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

A number of works by either or both Curletts, and by Curlett & Beelman, are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. Works include (with attribution):

• Board of Trade Building, 111 W. 7th St. Los Angeles, California (Curlett, Aleck), NRHP-listed
• Building at 816 South Grand Avenue, 816 S. Grand Ave. Los Angeles, California (Curlett, Aleck), NRHP-listed
• Cooper Arms Apartments, 455 E. Ocean Blvd. Long Beach, California (Curlett & Beelman), NRHP-listed
• Culver Hotel, 9400 Culver Blvd. Culver City, California (Curlett and Beelman), NRHP-listed
• Equitable Building of Hollywood, 6253 W. Hollywood Blvd. (Curlett)^[6]
• Haas Californiandy Factory, 54 Mint St. San Francisco, California (Curlett, William), NRHP-listed
• Heinsbergen Decorating Company Building, 7415 Beverly Blvd. Los Angeles, California (Curlett & Beelman), NRHP-listed
• Hotel Congress, 303–311 E. Congress St. Tucson, Arizona (Curlett, Aleck; William Curlett & Son), NRHP-listed
• Mutual Savings Bank Building, 700 Market St., San Francisco, California, NRHP-listed
• Packard Library, 301 4th St. Marysville, California (Curlett,William), NRHP-listed
  • Phelan Building, 760 Market St. San Francisco, California Theodore F. Payne House, 1409 Sutter St. San Francisco, California (Curlett,William F.), NRHP-listed
• 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)^[7]
• Rialto Building, 300–320 E. Congress St. Tucson, Arizona (Curlett, Aleck; William curlett & Son), NRHP-listed
• Rialto Theatre, 318 E. Congress St. Tucson, Arizona (Curlett, Aleck; William Curlett & Son), NRHP-listed
• Roosevelt Building, 727 W. Seventh St. Los Angeles, California (Curlett, Aleck), NRHP-listed
• St. Mark's Episcopal Church (Berkeley, California)^[8]
• Security Building, 234 N. Central Phoenix, Arizona (Curlett & Beelman), NRHP-listed
• Villa Montalvo, 14800 Montalvo Rd. Saratoga, California (Curlett, William), NRHP-listed
• 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^{[9] [10]}

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: December 2019 . DTLA-Fact-Sheet_Dec2019 .
8. Web site: Campus Outreach. 6 January 2021. St. Mark's Episcopal Church.
9. Web site: Lanfranco Block - Romanesque Revival Downtown - PocketSights . 2024-01-25 . pocketsights.com.
10. News: To Be Replaced . Los Angeles Herald . January 15, 1888 . 9.