Finding Aid for the Curlett & Beelman records, circa 1924-circa 1932
0000124
Finding aid prepared by Chris Marino and Julia Larson (2019 revision)
The processing of this collection was made possible through generous funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, administered
through the Council on Library and Information Resources “Cataloging Hidden Special Collections and Archives” Project.
Architecture and Design Collection, Art, Design & Architecture Museum
Arts Building Room 1434
University of California
Santa Barbara, California, 93106-7130
805-893-2724
adc@museum.ucsb.edu
8/30/2012
Title: Curlett & Beelman records
Identifier/Call Number: 0000124
Contributing Institution:
Architecture and Design Collection, Art, Design & Architecture Museum
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
15.0 Linear feet
(2 record storage boxes, 4 boxes of rolls,1 flat file drawer)
Date (inclusive): circa 1924-circa 1932
Location note: Boxes 1-2/ADC - regular 1 Flat File Drawer/ADC - flat files 3 Flat File drawers/Mosher - Drawer Numbers D46-48 4 boxes of
rolls/Mosher - rolls
creator:
Beelman, Claud W., 1884-1963
creator:
Curlett & Beelman.
creator:
Curlett, Alexander E., 1880-1942
Access
Partially processed collection, open for use by qualified researchers.
Preferred Citation note
Curlett & Beelman records, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California,
Santa Barbara.
Biographical/Historical note
The Curlett & Beelman firm was formed by Alexander (Aleck) Curlett (1880-1942) and Claud W. Beelman (1884-1963) in 1919. They
are well known for their large scale architecture and the fact that their 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 attended architectural school at Harvard. Following his formal education, he worked 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.
Scope and Content note
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.
Related Archival Materials note
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
Beelman, Claud W., 1884-1963
Curlett & Beelman.
Curlett, Alexander E., 1880-1942
Architecture -- California -- Los Angeles -- 20th Century
Reprographic copies
Specifications
Project Records I.
1920-1933
Physical Description:
2.0 Linear feet
creator:
Beelman, Claud W., 1884-1963
creator:
Curlett & Beelman.
creator:
Curlett, Alexander E., 1880-1942
Scope and Contents note
This series contains specification booklets (some bound, some dis-bound) for projects by Curlett & Beelman. Most booklets
are typed, with original covers, and can contain specifications for an entire building, or for specific trades.
Box 1, Folder 2
Alexander, Philip store and office building (Los Angeles, Calif.)
1925
Box 1, Folder 4-9
Barker Brothers, Inc. store 7th St. & Flower (Los Angeles, Calif.)
1924-1925
Box 1, Folder 3
Balaban & Katz theatre 63rd St. & Cottage Grove Ave. (Chicago, Ill.)
1920
Scope and Contents note
Specifications for theatre building, by C.W. & George L. Rapp, architects.
Box 1, Folder 10
Benet, S.M. house (Bel Air, Los Angeles, Calif.)
undated
Scope and Contents note
Folder contains Curlett & Beelman specifications; plans by Everett Babcock and Robert Ainsworth, architects.
Box 1, Folder 11
Bolivar Holding Co. apartments Ocean Ave. & Lime Way (Long Beach, Calif.)
1923
Box 1, Folder 12
California Bank 625 S. Spring St. (Los Angeles, Calif.)
1923
Scope and Contents note
Specifications for metal cage work and fixtures.
Box 1, Folder 13
California Luthern Hospital 1414 S. Hope St. (Los Angeles, Calif.)
1925
Scope and Contents note
Specifications for plumbing and fixtures; Walker & Eisen, architects.
Box 1, Folder 14
Eisner, I. store and office 742 S. Hill St. (Los Angeles, Calif.)
1924
Scope and Contents note
Specifications for window shades.
Box 1, Folder 15
Eleventh and Main Realty Co. store 7th & Main St. (Los Angeles, Calif.)
1925
Scope and Contents note
Specifications for elevators.
