Allison & Allison
the Janss Dome, Westwood Village, 1929
Allison & Allison was the architectural firm of James Edward Allison (1870-1955) and his brother David Clark Allison (1881-1962). Originally based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the Allisons moved to southern California in 1910 and at first specialized in public schools.
Among the notable projects by this firm are:[1]
- Riverview United Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh, 1907
- Friday Morning Club Building, Los Angeles, (now the Variety Arts Center), downtown Los Angeles, 1923[2]
- Wilshire United Methodist Church 1924
- First Baptist Church of Los Angeles, 1925, Westmoreland and 8th Street, Los Angeles
- Thirteenth Church of Christ Scientist, 1926
- First Unitarian Church, MacArthur Park district, Los Angeles, 1927
- Royce Hall, Kerckhoff Hall and Kaufman Hall on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles, 1929 - 1932
- Southern California Edison Building, downtown Los Angeles, 1930, by staff designer Austin Whittlesey, with murals by Hugo Ballin and exterior bas-reliefs by Merrell Gage
- First Congregational Church (1930), Commonwealth and 6th Street, Los Angeles
- the Janss Dome, Westwood Village, 1929[3]
- Beverly Hills Post Office, Beverly Hills, California, 1932-1933 (with Ralph Flewelling)
- Hollywood Post Office, 1937