Résumé

Principal, Frank Veach Mayo, Architect, Stockton, CA, 1916-1938. In 1916, Mayo had his office in the Commercial and Savings Bank Building, Stockton. (See California Alumni Association, Directory of Graduates of the University of California, 1864-1916, [Berkeley, CA: University of California, 1916], p. 180.) In 1938, Mayo worked at 931 North El Dorado Street, Stockton, the Eden Square Office Building.

Partner, Mayo and [Eric W.] Johnson, Architects, Stockton, CA, 1940. The Mayo and Johnson office address was 931 North Eldorado Street in Stockton from at least 1940 until 04/1942. (See Stockton, California, City Directory, 1940, p. 207.)

Partner, Clowdsley, Ernst, Johnson and Mayo, Architects, Stockton, CA, 1945-1946.

Partner, Mayo, Johnson and [Edward H.] De Wolf, Stockton, CA and Menlo Park, CA, 1949-1955.

Partner, Mayo, De Wolf and Associates, Architects, Stockton, CA, 1961. In 1961, Mayo, De Wolf and Associates had an office at 142 North California Street, Room #307. (See Stockton, California, City Directory, 1961, p. 323.)

Professional Activities

Mayo became Certificated Architect in the State of CA before 06/05/1917.

Secretary/Treasurer, San Joaquin Valley Association of Architects, 1917. Wright served with W.J. Wright (President) and E.B. Brown (Vice-President). (See Architect and Engineer of California, vol. XLIX, no. 2, 05/1917, p. 106.)

Professional Awards

Fellow, American Institute of Architects (FAIA), 1957, elected for Service to the Institute.

College

B.S, Architecture, University of California, Berkeley (UCB), 1913. He was a member of the fraternity, Casimir, founded in 1910 at the UCB. Mayo served as a private in the Cadets for two years at the UCB, according to his World War I draft card.

M.S., Architecture, University of California, Berkeley (UCB), 1914. Mayo's Master's Thesis was entitled, The Evolution of Forum Romanum (1914).

Relocation

Born in CA's state capitol of Sacramento, CA, Frank Veach Mayo spent his childhood in that city. They had a dwelling at 1010 12th Street in Sacramento, CA in 1896. His paternal grandfather, Eli, listed in Sacramento voter records of 1896 as a "capitalist," lived next door at 1012 12th. Eli Mayo, arrived in the US c. 1850 and was naturalized in Sacramento on 08/01/1854. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation: California State Library; Sacramento, California; Great Register of Voters, 1900-1968, accessed 04/02/2020.)

Four years later, the Mayo Family lived at 1014 12th Street, Sacremento. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation: California State Library; Sacramento, California; Great Register of Voters, 1900-1968, accessed 04/02/2020.)

The US Census of 1910 located his family at 3112 3rd Street, Sacramento, CA. According to that year’s document, four people lived in the household, Frank, his younger brother, Joseph, and his parents Pamela and Joseph C. Mayo.

He attended the University of California, Berkeley (UCB), c. 1909-1914, before relocating to Stockton, CA, where he set up an independent architectural practice. Mayo resided at 1023 North Sutter Street in Stockton in 1916. (See California Alumni Association, Directory of Graduates of the University of California, 1864-1916, [Berkeley, CA: University of California, 1916], p. 180.)

On 06/05/1917, the architect and his wife had a dwelling at 517 East Anderson Street in Stockton, CA. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation: Registration State: California; Registration County: San Joaquin; Roll: 1544419. Source Information: U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005, accessed 04/02/2020.)

The 1920 US Census located Clara and Frank at 1024 West Flora Street in Stockton, an address they would remain for over 60 years. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation: Year, 1920; Census Place: Stockton Ward 2, San Joaquin, California; Roll: T625_144; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 167, accessed 04/02/2020.)

In 1940, Frank and Clara Mayo had his brother, Joseph, staying with them at 1024 West Flora Street. (See Stockton, California, City Directory, 1940, p. 207.)

In 1986, the year of his death, Mayo, then retired, continued to live at 1024 West Flora Street. (See Stockton, California, City Directory, 1986, p. 427.)

Parents

As noted above, the Mayo Family had deep roots in CA. The 1860 US Census listed his grandparents, Eli Mayo (born c. 1827 in England) and Mary Mayo (born c. 1828 in Ireland), lived in Sacramento, where he was a pound-master, taking care of stray livestock, and she worked in a saloon. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: Sacramento Ward 4, Sacramento, California; Page: 518; Family History Library Film: 803063, accessed 04/02/2020.) His grandparents had four children by 1860, Henry Mayo, (born c. 1853 in CA), Sarah Mayo, (born c. 1855 in CA), Gracie Mayo (born c. 1858 in CA), and his father, Joseph Eli Mayo, (born c. 11/1859 in CA).

In 1870, Eli had switched to working as a carpenter in Sacramento. The 1870 US Census recorded that Eli owned about $5,000 worth of real estate in 1870, and had a personal estate of $300. A next-door neighbor, Lucius Powers, a Vermont-born, liquor merchant, had a personal estate worth $42,000, a significant sum at the time.

Frank Veach Mayo's mother was Pamela Veach, (born c. 1871 in CA), who managed the household. She had two sons, Frank, and Joseph Mayo (born c. 1895 in Stockton, CA).

Joseph Eli Mayo, Frank's father, was ten older than Pamela and worked in 1910 as a sign painter, operating his own business.

Spouse

He wed Clara A. Mayo (born c. 1896 in CA) before 1917. Her father came from MI, her mother, English-speaking Canada.

Biographical Notes

During the mid-1910s, Mayo was a registered Democrat. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation: California State Library; Sacramento, California; Great Register of Voters, 1900-1968, accessed 04/02/2020.)

His World War I draft registration card listed Mayo as Caucasian, tall and slender with brown hair and eyes. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation: Registration State: California; Registration County: San Joaquin; Roll: 1544419. Source Information: U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005, accessed 04/02/2020.)

On 04/26/1942, at age 50, his World War II draft registration card listed him as standing 6-feet tall and weighing 158 pounds.His fingers were “slightly stiff” on his left hand.(See Ancestry.com, Source Citation: The National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Record Group Title: Records of the Selective Service System; Record Group Number: 147. Source Information: U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010, accessed 04/02/2020.)