| Ralph Carlin Flewelling | |
| Birth Date: | May 4, 1894 |
| Birth Place: | St. Louis, Michigan, U.S. |
| Death Date: | December 30, 1975 |
| Death Place: | Los Angeles County, California, U.S. |
| Alma Mater: | Wesleyan University Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Occupation: | Architect |
| Children: | Ralph Hunter Flewelling born 1930 |
| Parents: | Ralph Tyler Flewelling |
Ralph Carlin Flewelling (May 4, 1894 - December 30, 1975) was an American architect. He designed many buildings in Los Angeles County, California.
Flewelling was born on May 4, 1894, in St. Louis, Michigan.[1] His father was Ralph Tyler Flewelling.[1] He graduated from Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut and he received a Master's degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1917.[1]
Flewelling started his career as a draftsman for Henry M. Patterson, a Los Angeles-based architect, from 1921 to 1923.[1] He then worked for William Lee Woollett (1874-1955) from 1924 to 1925.[1] He opened his own architectural practise in 1925.[1]
Flewelling designed the Hawthorne School in Beverly Hills, California in 1928.[1] [2] He designed the Electric Fountain in Beverly Hills in 1931.[1] He also designed the post office in Beverly Hills in 1932 and 1933.[1] [3] Later, he designed the city hall and police station in Newport Beach, California in 1949.[1] [4] He also designed the All Saints' Episcopal Church in Riverside, California.[1] [5]
Flewelling became a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects in 1941.[1]
Together with Walter Leland Moody, Flewelling designed Santa Ana College located at 1530 West 17th Street in Santa Ana, California in 1947.[1] [6] Two years later, in 1949, they designed Paradise Canyon Elementary School located at 471 Knight Way in La Canada, California.[1] [7]
They designed Morningside High School located at 10500 Yukon Avenue in Inglewood, California in 1953.[1] [8] The following year, in 1954, they designed the Center Street School located at 700 Center Street in El Segundo, California.[1] [9] That year, they also designed the Del Norte School in West Covina, California.[1] [10] A year later, in 1955, they designed the Hawthorne High School in Hawthorne, California.[1] [11]
They designed the Seeley W. Mudd Library located at 640 North College Avenue in Claremont, California in 1970; it is named for Seeley W. Mudd.[1] [12]
Flewelling married twice, first in 1925 and then in 1951.[1] He had a child in 1930.[1] He died on December 30, 1975, in Los Angeles County, California.[1]