lee Burton

Advertisement for A.H. Andrews Company theatre seating, Chicago, IL, 1903. From A.H. Andrews Company ad, Iroquois Theatre Souvenir Programme, Dedicatory Performance, November 23, 1903, (Chicago: Iroquois Theatre, 1903), p. 98

Advertisement for Capitain and Burton, Architects, Los Angeles, CA, 1888. From Corran's Classified Business Directory of Los Angeles for the Year Commencing August 1, 1888, p. 770

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

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Male, US, born 1844, died 1912

Associated with the firms network

Burton and Parkinson, Architects; Burton, James Lee, Architect; Capitain and Burton, Architects

Professional History

Résumé

Partner, Burton and Parkinson, Architects, Los Angeles, CA, 1894-1895. The firm operated in Rooms #94-95 of the Stowell Block in 1895. (See Los Angeles, California, City Directory, 1895, p. 1506.)

Principal, James Lee Burton, Architect, Los Angeles, CA, 1896. Burton remained in Room #95 and #96 of the Stowell Block in 1896. (See Los Angeles, California, City Directory, 1896, p. 1670.)

James Lee Burton resided at 530 West 8th Street in Los Angeles, CA, in 1895-1896. (See Los Angeles, California, City Directory, 1895, p. 316 and Los Angeles, California, City Directory, 1896, p. 337.)

PCAD id: 203

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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
Gird School, Chino		Chino	CA
Laughlin, Homer Building, Downtown, Los Angeles, CA	1897	Los Angeles	CA
Los Angeles Theatre #1, Downtown, Los Angeles, CA	1888	Los Angeles	CA
Perris Land Company Building, Perris, CA	1894	Perris	CA
Redlands Cannery, Redlands, CA		Redlands	CA

Publications

"Currier Building View", Arrowhead, 4, 1/1908. "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. "Perris Land Company Office Building article", Builder & Contractor, 1, col 1, 11/28/1894. "Chino School House Notice", Builder & Contractor, 1, col. 1, 8/22/1894. "Burton and Parkinson partnership formed", Builder & Contractor, 1, col 2, 9/19/1894. "Plans for a cannery at Redlands", Builder & Contractor, 1, col 3, 4/4/1894. "Currier Building Notice", Builder and Contractor, 2 col. 1, 1895-01-02. "Chino school house financed by Richard Gird", Builder and Contractor, 1, col 1, 1894-08-22. "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. "Capitain and Burton, Advertisement", Los Angeles Times, 6, 11/12/1888. "$100,000 Fire Strikes Old Currier Building", Los Angeles Times, part I: 20, 1/13/1968. "City Briefs", Los Angeles Times, 8, 04/09/1896. "Public Library to begin moving this week", Los Angeles Times, 33, 03/18/1906. LeBerthon, J. L., Our Architecture : Morgan & Walls, John Parkinson, Hunt & Eager, n.p., 1904.

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