PCAD - William Peyton Day

Male, US, born 1883-04-08, died 1966-08-05

Associated with the firms network

Kelham and Day, Architect and Engineer; Weeks and Day, Architects

Professional History

Résumé

Partner, Weeks and Day, Architects, San Francisco, CA, 1916- . Day formed a partnership with architect Charles Peter Weeks (1870-1928), c. 09/1916. In 1921, Week and Day maintained an office in the Phelan Building in San Francisco. (SeeSan Francisco, California, City Directory, 1921, p. 1527.)

Personal

Relocation

Born in California, Day's last residence was in the 94109 zip code of San Francisco, CA. He died at age 83.

Parents

His mother's maiden name was Mendoza.

Biographical Notes

SSN: 550-50-5232.

Associated Locations

San Francisco, CA (Architect's Death)
San Francisco, CA
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PCAD id: 280

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Buildings and other works

Name	Date	City	State
Brocklebank Apartments, Nob Hill, San Francisco, CA	1926	San Francisco	CA
California Theatre, San Jose, CA	1926-1927	San Jose	CA
Chronicle Publishing Company, San Francisco Chronicle Office Building #4, South of Market, San Francisco, CA	1924	San Francisco	CA
Dufwin Theatre, Oakland, CA	1928	Oakland	CA
Fox Building, San Diego, CA	1928-1929	San Diego	CA
Fox Theatre, Downtown, Oakland, CA	1927-1928	Oakland	CA
Fox West Coast Theatres, Fox Theatre, San Diego, CA	1928-1929	San Diego	CA
Hopkins, Mark, Hotel, San Francisco, CA	1926	San Francisco	CA
Hotel Sainte Claire, Downtown, San Jose, CA	1925-1926	San Jose	CA
Huntington Apartments, Nob Hill, San Francisco, CA	1923	San Francisco	CA
Lee, Don, Building, San Francisco, CA	1921	San Francisco	CA
Loew's State Building and Theatre, Downtown, Los Angeles, CA	1920-1921	Los Angeles	CA
Macdonough Estate Building, San Francisco		San Francisco	CA
Magnin, I., Department Store Oakland, CA		Oakland	CA
Montgomery, T.S., House, San Jose, CA	1927	San Jose	CA
Peninsula Theatre, Burlingame, CA	1926	Burlingame	CA
San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD), Marina Middle School, Marina District, San Francisco, CA	1936	San Francisco	CA
Standard Sanitary Manufacturing Company, Warehouse, San Francisco, CA
Stanford Theatre, Palo Alto, CA	1925	Palo Alto	CA
Woolworth, F.W., Company, Department Store, Downtown, Los Angeles, CA	1921	Los Angeles	CA
Yosemite Theatre Building, Civic Center, Stockton, CA	1891-1892	Stockton	CA

Publications

"The Circus Bar, Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco", American Architect, 148: 2641, 45-46, 01/1936. "Dufwin Theatre, Oakland, CA", American Architect, 136: 223-227, 9/1929. Breeze, Carla, American Art Deco Architecture and Regionalism, 32, 2003. Naylor, David, American Picture Palaces The Architecture of Fantasy, 63-65, 219, 1981. "Montgomery, T.S., House plans", Architect & Engineer, 105, 11/1927. "Weeks, Charles Peter trip to Southern California", Architect & Engineer, 112, 7/1927. Day, William Peyton, "The Macdonough Estate Building", Architect & Engineer of California, 52-57, 12/1907. Jones, Frederick W., Hobart, Lewis P., "The Golden Gate international exposition at San Francisco", Architect and Engineer, 136: 1-80, 1939-02. Woodbridge, Sally B., Woodbridge, John B., "Marina Middle School", Architecture San Francisco: The Guide, 69, 1982. "$300,000 San Francisco Plant To Be Built", Building Review, XXIV: 5, 58, 1923-11. Ypma, Herbert, Hip Hotels, 206-213, 2003. "Advertisement: Skylines by Otis", Journal of the American Institiute of Architects, 8: 4, 146, 10/1947. "Necrology", Journal of the American Institute of Architects, 46: 5, 41, 11/1966. Gebhard, David, Winter, Robert, "Loew's State Theatre", Los Angeles An Architectural Guide, 236, 1994. "New Theaters to Rise Here", Los Angeles Times, 1-2, 1920-07-04. "New theater to rise here", Los Angeles Times, part 5: 1-2, 7/4/1920. "Theatres of Los Angeles including Hollywood and more.", Marquee, 30: 1, 4-29, 1998. "Dufwin Home Is Completed on 17th St.", Oakland Tribune, 34, 1928-10-07. "Dufwin Theatre plans", Pacific Coast Architect, 27-28, 1/1929. "'Inspiration' and 'Wisdom,' Figures for Supreme Court and State Library Building", Pencil Points, 10: 348, 1929-05. Sherwood, David C., "Solution File: Symphony Towers", Urban Land, 53: 4, 70-71, 1994-04.

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