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Male, US, born 1903-02-05, died 1984-06-13

Associated with the firms network

Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (SOM), Chicago, IL; Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (SOM), Houston, TX; Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (SOM), Los Angeles, CA; Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (SOM), New York, NY; Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (SOM), Portland, OR; Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (SOM), San Francisco, CA


Professional History

Partner, Skidmore Owings and Merrill, Architects, Chicago, IL;

Chairman, Temporary Commission on Pennsylvania Avenue, c. 1965;

Personal

In 1965, Owings lived in San Francisco, CA. Born in Illinois, he died in the 93920 zip code of Big Sur, CA at the age of 81.

Spouse

The Architectural Forum described Nat Owings's second marriage in its 01/1954 issue: "Architect Nat Owings, of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, last month married the woman who designed his Christmas card at the bride's home in Carmel Highlands, Calif. She ws Mrs. Margaret Millard (née Wentworth), an artist who divorced Carmel attorney Malcolm Millard two years ago. Mrs. Owings is a graduate of Mills College in Oakland, studied art at the Fogg Museum in Cambridge, Mass., and at the Chicago Art Institute. She has had shows in Carmel, Santa Barbara and San Francisco. Her daughter, Wendy, was the only attendant; Mr. Owings's three daughters were also present. The Owings will travel in Turkey and Morocco for several months and then divide their time between a home in San Francisco and Mr. Owings' ranch in New Mexico. They also plant to build in Big Sur, south of Carmel. Emily Otis Owings, the architect's ex-wife, also remarried last month in Santa Fe. Her husband is John Barnes of Albuquerque, New Mexico manager for the Denver Fire Clay Co." (See "People," Architectural Forum, vol. 100, no. 1, 01/1954, p. 41.)

SSN: 320-22-7787;


