Percy Augustus Eisen (1885–1946) was an American architect. He is primarily known for his work in

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with

Albert R. Walker Albert Raymond Walker (1881-1958) was an American architect. He is primarily known for his work with Percy A. Eisen as Walker & Eisen in Los Angeles. Biography Early life Albert Raymond Walker was born on May 9, 1881, in Sonoma, California. His ...

as Walker & Eisen.

Biography

Early life

Percy Augustus Eisen was born on December 17, 1885 in

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.Pacific Coast Architecture Database
/ref> His father,

Theodore Eisen Theodore Eisen (July 10, 1852 - March 14, 1924) was an American architect. He designed many houses in Los Angeles, California. Early life Theodore Augustus Eisen was born on July 10, 1852 in Cincinnati, Ohio. His father, Augustus Ferdinand Eisen ( ...

, was a renowned architect. His mother was Annie (Bennett) Eisen.

Career

He designed the First Presbyterian Church of Hollywood. Together with

(1881-1958), he designed the

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at the bottom of

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, the Bay City Guaranty Building and Loan Association in Santa Monica, the

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, the James Oviatt Building, the Chamber of Mines and Oil Building, the Wilshire Royale Apartments, the Texaco Office Building, the Ambassador Hotel, the Fine Arts Building, the Aladema Theater, the Four Star Theater, the

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, the Walter G. McCarty Office Building and Hotel Project, the Mid-Wilshire Office Building, the National Bank of Commerce,

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1895 "Boston Store" at 239 S. Broadway (together with

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), the South Basin Oil Company Store and Office Building, the

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, Taft Building, the

United Artists Theater Ace Hotel Downtown Los Angeles, originally built as the California Petroleum Corporation Building and later known as the Texaco Building, is a , 13-story highrise hotel and theater building located at 937 South Broadway in downtown Los Angeles, ...

, and the Title Insurance and Trust Company Building.Linda McCann, Dace Taube, Claude Zachary, Curtis C. Roseman, ''Historic Hotels of Los Angeles and Hollywood'', Arcadia Publishing, 2008, p. 9

/ref> Outside Los Angeles, they designed the El Cortez (San Diego), El Cortez Hotel in

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, the Empire Theater and the

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, United Artists Pasadena Theatre in

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, the

in El Centro, California, the First National Bank of Fullerton in

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, the Public Library in

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, and the

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. They also built the Valley National Bank Building, the oldest skyscraper in

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, in 1929.

Death

He died on November 18, 1946 in

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References

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