Claud W. Beelman architectural drawings
0000372
Finding aid prepared by Julia Larson, Kinny Chen, Maiqi Zhang
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
12/21/2018
Title: Claud W. Beelman architectural drawings
Identifier/Call Number: 0000372
Contributing Institution:
Architecture and Design Collection, Art, Design & Architecture Museum
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
42.0 Linear feet
157 tubes of rolled drawings (15 flat file drawers)
Date: circa 1923- circa 1960s
Location note: Mosher flat files
creator:
Beelman, Claud W., 1884-1963
creator:
Brandow & Johnston.
creator:
Curlett & Beelman.
creator:
Curlett, Alexander E., 1880-1942
Custodial History note
Gift of Gregg Brandow, 2018.
Biographical/Historical note
Claud W. Beelman was born in Ohio in 1883 and attended architecture school at Harvard. After practicing on the east coast
and in Ohio and Indiana, Beelman moved to Los Angeles in 1921. He formed a partnership with Aleck Curlett (Curlett & Beelman),
which lasted until 1932. Beelman died in 1963.
During the building boom of the 1920s, Curlett & Beelman designed many of the commercial buildings in downtown Los Angeles
in both the Beaux Arts and Italian Renaissance styles. After the firm dissolved, Beelman designed buildings in the Art Deco
and Moderne styles throughout the 1930s, and moved into designing Modern buildings after World War II. Many of Beelman's buildings
are on the Mational Register of Historic Places, as well as Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments.
Scope and Contents note
The Claud Beelman collection contains original drawings of mostly commercial buildings constructed in the Los Angeles area
between the early 1920s and the early 1960s. Some projects consist of preliminary sketches, working drawings, and presentation
drawings; some projects also include structural or mechanical plans as well. The drawings are mainly original graphite on
tracing paper or ink on linen. There are a few blueprints and diazotypes.
Conditions Governing Access note
Processed collection, open for use by qualified researchers.
Preferred Citation note
Claud W. Beelman architectural drawings, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University
of California, Santa Barbara.
Related Archival Materials note
Curlett & Beelman records, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California,
Santa Barbara.
Marcus P. Miller papers, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California,
Santa Barbara.
Claud Beelman Projects I.
1920-1962
Physical Description:
36.0 Linear feet
creator:
Beelman, Claud W., 1884-1963
creator:
Curlett & Beelman.
Scope and Contents note
This series consists of projects by the firm Curlett & Beelman from approximately 1922 until the firm dissolved in 1932, and
projects by Claud Beelman from 1932 until approximately 1962. The drawings were stored in tubes, and the original tube number
is included (when noted). Most of the projects contain original working drawings, along with some structural plans and mechanical
plans.
Drawer D141
Auditorium Co.Inc./Auditorium Building, 427 W. 5th St. (Los Angeles, Calif.)
1938
Scope and Contents note
Tube 60
Drawer D142
Bel Air Hotel, Hollywood Blvd. (Los Angeles, Calif.)
1924
Scope and Contents note
Tube 49
Drawer D142
Bellows house 265 Beverly Glen Blvd. (Los Angeles, Calif.)
1949-1953
Scope and Contents note
Tube 76
Drawer D142
Beverly Hills Community Presbyterian Church, N.W. Corner Santa Monica Blvd. & Roedo Dr. (Beverly Hills, Calif.)
1924, 1949-50
Scope and Contents note
Tube 54
Drawer D142
Beverly Hills Hotel Parking (Beverly Hills, Calif.)
1961
Scope and Contents note
Tube 77
Drawer D142
Burroughs Corporation / The Todd Company Division-Hadley Plant, 800 North Baldwin Park Blvd. (City of Industry, Calif.)
1959
Scope and Contents note
Tube 50-1
Drawer D142
Burroughs Corporation / Hadley Plant 800 N. Baldwin Park Blvd. (City of Industry, Calif.)