PCAD id: 788


NameDateCityState
1 Bush Plaza Office Building, San Francisco, CA1959San FranciscoCA
1 Wilshire Boulevard Office Building, Downtown, Los Angeles, CA1964-1966Los AngelesCA
345 California Center, San Francisco, CA1986San FranciscoCA
350 Mission Street Office Building, San Francisco, CASan FranciscoCA
505 Montgomery Street Office Building, Financial District, San Francisco, CA1987-1988San FranciscoCA
595 Market Street Office Building, South of Market, San Francisco, CA1978-1979San FranciscoCA
725 South Figueroa Street Office Building, Downtown, Los Angeles, CA1982-1985Los AngelesCA
Aluminum Corporation of America, Incorporated, (Alcoa), Office Building, Financial District, San Francisco, CA1964San FranciscoCA
American Trust Company, Office Building, San Francisco, CA1959-1960San FranciscoCA
Australian Mutual Provident Society Office Building, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaMelbourneVictoria
Bank of America, World Headquarters Building, 555 California Street, San Francisco, CA1967-1969San FranciscoCA
Bechtel Building, 50 Beale Street, San Francisco, CASan FranciscoCA
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Blue Cross Blue Shield Offices, Oakland, CAOaklandCA
California First Bank Building, San Francisco, CA1977-1979San FranciscoCA
Centennial Towers, South San Francisco, CASouth San FranciscoCA
City of Long Beach, Civic Center #2, Downtown, Long Beach, CA2016-2019Long BeachCA
Congress Center, Portland, ORPortlandOR
County of Alameda, Coliseum Arena, Oakland, CA1964-1966OaklandCA
County of Alameda, Coliseum, Oakland, CA1964-1966OaklandCA
Crocker Center, Atrium, Bunker Hill, Downtown, Los Angeles, CA1981-1983Los AngelesCA
Crocker Center, Crocker Bank Tower, Bunker Hill, Downtown, Los Angeles, CA1981-1983Los AngelesCA
Crocker Center, Crocker Bank Tower, San Francisco, CA1982San FranciscoCA
Crocker Center, Galleria, San Francisco, CA1982San FranciscoCA
Crocker Center, KPMG Tower, Bunker Hill, Downtown, Los Angeles, CA1981-1983Los AngelesCA
Episcopal Diocese of California, Saint Aidan's Church #2, Diamond Heights, San Francisco, CA1962-1963San FranciscoCA
First International Plaza, Houston, TXHoustonTX
Frederick and Nelson, Incorporated, Department Store #3, Downtown, Seattle, WA1916-1918SeattleWA
Georgia-Pacific Lumber and Plywood Corporation, Office Building, Portland, OR1968-1970PortlandOR
Great Western Financial Corporation, Great Western Savings and Loan, Branch, Gardena, CA
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Hancock, John, Mutual Life Insurance Company, Office Building, San Francisco, CA1960San FranciscoCA
Hartford Building, San Francisco, CASan FranciscoCA
Hilton Hotels Corporation, Portland Hilton, Executive Tower, Portland, ORPortlandOR
Hilton Hotels Corporation, Portland Hilton, Main Building, Portland, OR1961-1963PortlandOR
Hilton Hotels Corporation, Seattle Airport Hilton, Sea-Tac, WA1961Sea-TacWA
Hyatt Corporation, Hyatt on Union Square, San Francisco, CA1972San FranciscoCA
Kaiser, Raymond, Engineering Building, Downtown, Oakland, CA1984OaklandCA
Kimberly-Clark Corporation, Fullerton Paper Mill, Fullerton, CA 1955-1956FullertonCA
Monterey County Planning Commission, Owings Coast Master Plan, Big Sur, CA1961Big SurCA
Mount Zion Hospital #2, San Francisco, CA
Norton, Matthew G., Building #2, Downtown, Seattle, WA1957-1959SeattleWA
Pacific National Bank of Washington, Office Building #2, Downtown, Tacoma, WA1969TacomaWA
Palace Hotel #2, San Francisco, CA1906-1909San FranciscoCA
Portland Center Redevelopment Corporation Project, Portland, ORPortlandOR
Portland Gas and Coke Company and the Pacific Light and Power Company, Public Service Building, Portland, OR1926-1927PortlandOR
Portland Memorial Coliseum, Lloyd District, Portland, OR1958-1960PortlandOR
Pritzker, Jay, Pavilion, Chicago, ILChicagoIL
Qantas Airlines Building, Union Square, San Francisco, CA1972San FranciscoCA
Ranke Building #2, Nordstrom, Incorporated, Department Store #2, Downtown, Seattle, WA1937SeattleWA
Sacramento Downtown Redevelopment Project, Sacramento, CASacramentoCA
Saint Regis Museum Tower, San Francisco, CA2001-2005San FranciscoCA
San Francisco Municipal Airport, United Airlines Hangar #1, San Francisco, CASan FranciscoCA
San Francisco Municipal Airport, United Airlines Hangar #2, San Francisco, CASan FranciscoCA
San Francisco Redevelopment Agency, Golden Gateway Redevelopment Project, San Francisco, CA1960-1966San FranciscoCA
San Francisco War Memorial and Performing Arts Center, Davies, Louise M., Symphony Hall, San Francisco, CA1977-1980San FranciscoCA
Southern California Gas Company, Tower #2, Downtown, Los Angeles, CA1989-1991Los AngelesCA
State of California, State Office Building #2, San Francisco, CASan FranciscoCA
Symphony Towers, Financial District, San Diego, CA1987-1989San DiegoCA
US Bancorp Tower, Downtown, Portland, OR1983-1985PortlandOR
Union Bank, Office Building, 350 California Street, Financial District, San Francisco, CA1977San FranciscoCA
United States Government, Department of Justice, Federal Courthouse, Office Building #5, Los Angeles, CA2012-2016Los AngelesCA
United States Government, Department of the Interior, United States Reclamation Service (USRS), Ruck-a-Chucky Bridge Project, Auburn, CA1978AuburnCA
United States Government, Edith Green-Wendell Wyatt, Federal Building, Portland, OR1974PortlandOR
United States Government, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, Headquarters #2, San Francisco, CA1982San FranciscoCA
United States Government, Postal Service (USPS), Main Post Office #1, Downtown, San Jose, CA1892San JoseCA
United States Navy (USN), Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA1953MontereyCA
Universal City Plaza, MasterplanLos AngelesCA
University of California, Berkeley (UCB), Lawrence, Ernest O., Memorial Hall of Science, SOM Competition Project, Berkeley, CABerkeleyCA
Upjohn Corporation World Headquarters, Kalamazoo, MI1957-1961KalamazooMI
Wells Fargo and Company Bank, Southern California Data Center, El Monte, CA1980-1981El MonteCA
Weyerhaeuser Company, World Headquarters #2, Federal Way, WA1971Federal WayWA
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