William and Alexander Curlett explained

William F. Curlett (County Down, Ireland, March 3, 1846 – January 21, 1914, San Francisco)^[1] and Alexander Edward Curlett (called Aleck) (San Francisco, February 6, 1881 – September 5, 1942)^[2] were a father-and-son pair of architects. They worked together as partners under the name of William Curlett and Son, Architects from .^[3] Aleck Curlett partnered with Claud Beelman as Curlett & Beelman (1919–1932).^[4]

The San Francisco firm of Curlett, Eisen, & Cuthbertson, Architects, was active in the 1880s; it designed the Los Angeles County Courthouse in 1887. In 1888, the firm occupied Room #41 of the Downey Block. (See Los Angeles, California, City Directory, 1888, p. 768.)^[5]

Works

National Register of Historic Places

A number of works by either or both Curletts and by Curlett & Beelman are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. These works include:

Alex Curlett

• Board of Trade Building, 111 W. 7th St. Los Angeles, California
  • Building at 816 South Grand Avenue, 816 S. Grand Ave. Los Angeles, California Equitable Building of Hollywood, 6253 W. Hollywood Blvd.^[6]
• Fifth Street Store Building, 501-515 S. Broadway, Los Angeles, California^[7]

William Curlett

• • • • • Haas Californiandy Factory, 54 Mint St. San Francisco, California Packard Library, 301 4th St. Marysville, California Theodore F. Payne House, 1409 Sutter St. San Francisco, California Villa Montalvo, 14800 Montalvo Rd. Saratoga, California Mutual Savings Bank Building, 700 Market St., San Francisco, California

Curlett & Beelman

• • Cooper Arms Apartments, 455 E. Ocean Blvd. Long Beach, California Chester Williams Building, 215 W. 5th Street, Los Angeles, California^[7]

Other works

Other of their works include:

• Proper Hotel, orig. Commercial Club of Southern Californialifornia, later Californiase Hotel, 1100 S. Broadway, Downtown Los Angeles (1926, as of 2020 under renovation to open as hotel)^[8]
• St. Mark's Episcopal Church (Berkeley, California)^[9]
• Foreman & Clark Building, 701 South Hill St., Los Angeles (Curlett & Beelman)

Block, Curlett & Eisen

Works attributed to Block, Curlett & Eisen:

• Potomac Block, west side of Broadway between 2nd and 3rd, Los Angeles, retail and offices, opened 1890.

Curlett, Eisen & Cuthbertson

• New Lanfranco Block, built 1888, 214–222 North Main St., Los Angeles^{[10] [11]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: William F. Curlett (Architect). Pacific Coast Architecture Database . 8 November 2018.
2. Web site: Alexander Edward Curlett (Architect). Pacific Coast Architecture Database . 8 November 2018.
3. Web site: Curlett, William, and Son, Architects (Partnership) . Pacific Coast Architecture Database . 8 November 2018.
4. Web site: Curlett and Beelman, Architects (Partnership) . Pacific Coast Architecture Database . 8 November 2018.
5. Web site: PCAD - Curlett, Eisen, and Cuthbertson, Architects . 2024-01-25 . pcad.lib.washington.edu.
6. Web site: AMBER-20150127111802 .
7. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form - California SP Broadway Theater and Commercial District. United States Department of the Interior - National Park Service. May 9, 1979.
8. Web site: December 2019 . DTLA-Fact-Sheet_Dec2019 .
9. Web site: Campus Outreach. 6 January 2021. St. Mark's Episcopal Church.
10. Web site: Lanfranco Block - Romanesque Revival Downtown - PocketSights . 2024-01-25 . pocketsights.com.
11. News: To Be Replaced . Los Angeles Herald . January 15, 1888 . 9.