American architect
Louis Christian Mullgardt
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Born
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1866-01-18
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January 18, 1866
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Died
| January 12, 1942
(1942-01-12)
(aged 75)
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Education
| Harvard University
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Occupation
| Architect
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Spouse
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Laura R. Steffens
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m.
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Children
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Louis Christian Mullgardt
(1866-1942) was an American
architect
associated with the
First Bay Tradition
.
[1]
He designed houses in
Berkeley
,
Oakland
and other cities; the Court of the Ages at the 1915
Panama?Pacific International Exposition
; the
San Francisco
Juvenile Court and Detention Home; the Durant School in Oakland; and a major renovation of the former
M. H. de Young Memorial Museum
.
[2]
He made design proposals for multi-building complexes for downtown
Honolulu
in 1915 and for
Yosemite Valley
in 1916. He was hired in 1918 to design the
Lou Henry and Herbert Hoover House
at
Stanford University
but was dismissed after prematurely publicizing the assignment without the Hoovers' consent.
[3]
Mullgardt born in
Franklin County, Missouri
on January 18, 1866.
[4]
His earlier years were spent in
St. Louis
, where he began the study of architecture. Subsequently, he continued his studies at
Harvard University
. Following this, he went to
Chicago
, where he began designing. In 1893, he entered private practice in St. Louis. In 1895, he made an extended trip to Europe for further study.
He married Laura R. Steffens in Chicago on June 9, 1897, and they had two children.
[4]
In 1902, he was commissioned to go to
Manchester
,
England
, and in 1903, to
London
and Scotland. He moved to San Francisco in 1905 and established a solo office.
Mullgardt was active in several organizations of architects and artists. He served as president of the San Francisco Society of Architects, president of the
California Society of Etchers
, vice-president of the San Francisco Society of Artists, director of the
San Francisco Art Association
, and Secretary of the Group Jury for Etchings and Engravings of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
[5]
He died in San Francisco on January 12, 1942.
[6]
Art historian Robert Judson Clark was the leading expert on Mullgardt until his death in 2011. He wrote the catalog essay on the architect for a 1966 exhibition at the University of California, Santa Barbara and the M.H. de Young Memorial Museum.
[7]
Published writing
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References
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Brown, Mary (September 30, 2010).
"San Francisco Modern Architecture and Landscape Design 1935-1970 Historic Context Statement"
(PDF)
. California Office of Historic Preservation. p. 83
. Retrieved
August 16,
2011
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"Louis Christian Mullgardt (1866-1942)"
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iath.virginia.edu
. Retrieved
August 17,
2011
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"Lou Henry and Herbert Hoover House"
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California's Historic Silicon Valley
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National Park Service
. Retrieved
March 12,
2007
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a
b
Press Reference Library Notables of the West
. Vol. II.
International News Service
. 1915. p. 99
. Retrieved
July 25,
2020
– via Google Books.
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Urban America (Organization) (1915).
Architectural forum: the magazine of building
(Now in the public domain. ed.). Time Inc. pp. 179?
. Retrieved
August 16,
2011
.
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"Architect Dies"
.
Honolulu Star-Bulletin
. San Francisco. AP. January 16, 1942. p. 4
. Retrieved
July 25,
2020
– via Newspapers.com.
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"Robert Judson Clark, father of Arts and Crafts revival, dies"
. Retrieved 26 July 2012.
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