Box 1, Folder 16-42
Elks Lodge 6th St. & Park View (Los Angeles, Calif.)
1924-1925
Scope and Contents note
Folder 16 contains correspondence; folders 17-42 contain specifications for sub-contracts; some are stamped with Marcus P.
Miller, architect.
Box 1, Folder 43-49
Gables club building and esplanade Palisades Beach Rd. & Montana Ave. (Santa Monica, Calif.)
1926
Box 1, Folder 50
Insurance Exchange Building / Sun Realty Co. 9th & Olive St. (Los Angeles, Calif.)
1923
Scope and Contents note
General specifications for the Insurance Exchange Building for the Insurance Building Company.
Box 1, Folder 51
Keith Theatre Company 4th & Ludlow St. (Dayton, Ohio)
1921
Scope and Contents note
Specifications for theatre and commercial building; Rapp & Rapp, architects.
Box 1, Folder 52
Keith Theatre Co. 17th & Euclid (Cleveland, Ohio)
1921
Scope and Contents note
Specifications for theatre and office building; Rapp & Rapp, architects.
Box 2, Folder 53
Marsden Apartments / Edith Kassing 1745 N. Grammercy Pl. (Hollywood, Calif.)
undated
Box 2, Folder 54
Mather, Alonzo apartment and hotel building (Eagle Rock, Calif.)
1933
Scope and Contents note
General specifications for apartment building; Marcus P. Miller, architect and engineer.
Box 2, Folder 55-57
May Company garage and store building 9th & Hill St. (Los Angeles, Calif.)
1926-1927
Box 2, Folder 58
National Bank of Orange Chapman Ave. & The Plaza (Orange, Calif.)
1927
Box 2, Folder 59-60, Oversize Roll
Pacific Coast Club building Ocean Blvd. & First Pl. (Long Beach, Calif.)
1924-1925
Box 2, Folder 61-62
Pacific Southwest Trust & Savings Bank Colorado St. & Marengo Ave. (Pasadena, Calif.)
1924
Box 2, Folder 63
Pyke, Albert house Maryland Dr. (Los Angeles, Calif.)
1927
Box 2, Folder 64
Ransom Corporation building (Montebello Park, Calif.)
1926
Box 2, Folder 77
Seventh and Main Realty Corp. store and office building 7th & Main St. (Los Angeles, Calif.)
1925
Box 2, Folder 72-76, Box 2, Folder 65-66
Sun Realty Company hotel building 7th St. & Hartford Ave. (Los Angeles, Calif.)
1925-1926
Box 2, Folder 67-68
Sun Realty Company 742 S. Hill St. (Los Angeles, Calif.)
1923
Box 2, Folder 79
Sun Realty Company store and office building 8th & Hill St. (Los Angeles, Calif.)
1928
Box 2, Folder 69-71
Sun Realty Company / Mayfair Hotel Garage 7th & Stewart (Los Angeles, Calif.)
1927
Box 2, Folder 80
Union Bank & Trust building 8th & Hill St. (Los Angeles, Calif.)
1926
Box 2, Folder 78
Williams, Chester office building 5th & Broadway (Los Angeles, Calif.)
1923
Box 2, Folder 81
Windermere Hotel 1642 E 56th St. (Chicago, Ill.)
undated
Architectural drawings II.
1921-1930
Physical Description:
13.0 Linear feet
creator:
Beelman, Claud W., 1884-1963
creator:
Curlett & Beelman.
creator:
Curlett, Alexander E., 1880-1942
creator:
Rapp & Rapp.
Scope and Contents note
This series of architectural drawings consists of blueprints for buildings designed by Curlett & Beelman, as well as two projects
by the Chicago architects Rapp & Rapp, for whom Claud Beelman worked prior to moving to Los Angeles. The project drawings
consist of plans, sections, elevations, and details for most of the works.
