Résumé

Partner, [Winsor] Soule, Murphy and [Theodore Mitchell] Hastings, Architects, Santa Barbara, CA, 1922-1931. This partnership maintained its address at 1206 State Street. Soule, Murphy and Hastings formed either late in 1921 or early 1922.

Professional Activities

Member, American Institute of Architects (AIA), Southern California Chapter.

Member, AIA, Santa Barbara, Chapter, 1929- . Hastings was a founding member of the American Institute of Architects, Santa Barbara Chapter in 1929. A history of the chapter on the group's website said: "The chapter formation team of Winsor Soule, John Frederick Murphy, T. Mitchell Hastings, George Washington Smith, and Russell Ray worked with the Southern California Chapter and National AIA to create the bylaws and Chapter documents that were approved by the National AIA Board on April 27, 1929." (See AIA Santa Barbara.org, "Chapter History: About AIA Santa Barbara," accessed 02/12/2026.)

Archival documents on Soule, Murphy and Hastings c.1920-1930 housed at the Architecture and Design Collection of the University Museum, University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB).