Ernest McConnell

The Chapman Building at the northeast corner of 8th and Broadway in the Historic Core of Downtown Los Angeles

Ernest McConnell was an American architect, who worked in-house for the Los Angeles Investment Company.

Designs for homes

Cover of Modern Homes of California (1913)

McConnell also designed numerous Craftsman homes featured in a plan book that the Los Angeles Investment Co. published. The LAIC constructed many homes from those plans in various housing developments they built throughout Southern California.[1][2]

McConnell oversaw the creation of all the designs in a 92-page catalog book that the Investment Co. released in 1912-3, titled Modern Homes of California. The book contained 77 architectural designs and photographs of mostly Arts and Crafts style bungalows across the Southland priced between $1500 and $5000, as well as 200 detailed illustrations of exterior and interior views, along with plans that provided accurate estimates for construction materials and labor costs.[3][4][5]

Other works

Ernest McConnell designed Chapman Building, which was designated Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument #899 and a contributing property to the Broadway Theater and Commercial District.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Charles C. Chapman Building – Charles J. Fisher". Historian for Hire.
  2. ^ "Many Fine Homes Near Completion". Los Angeles Evening Express. June 28, 1913. p. 14.
  3. ^ "New Bungalow Book". Los Angeles Evening Post-Record. June 14, 1913. p. 8.
  4. ^ "Modern Homes of California". Antique Booksellers Association of America. Los Angeles Investment Company (Trade Catalog Bungalow Homes). Retrieved 19 October 2024.
  5. ^ "Library Books: Monthly Bulletin of the Los Angeles Public Library". Google Books. Los Angeles Public Library. 1914. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
  6. ^ "Historic Places Los Angeles - Resource Report". historicplacesla.lacity.org. Retrieved 19 October 2024.