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Contributing Institution:
Architecture and Design Collection, Art, Design & Architecture Museum
Title: Curlett & Beelman records
Creator:
Beelman, Claud W.
Creator:
Curlett, Alexander E.
Creator:
Curlett & Beelman
Identifier/Call Number: 0000124
Identifier/Call Number: /repositories/2/resources/25
Physical Description:
15 Linear Feet
(2 record storage boxes, 4 boxes of rolls,1 flat file drawer)
Date (inclusive): circa 1924-circa 1932
Physical Location: Boxes - Mosher 57 I, Flat Files - Mosher Drawers D46-48, 4 boxes of rolls - Mosher
Language of Material:
English
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Open for use by qualified researchers.
Curlett & Beelman records, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California,
Santa Barbara.
The Curlett & Beelman firm was formed by Alexander (Aleck) Curlett (1881-1942) and Claud W. Beelman (1884-1963) in 1919. They
are well known for their large scale architecture and that the firm planned, designed, and superintended the construction
of most of their buildings. Some of their more noted projects, many of which are designated Historic Monuments and/or listed
in the National Register of Historic Places, include: Barker Brothers, Elks Temple, Pershing Square Building, Insurance Exchange
Building, LA Fur Mart Building, Commercial Club: Hotel Case, Harris Newark Building, Board of Trade Building, and Culver Hotel,
as well as buildings in Pasadena and Long Beach. Their office was located in Beverly Hills, California. By 1932, however,
the firm had dissolved.
Claud Beelman was born in Ohio in 1884 and apprenticed in the Midwest and South before moving to Los Angeles. Once in Los
Angeles he obtained his building license and went into partnership with Alexander Curlett, whose father was an established
architect in the Los Angeles and San Francisco areas. Curlett was born in San Francisco in 1881, attended Columbia University's
School of Architecture, and was in partnership with his father William Curlett from 1908-1916 as William Curlett and Son,
Architects. After the firm Curlett & Beelman dissolved in 1932, Curlett became the project manager for the Federal Public
Housing Authority and worked on federal building projects in Southern California until his death in 1942. Beelman continued
as a solo architect, working on many commerical buildlings until his death in 1963.
The Curlett & Beelman records span circa 15 linear feet and date from circa 1924 to circa 1932. This collection is composed
of specification files, four flat file drawers of blueprints, and oversize rolled blueprints.
Herbert M. Baruch Corporation Records (Collection 1512). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library,
UCLA.
Marcus P. Miller records, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California,
Santa Barbara.
Claud W. Beelman papers, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California,
Santa Barbara.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Specifications
Reprographic copies
Architecture -- California -- Los Angeles -- 20th century
Curlett, Alexander E.
Beelman, Claud W.
Curlett & Beelman