Frederick Earl Emmons (December 19, 1907 - August 23, 1999) was an American architect. With

A. Quincy Jones Archibald Quincy Jones (April 29, 1913 – August 3, 1979) was a Los Angeles-based architect and educator known for innovative buildings in the modernist style and for urban planning that pioneered the use of greenbelts and green design. ...

, he designed many residential properties, including tract houses developed by

Joseph Eichler Joseph Leopold Eichler (June 25, 1900 – July 1, 1974) was a 20th-century post-war American real estate developer known for developing distinctive residential subdivisions of Mid-century modern style tract housing in California. He was one of ...

in the Pacific Palisades,

Orange Orange most often refers to: *Orange (fruit), the fruit of the tree species '' Citrus'' × ''sinensis'' ** Orange blossom, its fragrant flower *Orange (colour), from the color of an orange, occurs between red and yellow in the visible spectrum * ...

Palo Alto Palo Alto (; Spanish for "tall stick") is a charter city in the northwestern corner of Santa Clara County, California, United States, in the San Francisco Bay Area, named after a coastal redwood tree known as El Palo Alto. The city was estab ...

, San Rafael, and commercial buildings in

Palm Springs Palm Springs (Cahuilla: ''Séc-he'') is a desert resort city in Riverside County, California, United States, within the Colorado Desert's Coachella Valley. The city covers approximately , making it the largest city in Riverside County by land ...

, Pomona, Whittier and Los Angeles. They also designed the

Charles E. Young Research Library The Charles E. Young Research Library is one of the largest libraries on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles in Westwood, Los Angeles, California. It initially opened in 1964, and a second phase of construction was completed ...

on the campus of the

University of California, Los Angeles The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a teachers college then known as the southern branch of the California St ...

(UCLA).

Early life

Frederick Earl Emmons was born on December 19, 1907 in

New York New York most commonly refers to: * New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York * New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States New York may also refer to: Film and television * '' ...

. He graduated from

Cornell University Cornell University is a private statutory land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York. It is a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, Cornell was founded with the intention to teach an ...

in 1929.

Career

Emmons began his career by working as a draughtsman for

McKim, Mead & White McKim, Mead & White was an American architectural firm that came to define architectural practice, urbanism, and the ideals of the American Renaissance in fin de siècle New York. The firm's founding partners Charles Follen McKim (1847–1909), Wil ...

in 1930-1932. He worked for architect

William Wurster William Wilson Wurster (October 20, 1895 – September 19, 1973) was an American architect and architectural teacher at the University of California, Berkeley, and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, best known for his residential desig ...

from 1938 to 1939, and for Allied Engineers from 1940 to 1942. He served in the

United States Navy Reserve The United States Navy Reserve (USNR), known as the United States Naval Reserve from 1915 to 2005, is the Reserve Component (RC) of the United States Navy. Members of the Navy Reserve, called Reservists, are categorized as being in either the Sele ...

from 1942 to 1946. By 1946, he started his own architectural practice in Los Angeles. Emmons opened an architectural practice with

in 1950. The first year, they designed the

Sascha Brastoff Sascha Brastoff (October 23, 1918 - February 4, 1993) was an iconic mid-century designer who had a ceramics studio. He was active in the Los Angeles area from 1947 to 1963, after which he left his company due to ill health. The Sascha Brastoff Ce ...

Ceramics Factory located at 11520 West Olympic Boulevard in

Downtown Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles (DTLA) contains the central business district of Los Angeles. In addition, it contains a diverse residential area of some 85,000 people, and covers . A 2013 study found that the district is home to over 500,000 jobs. It is ...

