JOHN PARKINSON
PHOTO GALLERY
THE ARCHITECT
OF LOS ANGELES
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Homer LauGhlin BuildinG
Continental BuildinG
O.T. Johnson BuildinG
Grant BuildinG
Hotel Green Annex
DistributinG Station
Fire EnGine House
Hotel Olive
Alexandria Hotel
Southern California Edison
1905
SecuritY BuildinG
Pasadena Chamber of Commerce
Bullock's DePartment Store
KinG Edward Hotel
Pacific Mutual Insurance
Yorkshire APartments
Canadian BuildinG
SPreckels Bros Warehouse
Bartlett Music
Alexandria Hotel annex
Los AnGeles Trust & SavinGs
Los AnGeles Athletic Club
Central Park
Rowan Office BuildinG
WashinGton BuildinG
Hotel RosslYn
BroadwaY DePartment Store
MetroPolitan FireProof
Crocker Bank
Citizens National Bank Pasadena
Ansonia APartments
1915
SecuritY National Bank
Blackstone's French Salon
Ben Hur Coffee
Jevne Retail GrocerY Store
1919
Bovard Auditorium
SecuritY Pacific Bank
Los AnGeles Memorial Coliseum
Science BuildinG
RosslYn Hotel annex
Bullock's dePartment store
Los AnGeles Gas + Electric
SecuritY Trust & SavinGs
School of AccountinG
Student Union
Los AnGeles CitY Hall
Title Insurance & Trust
Wilshire-Westlake Medical
BridGe Memorial Hall
Bullock's Wilshire
Science Hall
SterlinG Plaza
California Bank
Banks-HuntleY
Southern California TelePhone
Hutton BuildinG
SecuritY Trust & SavinGs HollYwood
Title Guarantee & Trust
Union Station
John Parkinson
1861-12-12 born in Scorton, England
1877 -1882 Apprentice as contractor
1888 Worked as stair-builder in Napa
1891 School buildings superintendent
and architect in Seattle
1894 Parkinson moved to Los Angeles
1896 Parkinson had designed the citys
first fireproof steel-frame structure
1904 Parkinson had designed LA's first
skYscraPer (tallest in town until 1928)
Then Parkinson's became the dominant
architectural firm for major structures
in Los Angeles
1935-12-09 John Parkinson died in L.A.
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