Résumé

Draftsman, Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company, Sacramento, CA, 1940. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1940; Census Place: Sacramento, Sacramento, California; Roll: m-t0627-00284; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 34-93, accessed 12/11/2025.)

Military service, US Army, 1941-1945. Mullen enlisted in the US Army on 03/03/1941 and served on active duty until 12/25/1945. Between 1945 and 1959, Mullen served in the US Army Reserve, rising to the rank of Major. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation National Archives at Washington DC; Washington DC, USA; Applications for Headstones For U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1941; NAID: 596118; Record Group Number: 92; Record Group Title: Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General; Source: Citation National Archives at Washington DC; Washington DC, USA; Applications for Headstones For U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1941; NAID: 596118; Record Group Number: 92; Record Group Title: Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, accessed 12/11/2025.)

Partner, Franceschi and Mullen, Architect and Engineer, Sacramento, CA, c. 1949-1955. Between 1952 and 1955, Franceschi and Mullen had an office at 2015 J Street, Room #27, in Sacramento. (See Sacramento, California, City Directory, 1952, p. 267 and Sacramento, California, City Directory, 1955, p. 281.)

Principal, Herbert Mullen and Associates, Consulting Architects and Engineers, Sacramento, CA, 1955- . In 1955, Mullen operated his practice at 801 9th Street in Sacramento.

Professional Activities

Member, City of Sacramento, City Planning Commission (CPC), Sacramento, CA, -1953. (See Sacramento, California, City Directory, 1953, p. 535.) He resigned from the CPC c. 08/13/1953.

College

The 1940 US Census indicated that Mullen had completed two years of college. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1940; Census Place: Sacramento, Sacramento, California; Roll: m-t0627-00284; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 34-93, accessed 12/11/2025.)

Relocation

In 1920, Charles H. Mullen, Jr., lived with his family at 2231 Central Avenue in Alameda, CA. The family owned their own home, paying a mortgage. The household consisted of Charles's father, stepmother, Nellie, younger sister, a step-brother, Robert La Fontaine, Sr., (born c. 1895 in CA), a step-nephew Robert La Fontaine, Jr., (born c. 1917 in CA) and a roomer, Richard Coffey (born c. 1870 in CA), who worked as a carpenter in a planing mill. As a young boy, Charles Herbert, Jr., would have lived with at least three men who worked in the building trades, likely influencing his own professional direction. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1920; Census Place: Alameda, Alameda, California; Roll: T625_87; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 8, accessed 12/11/2025.)

Mullen and his wife Janet both resided in Alameda County, CA, in 1935.

In 1939, he and his wife resided at 2728 1/2 Q Street in Sacramento, CA. (See Sacramento Directory Company's Sacramento City Directory, 1939, p. 406.)

A year later, Mullen, his wife and son Donald lived in a rented dwelling at 719 1/2 19th Street in Sacramento, CA. They paid a modest $25 per month in rent. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1940; Census Place: Sacramento, Sacramento, California; Roll: m-t0627-00284; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 34-93, accessed 12/11/2025.)

The 1950 US Census located Mullen and his family living at 4817 Brand Way in Sacramento's East Sacramento neighborhood. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Sacramento, Sacramento, California; Roll: 2645; Page: 4; Enumeration District: 70-10, accessed 12/11/2025.)

In 1953, Mullen dwelled at 5721 Callister Avenue in Sacramento. (See Sacramento Directory Company's Sacramento City Directory, 1953, p. 535.)

Mullen resided at 3813 Watt Avenue in Sacramento, CA, in 1955. (See Sacramento Directory Company's Sacramento City Directory, 1955, p. 602.)

The architect died at age 44 and was buried at Valhalla Memorial Park, North Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA.

Parents

His father Charles H. Mullen, Sr., (born c. 1862 in CA) worked as a carpenter for a building contractor in 1920. His stepmother was Nellie

Spouse

C.H. Mullen married Janet Mitchell Walthall (born 07/19/1915 in San Francisco, CA-d. 08/29/1979 in Sacramento County, CA) on 03/06/1935 in Alameda County, CA. She attended Alameda High School, graduating in 12/1932. She was part of the International Club and Latin Club and took part in the Senior Play. (See Alameda High School, Acorn Yearbook, 1932, p. 44.)

She remarried to a man named Fisher after C. Herbert Mullen's premature death.

Children

He and Janet had two children, Donald Paul Mullen (born 07/04/1936 in Sacramento, CA-d. 01/03/2006 in Sacramento, CA) and Nancy Carol Mullen (born 02/12/1943 in NJ). The 1950 US Census listed Nancy as having been born in NJ not Sacramento.

Donald P. Mullen served in the US Navy aboard the USS Saint Paul in 03/1959. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation National Archives at Washington DC; Washington DC, USA; Applications for Headstones For U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1941; NAID: 596118; Record Group Number: 92; Record Group Title: Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General; Source: Citation National Archives at Washington DC; Washington DC, USA; Applications for Headstones For U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1941; NAID: 596118; Record Group Number: 92; Record Group Title: Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, accessed 12/11/2025.)

Biographical Notes

Member, Freemasons, Grand Lodge of California, Sacramento, CA, c. 1952.