1957-1959
Scope and Contents note
Tube 75
Drawer D142
California Institute of Technology / W. Keck Engineering Laboratories San Pasqual St. & S. Chester Ave. (Pasadena, Calif.)
1960
Drawer D143
Carnation Company (Oakland, Calif.)
circa 1955
Scope and Contents note
Tube 66
Drawer D143
Capital Shopping Center Center St. & Union St. on Capitol (Salem, Oregon)
1948
Scope and Contents note
Tube 72
Drawer D143
Capital Shopping Center / Berg's Market / Alterations to Shaw Building / MKM Furniture Store / Alteration (Salem, Oregon)
1953-1958
Scope and Contents note
Tube 73
Drawer D143
Cavner, L. Store 5468-5470 Crenshaw Blvd. (Los Angeles, Calif.)
1936
Scope and Contents note
Tube 23-2
Drawer D143
Chadwick, I.E. office building 1440 N. Gower St. (Los Angeles, Calif.)
1949
Scope and Contents note
Tube 7
Drawer D143
Clune, J.W. Building, 9th & Broadway (Los Angeles, Calif.)
1929-1930, 1947
Scope and Contents note
Tube 42 1-2
Drawer D143
Connell, Michael J. Clinic / The Childrens Hospital Society Sunset Blvd. & Vermont (Los Angeles, Calif.)
1951-53
Scope and Contents note
Tube 69 1-2
Drawer D143
Continental Companies Building 2975 Wilshire Blvd. (Los Angeles, Calif.)
1957
Drawer D143
Cooper Arms Apartments Linden & Ocean Blvd. (Long Beach, Calif.)
1923
Scope and Contents note
Tube 63
Drawer D143
Cord Building, N.W. Cor. Wilshire Blvd. & Mariposa Ave. (Los Angeles, Calif.)
1950
Scope and Contents note
Tube 34
Drawer D143
Croswave Department Store (Los Angeles, Calif.)
undated
Drawer D144
Eastern Outfitting Company Store Building NW Cor. 9th & Broadway (Los Angeles, Calif.)
1930
Scope and Contents note
Tube 17
Drawer D144
Eisner, I. Office & Store Building, Western Ave.& 6th St. (Los Angeles, Calif.)
1923-1927
Scope and Contents note
Job number 2307; Tube 51
Drawer D144
Elks' Lodge Building - B.P.O.E. No.99, SW Cor. 6th St. & Park View Ave. (Los Angeles, Calif.)
1924-25
Scope and Contents note
Job number 2320; Tube 48 1-5
Drawer D144
El Bolivar Apartments & Los Olivas Apartments, Ocean Ave. btwn Atlantic & Lime Way (Long Beach, Calif.)
1923-24, 1929
Scope and Contents note
Job number 114, 2303; Tube 61-1
Drawer D144
Envoy Apartment Hotel, 6th St. Orange Grove & Ogden Dr. (Los Angeles, Calif.)
1931
Scope and Contents note
Tube 61-2
Drawer D145
Farmers and Merchants Bank 3rd St. & Pine (Long Beach, Calif.)
1922-23
Scope and Contents note
Job number 2204; Tube 46
Drawer D145
Firestone Tire Rubber Company Garage, 8th St. & Town (Los Angeles, Calif.)
1927, 1928, 1934
Scope and Contents note
Tube 30
Drawer D145
Foreman & Clark Store and Office 7th & Hill St. (Los Angeles, Calif.)
1927-1928, 1933, 1948
Scope and Contents note
Job number 2706; Tube 27 1-2
Drawer D145
Garland, William Office Building 9th & Spring St. (Los Angeles, Calif.)
1923-1924, 1929
Scope and Contents note
Job number 2301; Tube 1
Drawer D145
Gables Beach Club, Pacific Coast Hwy & Palisades Beach Rd at California Incline (Santa Monica, Calif.)
