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

Claud Beelman Claud W. Beelman (1884 – January 30, 1963), sometimes known as Claude Beelman, was an American architect who designed many examples of Beaux-Arts architecture, Beaux-Arts, Art Deco, and Streamline Moderne style buildings. Many of his buildings ...

as Curlett & Beelman (1919–1932). 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.)

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 The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...

. These works include:

Alex Curlett

* Board of Trade Building, 111 W. 7th St.

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* Building at 816 South Grand Avenue, 816 S. Grand Ave.

* Equitable Building of Hollywood, 6253 W. Hollywood Blvd. *

Fifth Street Store Building The Fifth Street Store building, also known as Shybary Grand Lofts, is a historic eleven-story highrise located at 501-515 S. Broadway and 302-312 W. 5th Street in the Jewelry District and Broadway Theater District in the historic core of dow ...

, 501-515 S.

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* Roosevelt Building, 727 W. Seventh St.

William Curlett

* Haas Californiandy Factory, 54 Mint St.

San Francisco, California San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is a commercial, Financial District, San Francisco, financial, and Culture of San Francisco, cultural center of Northern California. With a population of 827,526 residents as of ...

* Packard Library, 301 4th St.

Marysville, California Marysville is a city and the county seat of Yuba County, California, located in the Gold Country region of Northern California. As of the 2010 United States census, the population was 12,072, reflecting a decrease of 196 from the 12,268 counte ...

* Theodore F. Payne House, 1409 Sutter St.

Villa Montalvo The Montalvo Arts Center is a non-profit center for the arts in Saratoga, California, United States. Open to the public, Montalvo comprises a cultural and arts center, a park, hiking trails and the historic Villa Montalvo, an Italian Mediterran ...

, 14800 Montalvo Rd.

Saratoga, California Saratoga is a city in Santa Clara County, California, United States. Located in Silicon Valley, in the southern Bay Area, it had a population of 31,051 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Saratoga is known for its wineries, restaurant ...

* Mutual Savings Bank Building, 700 Market St.,

* Phelan Building, 760 Market St.

Alex and William Curlett

Hotel Congress The Hotel Congress is a federally recognized historic building located in downtown Tucson, Arizona. It was built in 1918 and designed by the Los Angeles architectural firm William and Alexander Curlett as part of an expansion of Congress Street ...

, 303–311 E. Congress St.

Tucson, Arizona Tucson (; ; ) is a city in Pima County, Arizona, United States, and its county seat. It is the second-most populous city in Arizona, behind Phoenix, Arizona, Phoenix, with a population of 542,630 in the 2020 United States census. The Tucson ...

* Rialto Building, 300–320 E. Congress St.

* Rialto Theatre, 318 E. Congress St.

Curlett & Beelman

* Cooper Arms Apartments, 455 E. Ocean Blvd.

Long Beach, California Long Beach is a coastal city in southeastern Los Angeles County, California, United States. It is the list of United States cities by population, 44th-most populous city in the United States, with a population of 451,307 as of 2022. A charter ci ...

Chester Williams Building Chester Williams Building is a historic twelve-story highrise located at 452 S. Broadway (Los Angeles), Broadway and 215 W. 5th Street (Los Angeles), 5th Street in the Broadway Theater District (Los Angeles), Broadway Theater District in the Hist ...

, 215 W. 5th Street,

* Culver Hotel, 9400 Culver Blvd.

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* Heinsbergen Decorating Company Building, 7415 Beverly Blvd.

* Security Building, 234 N. Central

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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) * St. Mark's Episcopal Church (Berkeley, California) * Foreman & Clark Building, 701 South Hill St., Los Angeles (Curlett & Beelman)

Block, Curlett & Eisen

Works attributed to Block, Curlett & Eisen: *

Potomac Block The Potomac Block was a commercial building with a historical role in the retail history of Los Angeles, at 213–223 S. Broadway in Downtown Los Angeles, on the west side of Broadway between 2nd and 3rd streets. It was developed by lumberyard and ...

, 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

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Curlett, William and Aleck 19th-century American architects Irish emigrants to the United States Architects from County Down 1846 births 1942 deaths 20th-century American architects