Ralph Carlin Flewelling

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Ralph Carlin Flewelling (1894-1975) was an American architect.

Biography

Early life

He was born on May 4, 1894 in St. Louis, Michigan.[1][2] His father was Ralph Tyler Flewelling (1871-1960).[1][2] He graduated from Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut and he received a Master's degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1917.[1]

Career

He started his career as a draftsman for Henry M. Patterson, a Los Angeles-based architect, from 1921 to 1923.[1] He then worked for William Lee Woollett (1874-1955) from 1924 to 1925.[1] He opened his own architectural practise in 1925.[1]

He designed the Hawthorne School in Beverly Hills, California in 1928.[1][3] He designed the Electric Fountain in Beverly Hills in 1931.[1] He also designed the post office in Beverly Hills in 1932 and 1933.[1][4] Later, he designed the city hall and police station in Newport Beach, California in 1949.[1][5] He also designed the All Saints' Episcopal Church in Riverside, California.[1][6]

He became a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects in 1941.[1]

With Walter Leland Moody

Together with Walter Leland Moody, he designed Santa Ana College located at 1530 West 17th Street in Santa Ana, California in 1947.[1][7] Two years later, in 1949, they designed Paradise Canyon Elementary School located at 471 Knight Way in La Canada, California.[1][8]

They designed Morningside High School located at 10500 Yukon Avenue in Inglewood, California in 1953.[1][9] The following year, in 1954, they designed the Center Street School located at 700 Center Street in El Segundo, California.[1][10] That year, they also designed the Del Norte School in West Covina, California.[1][11] A year later, in 1955, they designed the Hawthorne High School in Hawthorne, California.[1][12]

They designed the Seeley W. Mudd Library located at 640 North College Avenue in Claremont, California in 1970; it is named for Seeley W. Mudd.[1][13]

Personal life

He married twice, first in 1925 and then in 1951.[1][2] He had a child in 1956.[1][2] He died on December 30, 1975 in Los Angeles County, California.[1][2]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 Pacific Coast Architecture Database
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 FindAGrave
  3. ↑ Pacific Coast Architecture Database: Beverly Hills Unified School District, Hawthorne School, Beverly Hills, CA
  4. ↑ Pacific Coast Architecture Database: United States Government, Postal Service (USPS), Post Office, Beverly Hills Main, Beverly Hills, CA
  5. ↑ Pacific Coast Architecture Database: City of Newport Beach, City Hall and Police Station, Newport Beach, CA
  6. ↑ Pacific Coast Architecture Database: Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, All Saints' Episcopal Church, Riverside, CA
  7. ↑ Pacific Coast Architecture Database: Santa Ana Junior College, Santa Ana, CA
  8. ↑ Pacific Coast Architecture Database: La Canada Unified School District, Paradise Canyon Elementary School, La Canada, CA
  9. ↑ Pacific Coast Architecture Database: Inglewood Unified School District, Morningside High School, Inglewood, CA
  10. ↑ Pacific Coast Architecture Database: El Segundo Unified School District, Center Street School, El Segundo, CA
  11. ↑ Pacific Coast Architecture Database: West Covina Unified School District, Del Norte School, West Covina, CA
  12. ↑ Pacific Coast Architecture Database: Centinela Valley School District, Hawthorne High School, Hawthorne, CA
  13. ↑ Pacific Coast Architecture Database: Claremont College, Mudd, Seeley W., Library, Claremont, CA
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