Percy Parke Lewis (1885–1962) was an American architect.

Biography

Early life

He was born on August 12, 1885, in

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Career

*1930–1931: St. Alban's Episcopal Church located at 580 Hilgard in

Westwood, Los Angeles, California Westwood is a commercial and residential neighborhood in the northern central portion of the Westside (Los Angeles County), Westside region of the city of Los Angeles, California. It is the home of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCL ...

. *1930–1931: Fox Theater located at 961 Broxton Avenue in Westwood, which is listed as a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument on the Westside. *1920:

Desmond's (department store) Desmond's was a Los Angeles–based department store, during its existence second only to Harris & Frank as the oldest Los Angeles retail chain, founded in the 1860s as a hat shop by Daniel Desmond at Los Angeles and Commercial streets. The ...

Westwood Village Westwood is a commercial and residential neighborhood in the northern central portion of the Westside region of the city of Los Angeles, California. It is the home of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Bordering the campus on th ...

, Los Angeles *1935:

Chateau Colline Chateau Colline is an historic eight-unit apartment building on Wilshire Boulevard in the Westwood section of Los Angeles, California. History and characteristics Designed by architect Percy Parke Lewis, Chateau Colline was built in 1935. It ...

located at 10335 West Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles, and it was added to the

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in 2002. *R.W. House in Los Angeles *Potter Hardware Company Store in Westwood, Los Angeles.Pacific Coast Architecture Database: Potter Hardware Company Store, Westwood, Los Angeles, CA
/ref> Fox Theater Westwood.jpg, Fox Theater Westwood Chateau Colline, Los Angeles.JPG, Chateau Colline St. Alban's Episcopal Church on Hilgard Avenue, Westwood, Los Angeles, front view..JPG, St. Alban's Episcopal Church DesmondsWestwood1925.jpg, Desmond's Westwood Village (1925)

Personal life

He married Ruth Augusta Lewis in 1917 in

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. He died on February 9, 1962, in

Los Angeles County, California Los Angeles County, officially the County of Los Angeles and sometimes abbreviated as LA County, is the List of United States counties and county equivalents, most populous county in the United States, with 9,663,345 residents estimated in 202 ...

References

1885 births 1962 deaths Architects from Pennsylvania Architects from Los Angeles 20th-century American architects {{California-stub