Stiles Oliver Clements (March 2, 1883 – January 15, 1966) was an architect practicing in Los Angeles and

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History

Clements trained at the

École des Beaux-Arts École des Beaux-Arts (; ) refers to a number of influential art schools in France. The term is associated with the Beaux-Arts style in architecture and city planning that thrived in France and other countries during the late nineteenth centur ...

, Paris. He was a key figure in the 1920s

Art Deco Art Deco, short for the French ''Arts Décoratifs'', and sometimes just called Deco, is a style of visual arts, architecture, and product design, that first appeared in France in the 1910s (just before World War I), and flourished in the Unite ...

architectural movement, and 1930s Streamline Moderne style, in Los Angeles. He also designed in

historicist Historicism is an approach to explaining the existence of phenomena, especially social and cultural practices (including ideas and beliefs), by studying their history, that is, by studying the process by which they came about. The term is widely u ...

motifs and

revivalism Revivalism may refer to: * Christian revival, increased spiritual interest or renewal in the life of a church congregation or society, with a local, national or global effect * Revivalism (architecture), the use of visual styles that consciously ...

styles, such as the

Adamson House The Adamson House and its associated land, which was known as Vaquero Hill in the 19th century, is a historic house and gardens in Malibu, California. The residence and estate is on the coast, within Malibu Lagoon State Beach park. It has bee ...

in the

Spanish Colonial Revival The Spanish Colonial Revival Style ( es, Arquitectura neocolonial española) is an architectural stylistic movement arising in the early 20th century based on the Spanish Colonial architecture of the Spanish colonization of the Americas. In the ...

and

Moorish Revival style Moorish Revival or Neo-Moorish is one of the exotic revival architectural styles that were adopted by architects of Europe and the Americas in the wake of Romanticist Orientalism. It reached the height of its popularity after the mid-19th centur ...

s. Stiles O. Clements was a partner with Octavius Morgan and John Walls in the firm of

Morgan, Walls & Clements Morgan, Walls & Clements was an architectural firm based in Los Angeles, California and responsible for many of the city's landmarks, dating back to the late 19th century. Originally Morgan and Walls, with principals Octavius Morgan and John A. ...

, known for his exuberant themed designs that included the Mayan Theater and

Wiltern Theatre The Pellissier Building and adjoining Wiltern Theatre is a 12-story, Art Deco landmark at the corner of Wilshire Boulevard and Western Avenue in Los Angeles, California. The entire complex is commonly referred to as the Wiltern Center. Clad in a ...

, and the famous Art Deco

Richfield Tower Richfield Tower, also known as the Richfield Oil Company Building, was an office tower constructed between 1928 and 1929 and served as the headquarters of Richfield Oil in Los Angeles, California. History It was designed by Stiles O. Clements ...

. He also formed the firm of Stiles Clements & Associates. Jefferson high 00026094 1936

Notable buildings

*1926 Masque Theatre Building —(Present day

Hayworth Theatre The Hayworth Theatre is a theater and performing arts center at 2511 Wilshire Boulevard in the Westlake neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. The facility houses 99-seat, 42-seat and 49-seat auditoriums and a 1,500 square-foot ballroom used f ...

+ La Fonda ) — 2509 Wilshire Boulevard *1926 El Capitan Theater Building —

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, Hollywood, California. *1927: Mayan Theater — Downtown Los Angeles;

Mayan Revival architecture Mayan Revival is a modern architectural style popular in the Americas during the 1920s and 1930s that drew inspiration from the architecture and iconography of pre-Columbian Mesoamerican cultures. History Origins Though the name of the s ...

. *1927: McKinley Building — Los Angeles (demolished 2004). *1920–1929: Chapman Market — Sixth Street,

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. *1929:

— Malibu, California;

and Moorish Revival architecture. *1929:

— Downtown Los Angeles,

(demolished 1969). *1929: Samson Uniroyal Tire Factory (present day

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mall) — City of Commerce, Southern California; designed in Mesopotamian Revival style, inspired by the Assyrian

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(Palace of Sargon II) *1931: Dominguez-Wilshire Building — 5410

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, Los Angeles, (

) *1931: Leimert Cinema —

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, Los Angeles *1931: Pellissier Building and Wiltern Theatre — Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles; Art Deco style. *1935: Jefferson High School — South Los Angeles; Streamline Moderne style. *1936: KEHE/

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/KECA Radio Building — Los Angeles (demolished 2003) *1938:

Coulter's Coulter's was a department store that originated in Downtown Los Angeles and later moved to the Miracle Mile shopping district in that same city. History Coulter's was founded by B. F. Coulter, a minister and entrepreneur from Kentucky, wh ...

Department Store, Wilshire Branch —

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, Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles; moderne style (demolished 1980). *1938:

Philharmonic Auditorium Hazard's Pavilion was a large auditorium in Los Angeles, California, at the intersection of Fifth and Olive Streets. Showman George "Roundhouse" Lehman had planned to construct a large theatre center on the land he purchased at this location, bu ...

remodel of Clune's Auditorium for the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra — Downtown Los Angeles (demolished 1980s). *1939: "Swim Gym",

Beverly Hills High School Beverly Hills High School (usually abbreviated as Beverly or as BHHS) is the only major public high school in Beverly Hills, California. The other public high school in Beverly Hills, Moreno High School, is a small alternative school located on B ...

—

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, California. *1939: Facade of the refurbished Blackstone Building (Los Angeles) *1949:

Mullen & Bluett Mullen & Bluett was a Los Angeles-based department store specializing in men's clothing. Founding It was founded by Andrew Mullen and W. C. Bluett in the 1880s, at the corner of First and Spring streets in Downtown Los Angeles. Arthur R. Mullen ...

Building —

, Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles; moderne style (demolished 2006); (disputed, may have been designed by son Robert Clements, Sr.) *1954: Occidental Savings Bank,

Valley Plaza Valley Plaza was a shopping center in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, one of the first in the San Fernando Valley, opened in 1951. In the mid-1950s it claimed to be the largest shopping center on the West Coast of the United States and the third ...

, 12140 Victory Boulevard, North Hollywood, Los Angeles

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Clements, Stiles O. Artists from Los Angeles American theatre architects * Art Deco architects Mediterranean Revival architects Spanish Colonial Revival architects Spanish Revival architects Architects from Los Angeles Architects from Maryland 1883 births 1966 deaths Burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale) 20th-century American architects