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Life and career [ edit ]
Wilson was born in Massachusetts and arrived in California at the age of 17 to visit his sister, a schoolteacher in Placerville . There, he worked as a log-driver on the American River and then as a surveyor for the Southern Pacific Railroad . He moved to San Francisco in the early 1890s, becoming a draftsman for the firm of Pissis and Moore, where he was instructed by architect Albert Pissis . Wilson studied at the San Francisco chapter of the American Institute of Architects and took a grand tour of Europe before establishing his own firm in Santa Barbara in 1895.[1] [2]
Santa Barbara Railway Station
Shortly after arriving in Santa Barbara, Wilson designed homes for Dr. C.C. Park and General Henry J. Strong.[3] Edward Payson Ripley , president of the Santa Fe Railway, led to commissions for the railway and for the Fred Harvey Company, as well as a commission to design Ripley's winter home. His most extravagant residential commission, Las Tejas in the suburb of Montecito , was built in 1917 for Oakleigh Thorne .[2]
Wilson married Julia Redington, sister of Wilson's friend and fellow Santa Barbara Polo Club member Lawrence Redington, in 1905.[2]
In 1920, Wilson purchased a forty-five acre ranch in Tuolumne County, California , as well as a nearby mining company. Shortly thereafter, he divorced Redington. During the 1930s, Wilson designed several houses in or near Sonoma, California . During World War II , he took a position as a designer for at Lockheed Aircraft 's plant in Burbank, California .[3]
Hopkins Home, Santa Barbara, 1897; Francis W. Wilson. At least two renovations since, one of which likely restored it close to its original look
Charles H. Hopkins Home ("El Nido") (1897), Santa Barbara, California[4]
Santa Barbara Club (1903), Santa Barbara, California[3] [5]
Bellosguardo (1904), the Graham home in Santa Barbara, California, demolished 1933 and replaced by a new Bellosguardo, the estate of [William A. Clark].[6]
Santa Barbara Railway Station (1905), Santa Barbara, California, commissioned by Southern Pacific Railroad, listed on the NRHP[3] [7]
Alexander House, Santa Barbara, California (1906)[3]
Peter H. Murphy Home ("El Tejado") (1907), Santa Barbara, California, now Kerrwood Hall, Westmont College [3] [8]
Potter Theater (1907), Santa Barbara, California, destroyed in 1925 earthquake [9] [10]
El Garces Hotel (1908), a Harvey House hotel in Needles, California , listed on the NRHP
Seth Cook Rees Home (1908), Pasadena, California[11]
Santa Barbara Country Club ("Miraflores") (1909), Montecito, California, rebuilt 1913, altered 1915 by Reginald D. Johnson ) now the Music Academy of the West [12] [13]
Bright Angel Camp (1909), Grand Canyon, Arizona, a conversion of the Bright Angel Hotel and the Buckey O'Neill Cabin for the Fred Harvey Company, now part of the Bright Angel Lodge complex designed by Mary Colter [14] [15]
Grand Canyon Depot (1910), Arizona, a National Historic Landmark [14]
Barstow Train Depot ("Casa del Desierto") (1911), a Harvey House located at 685 North First Street, Barstow, California [16] [17] [18]
Central Savings Bank (1913), Corner of State and de la Guerre, Santa Barbara, California, destroyed in 1925 earthquake[19] [3]
Santa Barbara Post Office (1914), Santa Barbara, California, now the Santa Barbara Museum of Art (with Oscar Wenderoth , Office of the Supervising Architect ), remodeled 1941 by David Adler [20]
Santa Barbara Public Library (1917), Santa Barbara, California[21]
Oakleigh Thorne House ("Las Tejas") (1917), Montecito, California, redesign/remodel of estate originally built in 1868)[22]
Alexander Gardens, Santa Barbara, 1906; Francis W. Wilson. Currently a senior living facility
Gallery [ edit ]
El Garces Hotel, Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad, Needles, California
Grand Canyon Station, Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad, Grand Canyon, Arizona
"Las Tejas," Oakleigh Thorne House, Montecito, California. View from swimming pool pavilion to house.
Home of Seth Cook Rees , Pasadena, 1908; Francis W. Wilson. Prime example of Arts and Crafts period residential architecture, this property has been designated as an historic landmark by the City of Pasadena.[23]
References [ edit ]
^ Michelson, Alan. "Francis W. Wilson" . Pacific Coast Architecture Database . University of California at Los Angeles. Retrieved 10 November 2011 .
^ a b c Starr, Kevin (1991). Material Dreams: Southern California Through the 1920s . Oxford University Press. p. 260. ISBN 978-0-19-507260-0
^ a b c d e f g Cleek, Patricia Gardner (1985). "Francis W. Wilson, Architect". Noticias . 31
^ "CSL Catalog - Full View of Record" . catalog.library.ca.gov . Retrieved 2018-01-02 .
^ "About the Santa Barbara Club" . Santa Barbara Club. Retrieved 10 November 2011 .
^ Redmon, Michael (October 25, 2007). "Question: 'Wasn't there another mansion where the Clark Estate is today?' . Santa Barbara Independent . Retrieved 10 November 2011 .
^ "Guidelines: El Pueblo Viejo Landmark District" (PDF) . City of Santa Barbara. pp. 11, 32. Retrieved 10 November 2011 .
^ "Magazine | This Old House The Chronicle of Kerrwood Hall" . blogs.westmont.edu . Retrieved 2018-01-02 .
^ " . www.independent.com . Retrieved 2018-01-02 .
^ "PCAD - Potter Theatre, Santa Barbara, CA" . pcad.lib.washington.edu . Retrieved 2018-01-02 .
^ "CALIFORNIA HISTORICAL RESOURCES INVENTORY DATABASE" . pasadena.cfwebtools.com . Retrieved 2018-01-02 .
^ Redmon, Michael (November 9, 2009). "What is the history of the estate that houses the Music Academy of the West?" . Santa Barbara Independent . Retrieved 10 November 2011 .
^ "Campus History" . Music Academy of the West. Retrieved 10 November 2011 .
^ a b Laura Soulliere Harrison (1986). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Grand Canyon Depot" (pdf) . National Park Service. Accompanying 19 photos, exterior, from 1985. (3.03 MB )
^ Berke, Arnold (2002). Mary Colter, Architect of the Southwest . Princeton Architectural Press. p. 89. ISBN 1-56898-345-X
^ "Barstow, CA (BAR)" . Great American Stations . Retrieved 2018-01-02 .
^ "Harvey House Railroad Depot--Route 66: A Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary" . www.nps.gov . Retrieved 2018-01-02 .
^ Potter, Janet Greenstein (1996). Great American Railroad Stations . New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. p. 461. ISBN 978-0471143895
^ "PCAD - Central Bank, Santa Barbara, CA" . pcad.lib.washington.edu . Retrieved 2018-01-02 .
^ Gebbard, David. "The Romance is Back" . Architect.com. Archived from the original on 13 September 2011. Retrieved 10 November 2011 .
^ "Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County" . Carnegie Libraries of California. Archived from the original on 31 July 2009. Retrieved 10 November 2011 .
^ "The Santa Barbara Independent - The County's News and Entertainment Paper" . 2005-09-08. Archived from the original on 2005-09-08. Retrieved 2018-01-02 .
^ "CALIFORNIA HISTORICAL RESOURCES INVENTORY DATABASE" . pasadena.cfwebtools.com . Retrieved 2018-01-02 .
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