Oversize Rolls
Almur Cleveland Corporation / B.F. Keith Theater and office building Euclid Ave. & 17th St. (Cleveland, Ohio)
1921
Scope and Contents note
Rapp & Rapp, architects. Three oversize rolls.
Oversize Roll
Army and Navy Department Store S. Los Angeles St. (Los Angeles, Calif.)
1925
Drawer 151, FlatFile 1
Barker Brothers, Inc. store 7th St. & Flower (Los Angeles, Calif.)
1924-1925
Scope and Contents note
39 drawings of plans, sections, elevations, and details for building on 7th between Flower and Figueroa.
Drawer 151, FlatFile 6
Beelman, Claud house Palm & Elevado Ave. (Beverly Hills, Calif.)
1926
Scope and Contents note
52 drawings of plans, sections, elevations, and details for house on Palm, two interior elevations for house on Rodeo Drive.
Oversize Roll
Busch, Hays store, office building, and garage Wilshire & Vermont (Los Angeles, Calif.)
1923
Drawer 151, FlatFile 2
Eastern Outfitting Company (Los Angeles, Calif.)
1930
Drawer 151, FlatFile 3-4
Elks Lodge 6th St. & Park View (Los Angeles, Calif.)
1924
Scope and Contents note
25 drawings of framing plans, sections, and schedules. 88 drawings of plans, sections, elevations, and details.
Drawer 151, FlatFile 5
Fifth and Hill office building (Los Angeles, Calif.)
1923-1924
Scope and Contents note
18 drawings of plans, sections, elevations, details, and schedules.
Oversize Roll
Graystone Apartment Company apartment complex 1725-1727 Sycamore Ave. (Los Angeles, Calif.)
1924
Drawer D47, FlatFile 7
L. Harris Realty Company 635-637-639 Hill St. (Los Angeles, Calif.)
1925
Scope and Contents note
25 drawings of plans, sections, elevations, details, and schedules for the building currently called the Wholesale Jewelry
Exchange.
Oversize Roll
La Cuesta Country Club clubhouse (San Fernando, Calif.)
1926
Oversize Rolls
May Company garage 9th & Hill (Los Angeles, Calif.)
1927
Scope and Contents note
Two oversize rolls.
Oversize Roll
Netz, J.C. house Rexford Dr. & Carmelita Ave. (Beverly Hills, Calif.)
undated
Oversize Roll
Pacific Coast Club building Ocean Blvd. & First Pl. (Long Beach, Calif.)
1925
Oversize Roll
Pacific Southwest Trust and Savings Bank office building and bank (Pasadena, Calif.)
1923-1924
Drawer D47, FlatFile 8
Realty Company 7th & Main St. (Los Angeles, Calif.)
1925
Scope and Contents note
16 drawings of floor plans, elevations, and sections.
Drawer D47, FlatFile 9
Security Trust and Savings Bank 1st & Pine (Long Beach, Calif.)
1925
Scope and Contents note
37 drawings of plans, sections, elevations, and details.
Oversize Roll
Shrine Temple (Charleston, WV)
1921
Scope and Contents note
Rapp & Rapp, architects
Drawer D46, FlatFile 10-11
Sun Realty Company 7th St. & Flower (Los Angeles, Calif.)
1925-1926
Scope and Contents note
27 drawings of plans, sections, elevations, and details for building now named Roosevelt Building. 78 drawings of plans, sections,
elevations, and details (including for underground parking garage).
Drawer D46, FlatFile 12
Sun Realty Company hotel building 7th St. & Hartford Ave. (Los Angeles, Calif.)
1925-1926
Scope and Contents note
58 drawings of plans, sections, elevations, and details for hotel, also known as Mayfair Hotel.
Oversize Roll
Union Bank addition 8th and Hill St. (Los Angeles, Calif.)
1927
Drawer D46, FlatFile 13
Williams, Chester office building 5th & Broadway (Los Angeles, Calif.)
1923
Scope and Contents note
35 drawings of plans, sections, elevations, and details for Williams building for Sun Realty Company.