1923-1927
Scope and Contents note
Job number 2609; Tube 32 1-3
Drawer D145
General Electric Factory (Los Angeles, Calif.)
1945-1946
Scope and Contents note
Tube 8-1
Drawer D145
General Electric Factory (Ontario, Calif.)
1935-1955
Scope and Contents note
Tube 8-2
Drawer D145
Getty, J. Paul Building (Los Angeles, Calif.)
1958-1962
Scope and Contents note
Two folders;Tube 28
Drawer D145
Getty J. Paul Office Building, SW Cor. Wilshire Blvd & Western Ave. (Los Angeles, Calif.)
1960, 1962
Scope and Contents note
Tube 45
Drawer D145
Getty Union Bank (Los Angeles, Calif.)
circa 1961-1962
Scope and Contents note
Perspective drawings of interior and exterior of building, borrowed by Getty for Overdrive exhibition
Getty Preliminaries (Los Angeles, Calif.)
undated
Scope and Contents note
Tube 45-1
Drawer D146
Hays-Busch, A. Store & Office with Garage Vermont & Wilshire (Los Angeles, Calif.)
1923
Scope and Contents note
Job number 2304; Tube 16-1
Drawer D146
Hotel For Hollywood Hillcrest Rd.& Bonita & Pine Rd. (Los Angeles, Calif.)
1927
Scope and Contents note
Tube 51
Drawer D146
Hynes Investment Co. Store Building 9th & Crocker (Los Angeles, Calif.)
1934
Scope and Contents note
Tube 23-3
Drawer D146
Insurance Building Company SE Cor. 9th & Olive St. (Los Angeles, Calif.)
1924, 1927
Scope and Contents note
Tube 13
Drawer D147
Keck, Howard B. Residence, 1150 Moraga Dr.(Bel Air, Calif.)
1956-57
Scope and Contents note
Tube 29 1-3
Drawer D148
Las Vegas High School Auditorium / John S. Park Grade School 9th St. & Clark St. (Las Vegas, Nev.)
1945-1947, 1952
Scope and Contents note
Tube 10, 43 1-2
Drawer D148
Las Vegas High School #2 (Las Vegas, Nev.)
1954
Scope and Contents note
Tube 68 1-3
Drawer D148
Librascope Inc. 808 Western Ave. (Glendale, Calif.)
1953
Drawer D148
Lloyd, Ralph B. Residence / Norman Assoc. Office? (Beverly Hills, Calif.)
1952
Scope and Contents note
Tube 35
Drawer D148
Los Angeles Presbytery Office, 1501 & 1503 Wilshire Blvd. (Los Angeles, Calif.)
1952-1959
Scope and Contents note
Tube 33 1-2
Drawer D148
Mc Kesson and Robbins Incorporated Office & Warehouse Eastern & Jillson (Los Angeles, Calif.)
1947-1948, 1950, 1954
Scope and Contents note
Tube 20, 21
Drawer D148
MGM Studios (Culver City, Calif.)
1937
Scope and Contents note
Tube 41 1-2
Drawer D149
Namlen Company / Union Oil Building NE Cor. 7th & Hope St. (Los Angeles, Calif.)
1922-1923
Scope and Contents note
Job number 2202; Tube 18A
Drawer D149
Ninth & Alvarado Properties Inc. Store Building (Los Angeles, Calif.)
1924
Scope and Contents note
Job number 2412; Tube 49
Drawer D149
Norton, Gladys C. / Norton Market Sunset Blvd. & Laurel (Los Angeles, Calif.)
1934
Scope and Contents note
Tube 23-1
Drawer D145
Fourth and Spring office building (Los Angeles, Calif.)
1935
Scope and Contents note
Tube 23-4
Drawer D149
Otis Elevator Company Office Building 2417 Beverly Blvd. (Los Angeles, Calif.)
1957
Scope and Contents note
Tube 19-1
Drawer D150
Pacific Indemnity Office SW Cor. Wilshire Blvd & Vermont Ave. (Los Angeles, Calif.)
