Ernest McConnell explained

Ernest McConnell was an American architect, who worked in-house for the Los Angeles Investment Company.

Designs for homes

McConnell also designed numerous Craftsman homes featured in a plan book that the Los Angeles Investment Co. published. The LAIC constructed many homes from those plans in various housing developments they built throughout Southern California.^{[1] [2]}

McConnell oversaw the creation of all the designs in a 92-page catalog book that the Investment Co. released in 1912-3, titled Modern Homes of California. The book contained 77 architectural designs and photographs of mostly Arts and Crafts style bungalows across the Southland priced between $1500 and $5000, as well as 200 detailed illustrations of exterior and interior views, along with plans that provided accurate estimates for construction materials and labor costs.^{[3] [4] [5]}

Other works

Ernest McConnell designed Chapman Building, which was designated Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument #899 and a contributing property to the Broadway Theater and Commercial District.^[6]

External links

• "If the Small Investor Ever Had a Monument to His Credit: The Los Angeles Investment Company Building, 1912" (Part One) (blog article, Archived)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Charles C. Chapman Building – Charles J. Fisher . Historian for Hire.
2. News: Many Fine Homes Near Completion . Los Angeles Evening Express . June 28, 1913 . 14.
3. News: New Bungalow Book . Los Angeles Evening Post-Record . June 14, 1913 . 8.
4. Web site: Modern Homes of California. Los Angeles Investment Company (Trade Catalog Bungalow Homes). Antique Booksellers Association of America . 19 October 2024 . en.
5. Web site: Library Books: Monthly Bulletin of the Los Angeles Public Library . Google Books . Los Angeles Public Library . 19 October 2024 . en . 1914.
6. Web site: Historic Places Los Angeles - Resource Report . historicplacesla.lacity.org . 19 October 2024.