, the Brody House in the Pacific Palisades, the Romanoff's on the Rocks Restaurant on Highway 111 in

, and the King Cole Market and Shopping Center in Whittier. By 1952, they designed the Southdown Estates Houses at 16310 Akron Street in the Pacific Palisades. They also designed the Nicholas P. Daphne Funeral Home located at 1 Church street in

San Francisco, California San Francisco (; Spanish for " Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the fourth most populous in California and 17th ...

in 1952-1953; it was demolished in 2000. They designed the Hugheston Meadows Housing Tract, which won an Award of Merit from the

National Association of Home Builders The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) is one of the largest trade associations in the United States, representing the interests of home builders, developers, contractors, and associated businesses. NAHB is headquartered in Washington, D ...

in 1953. In 1954, they designed the Huberland House at 16060 Royal Oaks Road in Encino in 1954, and the Building Contractors' Association Building in Pomona. In 1965 they completed Country Club Estates, a 30-unit development in Palm Springs, California. Emmons and Jones designed their own office, Jones & Emmons Architectural Office Building, in Los Angeles in 1955, as well as the West Wilshire Swimming Pool in Los Angeles, and the St Matthew's Episcopal Church in the Pacific Palisades, which was destroyed by arson in 1978. In 1963, they designed the Shorecliff Tower Apartments at 535 Ocean Avenue in

Santa Monica Santa Monica (; Spanish: ''Santa Mónica'') is a city in Los Angeles County, situated along Santa Monica Bay on California's South Coast. Santa Monica's 2020 U.S. Census population was 93,076. Santa Monica is a popular resort town, owing to ...

. In 1964, they designed the

on the campus of the

(UCLA). A year later, they designed a house at 901 Airole Way, in Bel Air. Emmons and Jones also designed several houses in

Orange, California Orange is a city located in North Orange County, California. It is approximately north of the county seat, Santa Ana, California, Santa Ana. Orange is unusual in this region because many of the homes in its Old Town District were built before ...

for developer

. In particular they designed a house at 602 East Briardale Avenue House and another house at 1843 North Woodside Street House, both of which were located in the Fairmeadows Tract. They also designed two housing tracts for Eichler in

: the Fairmeadow Housing Tract in 1953 and the Greenmeadow Housing Tract in 1954-1955. In 1956, they designed the X-100 House in another development by Eichler in San Mateo. They designed houses on another Eichler housing tract known as the Terra Linda Housing Tract, in San Rafael, in 1954-1955, while some houses on the same track were designed by

Anshen & Allen Anshen and Allen was an international architecture, planning and design firm headquartered in San Francisco with offices in Boston, Columbus, and London. The firm was ranked eighth for sustainable practices, and nineteenth overall in the "Archite ...

. They also designed the Pardee-Phillips Housing Tract for Eichler in the Pacific Palisades. Additionally, they designed six houses for the Estates Oceanside Housing Development in San Luis Rey. With fellow architects

Douglas Honnold Douglas Honnold (August 17, 1901 – March 14, 1974) was an award-winning Canadian-born American architect. He designed many residential properties and commercial buildings in Los Angeles, California. He won an Honor Award from the Southern Califo ...

, Arthur Gallion,

Maynard Lyndon Maynard Lyndon (September 6, 1907 – November 15, 1999) was an American architect. He designed over 40 school buildings in Michigan and California, including the Northville School, known as "the first modern public school in North America". He a ...

John Leon Rex John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second E ...

and

Raphael Soriano Raphael S. Soriano, FAIA, (August 1, 1904 – July 21, 1988) was an architect and educator, who helped define a period of 20th-century architecture that came to be known as Mid-century modern. He pioneered the use of modular prefabricated ...

, Emmons designed the San Pedro Community Hospital at 1300 West 7th Street in

San Pedro, Los Angeles San Pedro ( ; Spanish: " St. Peter") is a neighborhood within the City of Los Angeles, California. Formerly a separate city, it consolidated with Los Angeles in 1909. The Port of Los Angeles, a major international seaport, is partially located wi ...

in 1958-1960. Emmons was a member of the Southern California chapter of the

American Institute of Architects The American Institute of Architects (AIA) is a professional organization for architects in the United States. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., the AIA offers education, government advocacy, community redevelopment, and public outreach to su ...

. He retired in 1972.

Death

Emmons died on August 23, 1999.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Emmons, Frederick Earl 1907 births 1999 deaths Architects from New York (state) Cornell University alumni 20th-century American architects Architects from Los Angeles