1959
Scope and Contents note
Tube 12, 44 1-3
Drawer D150
Pacific Mutual Life building 12141 Victory Blvd. (North Hollywood, Calif.)
1954
Drawer D150
Pacific Southwest Trust & Savings Bank Colorado Blvd. & Marengo St. (Pasadena, Calif.)
undated
Drawer D150
Parke-Davis Warehouse Hill St. & Jefferson Blvd. (Los Angeles, Calif.)
1946
Scope and Contents note
Tube 16-2
Drawer D150
Pillsbury Mills Inc. Building NE Cor. Goodrich Blvd. & Ferguson Dr. (Los Angeles, Calif.)
1947-1948
Scope and Contents note
Tube 50-2
Drawer D151
Ransom, J.B./Montebello Country Club- Montebello Park (Los Angeles, Calif.)
1926-1927
Scope and Contents note
Job number 2701; Tube 17
Drawer D151
Realty Company NW Cor. 7th & Main St. (Los Angeles, Calif.)
1924-1926
Scope and Contents note
Job number 2402; Tube 59 1-2
Drawer D151
Robinson, J.W. Parking Garage (Los Angeles, Calif.)
1962-1963
Scope and Contents note
Tube 74
Drawer D151
Security Trust & Savings Bank First & Pine (Long Beach, Calif.)
1924
Scope and Contents note
Job number 2315; Tube 2 1-2
Drawer D151
Siegel, Fred Hotel Flower St. (Los Angeles, Calif.)
1926
Scope and Contents note
Job number 2228; Tube 25
Drawer D151
Sixth & Ardmore Corp. NWCor. 6th & Ardmore (Los Angeles, Calif.)
1954
Scope and Contents note
Tube 70
Drawer D151
Sun Realty Company / Chester Williams Building, NE Cor. 5th & Broadway (Los Angeles, Calif.)
1926
Scope and Contents note
Job number 2508; Tube 62 1-2
Drawer D151
Sun Realty Company / Mayfair Hotel and Garage Hartford Ave. & Stewart St. (Los Angeles, Calif.)
1925-1927
Scope and Contents note
Job number 2613; Tube 15
Drawer D151
Sun Realty Company / Garfield Building, 8th and Hill (Los Angeles, Calif.)
1923, 1928-1929
Scope and Contents note
Tube 19-2
Drawer D151
Sun Realty Company / Los Angeles Jewelry Center, 629 South Hill Street (Los Angeles, Calif.)
1930
Scope and Contents note
Tube 38
Drawer D151
Sun Realty Company 742 S. Hill St. (Los Angeles, Calif.)
1923-1924
Drawer D151
Superior Oil Company hangar International Airport (Los Angeles, Calif.)
1961
Scope and Contents note
Tube 71-1
Drawer D152
Thompson, Ben Cafe 5th & Hill St. (Los Angeles, Calif.)
1924-1925
Scope and Contents note
Job number 2318; Tube 39
Drawer D152
Unidentified
1959
creator:
Brandow & Johnston.
Drawer D152
Union Bank & Trust Co. Building 8th & Hill St. (Los Angeles, Calif.)
1920-21, 1957-58
Scope and Contents note
Job number 2610; Tube 31 1-10
Drawer D152
Union Oil Office (Wilmington, Calif.)
1945
Scope and Contents note
Tube 65-1
Drawer D152, Drawer D153
U.S. Naval Hospital (Corona, Calif.)
1942
Scope and Contents note
Tube 26 1-6
Drawer D153
U.S. Paper Company Pico Blvd. & Evergreen (Los Angeles, Calif.)
1933, 1935
Scope and Contents note
Tube 22
Oversize roll
U.S. Post Office (Hollywood, Calif.)
1933
Scope and Contents note
Tube 24
Drawer D153
Western Mortgage Corp. (Los Angeles, Calif.)
