PCAD - Mendel S. Meyer

Male, US, born 1874-10-07, died 1955-04-01

Associated with the firms network

Meyer and Holler, Architects, Engineers and Builders; Milwaukee Building Company

Professional History

Co-founding Partner, Milwaukee Building Company, Los Angeles, CA, 1906-c. 1920; Partner, Meyer and Holler, Architects, Los Angeles, CA, 1920-1941; on his 1918 Draft Registration Card, he indicated himself to have been a "Manager" at the Milwaukee Building Company. The Milwaukee Building Company, in 1918, had its headquarters in Office #316 of the Wright and Callender Building, Los Angeles, CA.

Personal

His 1918 World War Draft Registration Card and the 1920 US Census indicated that Meyer lived at 840 South Berendo Street, two blocks south of Wilshire Boulevard and the Miracle Mile. Meyer was laid to rest in the Santa Barbara Cemetery (Room 1-Bay C-Row 02-Niche 02). (See "Mendel Meyer,Accessed 05/02/2013.)

Both of his parents had been born in Germany.

He married Mabel Miles Meyer.

The Los Angeles Public Library's California Index, an important repository of information on Southern California history, referred to Mendel S. Meyer as "Gabriel S. Meyer." This was how Meyer's first name appeared in PCAD until 05/01/2013. SSN: 564161180.

Associated Locations

Santa Barbara, CA (Architect's Death)
Santa Barbara, CA
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PCAD id: 295

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Buildings and other works

Name	Date	City	State
4th Church of Christ, Scientist, Los Angeles, CA	1924	Los Angeles	CA
6777 Hollywood Boulevard Building, Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA		Los Angeles	CA
9th Church of Christ, Scientist, Los Angeles, CA	1925	Los Angeles	CA
Adams, George W., House, Koreatown, Los Angeles, CA	1916-1917	Los Angeles	CA
Anderson, Elizabeth Milbank House, Long Beach, CA	1912
California Theatre, Anaheim Colony Historic District, Anaheim, CA	1920-1921	Anaheim	CA
Chandler, Harold, House, Los Angeles, CA		Los Angeles	CA
Chapman’s Alician Court Theatre, Downtown, Fullerton, CA	1924-1925	Fullerton	CA
Fox Cabrillo Theatre, San Pedro, Los Angeles, CA	1922-1923	San Pedro	CA
Getty, John Paul, House, Windsor Square, Los Angeles, CA		Los Angeles	CA
Gillette, King, Loft Building, Los Angeles, CA		Los Angeles	CA
Granada Theatre, Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA	1921-1921	Los Angeles	CA
Grauman's Chinese Theatre, Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA	1926-1927	Los Angeles	CA
Grauman's Egyptian Theatre, Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA	1921-1922	Los Angeles	CA
Hollywood 1st National Bank, Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA	1927	Los Angeles	CA
Hollywood Athletic Club, Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA	1927	Los Angeles	CA
Mason Opera House, Downtown, Los Angeles, CA	1902-1903	Los Angeles	CA
Mason Theatre, Los Angeles, CA		Los Angeles	CA
Masonic Building, Lodge, Wilshire, Los Angeles, CA	1928	Los Angeles	CA
McNamara, Thomas, House, Los Angeles, CA	1922	Los Angeles	CA
Medical Arts Building, Downtown, Los Angeles, CA	1922	Los Angeles	CA
Montmartre Cafe, Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA		Los Angeles	CA
Mount Washington Hotel, Los Angeles, CA	1911	Los Angeles	CA
Norswing Medical Office Building, Los Angeles, CA	1922-1923	Los Angeles	CA
Petroleum Securities Building, Los Angeles, CA	1928	Los Angeles	CA
Pierce Brothers and Company, Mortuary, 714 Venice Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA	1923-1924	Los Angeles	CA
Saint Mary's Armenian Apostolic Church, Glendale, CA		Glendale	CA
Standard Film Laboratories, Office and Laboratory Building, Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA	1921-1922	Los Angeles	CA
Tustin, Mary, House, Los Angeles, CA		Los Angeles	CA
Walker's Department Store, Downtown, Long Beach, CA	1928	Long Beach	CA
West Coast Theatre, Long Beach, CA	1924-1925	Long Beach	CA
Wilson, E. Clem, Building, Miracle Mile, Los Angeles, CA	1929	Los Angeles	CA

Publications

"Standard Film Laboratories, Hollywood, Cal.", American Architect, CXXIV: 2431, 1923-10-24. "Chinese Theatre, at Hollywood, California", American Architect, 132: 251-268, 08/20/1927. "Grauman Theatre, Hollywood, Cal", American Architect, 123: 113-116, 125-127, 1/31/1923. "House of Thomas McNamara, Los Angeles, Cal.", American Architect and the Architectural Review, 124: 2431, 3 plates following p 20, 10/24/1923. Breeze, Carla, American Art Deco Architecture and Regionalism, 234-235, 2003. Naylor, David, American Picture Palaces The Architecture of Fantasy, 86, 1981. Naylor, David, American Picture Palaces The Architecture of Fantasy, 87-88, 1981. Naylor, David, American Picture Palaces The Architecture of Fantasy, 15, 1981. Naylor, David, American Picture Palaces The Architecture of Fantasy, 218, 1981. American Theatres of Today, 90-93, 1927. American Theatres of Today, 46-49, 1927. American Theatres of Today, 160-161, 1927. "Add a "stimulating dimension" to your understanding of architecture", Architectural Record, 164: 7, 196, 11/1978. Architectural Record, 09/1927. "Industrial Financial, Construction and Manufacturers' News", Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering, 24: 235, 1921-02-02. ""Buildings Proposed Work California"", Engineering News Record, 86: 4, 51, 1921-01-27. Calhoun, John, "Unearthing a rare Egyptian artifact", Entertainment Design, 33: 5, 34-37, 5/1999. Gebhard, David, Winter, Robert, "Grauman's Chinese Theater", Los Angeles An Architectural Guide, 152, 1994. Gebhard, David, Winter, Robert, Los Angeles An Architectural Guide, 191, 1994. "New Medical Building", Los Angeles Times, 1, 1922-11-22. "Theatres of Los Angeles including Hollywood and more.", Marquee, 30: 1, 4-29, 1998. "Roberts announces plans for California Theatre, Anaheim", Southwest Builder and Contractor, 39, col 1, 10/01/1920. "Plans for Granada Theatre", Southwest Builder and Contractor, 14, col 3, 4/15/1921. "Meyer and Holler prepare plans for California Theatre, Anaheim", Southwest Builder and Contractor, 13, col 2, 10/08/1920. Eckbo, Garrett, Urban Landscape Design, 12, 1964.