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Rowland Crawford
Rowland Henry Crawford (1902–1973) was an American architect and artist. Most of his buildings are located in the Los Angeles metro area. Biography Rowland Crawford was born October 28, 1902, in Deadwood, South Dakota. He attended the University of Southern California from 1920 to 1923, and was a member of its first architecture class. From 1924 to 1925, he attended the University of Pennsylvania. Following a two-year scholarship at the American Academy in Rome, where he studied painting, he returned to Los Angeles to join the architectural firm of Webber & Spaulding, designers of the Avalon Casino on Santa Catalina and the Harold Lloyd Estate. In 1930, he moved to the firm of Gordon B. Kaufmann. While there, he served as the chief architect for two well-known projects; the Los Angeles Times Building and the Santa Anita Race Track. He established his own firm in Beverly Hills in 1938. His better-known projects include the Sears Department Store in Santa Monica (1947), The Bev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1948 Crawford Mirror Addition At The SE Corner Of Times Mirror Square, NW Corner 2nd And Spring
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