1955
Scope and Contents note
Tube 67
Drawer D153
Willard Storage Battery Co. Plant 9th & Gerhart St. (Los Angeles, Calif.)
1929
Scope and Contents note
Tube 40
Drawer D153
Woodbury College Building Wilshire & St. Paul Pl. (Los Angeles, Calif.)
1936-1937
Scope and Contents note
Tube 3
Drawer D153
Youth Authority Center Administration & Dormitory Bldg (Sacramento, Calif.)
1952
Scope and Contents note
Tube 53 1-2
Brandow & Johnston Projects II.
1929-1970
Physical Description:
6.0 Linear feet
creator:
Brandow & Johnston.
Scope and Contents note
This series contains structural plans for buildings designed by architects other than Claud Beelman; the plans were stored
with the Beelman tubes by the structural engineering firm Brandow & Johnston, who were working with Beelman at the time of
his death. The projects in this series consist of structural plans designed by Brandow & Johnston for buildings in the Los
Angeles area.
Drawer D154
Broadway Prototype Department Store
1969
creator:
Brandow & Johnston.
creator:
Charles Luckman Associates.
Scope and Contents note
File contains structural plans by Brandow & Johnston for a prototype department store, by Charles Luckman Associates, architects.
Drawer D154
California Institute of Technology / Harry G. Steele Laboratory of Electrical Sciences (Pasadena, Calif.)
1965
creator:
Brandow & Johnston.
creator:
Langdon & Wilson.
Drawer D154
Las Vegas Convention Center
1970
creator:
Brandow & Johnston.
Drawer D154
Lee Tower 5455 Wilshire Blvd (Los Angeles, Calif.)
1959
creator:
Brandow & Johnston.
creator:
Lee, Douglas Everett
creator:
Lee, William Douglas
Scope and Contents note
Structural engineering plans by Brandow & Johnston for Lee Architects
Drawer D154
Lockheed Aircraft Corporation building 602 plant 10 (Palmdale, Calif.)
1969
creator:
Brandow & Johnston.
Scope and Contents note
Structural drawings from Brandow & Johnston, engineers.
Drawer D155
Magic Mountain (Valencia, Calif.)
1970
creator:
Brandow & Johnston.
Drawer D155
Magnin, I. Company 9634 Wilshire Blvd. (Beverly Hills, Calif.)
1969
creator:
Brandow & Johnston.
creator:
Chambers, H. C., (Harold Coulson), 1885-1971
Drawer 155
Norman Building 6th & Commonwealth (Los Angeles, Calif.)
undated
creator:
Brandow & Johnston.
creator:
Langdon & Wilson.
Drawer D155
Pacific Branch NHDV 5 building #115 (Los Angeles, Calif.)
1929
creator:
Brandow & Johnston.
creator:
Walker & Eisen.
Scope and Contents note
Copies of plans by Walker & Eisen for barracks, mess halls and kitchens
Drawer D155
Republic Federal Savings offices (Los Angeles, Calif.)
1963
creator:
Brandow & Johnston.
creator:
Richard Dorfman & Associates.
Drawer D155
San Diego Office Building (San Diego, Calif.)
circa 1968
creator:
Brandow & Johnston.
creator:
Langdon & Wilson.
Drawer D155
Smith, Everett 937 S. Orange Grove Ave. (Pasadena, Calif.)
1933
creator:
Langdon & Wilson.
Drawer D155
University of Southern California buildings (Los Angeles, Calif.)
1956-1957, 1960
creator:
Brandow & Johnston.
creator:
J.E. Stanton & William Stockwell.
creator:
Smith, Powell & Morgridge.
Scope and Contents note
Structural drawings and copies of structural drawings for Engineering Research Building by Smith, Powell & Morgridge, School
of Dentistry Building addition by Stanton & Stockwell, and administration building structural plans by Brandow & Johnston