Everett Phipps Babcock (1874–1928) was an

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who worked in the U.S. states of

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and

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. Babcock worked with Ambrose J. Russell (1857–1938) in Tacoma, Washington on "distinguished residences in various styles".Lawrence Kreisman, Glenn Mason
The arts and crafts movement in the Pacific Northwest
page 137 The firm completed the Washington Governor's Mansion in

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. Their work also included the

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William Ross Rust House for W.R. Rust (William Ross Rust, then President of the Tacoma Smelter and Refining) in Tacoma, Washington and the George Gower House (1906). Babcock also worked in

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's office in California. While there he designed the Singer Building (Pasadena, California), built for the

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in Pasadena in 1926, and later listed on the

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in 1985. Babock also built his own residence, a French-Normandy style manor, in 1926. The entry includes a tower staircase and Batchelder tile risers, and there are arched doorways, a formal dining room, butler's pantry, dormer windows, and fireplaces in the living room and masterbedroom. The four bedroom four bathroom house has , and was owned by

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until being put up for sale in 2009. Babcock was the architect for the residence of Mrs. Col. Herman Hall in Sierra Madre, California. Babcock also designed the Casa Torre Garden Court at 611-627 East California Boulevard in

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, a two-story L-shaped Spanish Revival style apartment building that is included in ''An architectural guidebook to Los Ángeles'' by David Gebhard and Robert Winter He was also an architect for William Jarvis Earl's estate in

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. Babcock married Bliss Clara Mae Delano in 1908."The wedding of Everett Phipps Babcock and Bliss Clara l%iae Delano took place last evening at the residence of the bride s father. ..." M Harriman to Wed Mrs. Hall.Jun 16, 1908 New York Times He died unexpectedly on May 16, 1928, during a routine tonsils removal operation, in Pasadena, California.''Architect dies in operation'',

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, p. A10, May 17, 1928

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George Gower HouseLane Residence, 617 Via Horquilla, Palos Verdes Estates (1928)
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