Harold Levitt Explained

Harold Levitt
Birth Date:July 26, 1921
Birth Place:San Francisco, California
Death Date:April 24, 2003 (aged 81)
Death Place:Las Vegas, Nevada
Alma Mater:Stanford University
University of Southern California
Occupation:Architect
Spouse:Jane Spalding
Children:Lansford Levitt

Harold Levitt (1921–2003) was an American architect.

Early life

Harold Warren Levitt was born on July 26, 1921, in San Francisco, California.[1] [2] He received a Bachelor of Arts in Graphic Arts from Stanford University and an architecture degree from the University of Southern California.[1] [2]

Career

He worked for Roland Coate and Burton Schutt before he founded his own architectural company, Levitt, LeDuc & Farwell, in the 1950s.[1] [2] The company was headquartered in Beverly Hills, California.[1] He designed homes for Walter Mirisch, Steven Spielberg, Lew Wasserman, Olivia Newton-John, Ross Hunter, Quincy Jones, Burt Lancaster, Dean Martin, Debbie Reynolds, Lionel Richie, Kenny Rogers and Hal Wallis.[1] [2] [3] He also designed the Riviera Hotel on the Las Vegas Strip and the headquarters of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Beverly Hills.[1] [2] [4]

Personal life

He was married to Jane (Spalding) Levitt for fifty-eight years, and they had a son, Lansford.[1] He retired to Reno, Nevada, in 2001.[1] [2]

Death

He died at his holiday home in Las Vegas, Nevada, in 2003.[1]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-apr-29-me-levitt29-story.html Harold Levitt, 81; Architect Created Homes for Stars of Show Business
  2. http://www.levittmoss.com/archive/ Levitt + Moss Architects
  3. Kate Buford, Burt Lancaster: An American Life, Da Capo Press, 2009, p. 233 https://books.google.com/books?id=8oKaLrgLkk4C&pg=PA233
  4. Walter Mirisch, I Thought We Were Making Movies, Not History, Madison, Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin Press, 2008, p. 178 https://books.google.com/books?id=4ljOw7wso_MC&pg=PA178