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George W. Kelham

George William Kelham (1871–1936) was an American architect, he was most active in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Biography[edit]

Born in Manchester, Massachusetts, Kelham was educated at Harvard University and graduated from the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in 1896.^[1] As an employee of New York architects Trowbridge & Livingston, he was sent by the firm to San Francisco for the Palace Hotel in 1906 and remained there after the building completion in 1909.^[1][2]

Kelham was responsible for the master plan for the Panama–Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco, did significant work on Treasure Island for the Golden Gate International Exposition in 1938,^[3] and designed at least five major buildings in the city,^[1] along with significant work in Salt Lake City and Los Angeles. He was also supervising architect for the campus of the University of California, Berkeley from 1927 to 1931.^[2]

Work[edit]

Kelham's works include:

• Sharon Building (1912), San Francisco, California.
• Ganter & Mattern Company Building (1912), San Francisco, California; now the California Institute of Integral Studies
• Griffith-McKenzie Building (1914), Fresno, California; Fresno's first skyscraper, now Helm Building
• Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915), supervising architect
• The old San Francisco Public Library (1917), now the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco^[1]
• Farmers' and Merchants' Bank (1917), Stockton, California
• Roble Hall (1917), dormitory for women at Stanford University, Stanford, California
• Bay Terrace Subdivision (1918), 126 individual buildings as housing for Mare Island Naval Shipyard workers, Vallejo, California
• Standard Oil Building (1922), at 225 Bush Street, San Francisco, California
• Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (1924), 400 Sansome Street, San Francisco, California, NRHP-listed^[4]
• Delia Fleishhacker Memorial Building (1925), Zoo Rd. and Sloat Blvd., San Francisco, California, NRHP-listed^[4]
• Standard Oil Building (1926), at 605 West Olympic Boulevard, Los Angeles, California
• Russ Building (1927), San Francisco, California
• University of California, Los Angeles, supervising architect for the Westwood campus (1927), including the design for Powell Library, Haines Hall, Kerckoff Hall, Moore Hall and the Men's Gym
• Shell Building, (1929) San Francisco, California
• University of California, Berkeley,^[2] supervising architect for multiple individual buildings including: Bowles Hall, 1928;^[4] Valley Life Sciences Building, 1930;^[5][6] International House, 1930;^[7] Moses Hall, 1931; McLaughlin Hall, 1931; Davis Hall, 1931; Edwards Stadium, 1932; Haas Pavilion/Harmon Men's Gym, 1933,
  • Bowles Hall (1928), Stadium and Gayley Way, Berkeley, California (Kelham, George), NRHP-listed^[4]
• Administration Building, Treasure Island (1938), SE Corner of Avenue of the Palms and California Ave., Treasure Island, California (Day, William Peyton; Kelham, George William), NRHP-listed^[4]
• Hall of Transportation, Treasure Island. (1938), SE Side of California Ave. between Aves. D & F, Treasure Island, California (Day, William Peyton; Kelham, George William), NRHP-listed^[4]
• Court of the Moon (1938), Golden Gate International Exposition, Treasure Island, California^[3]

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Works by or about George W. KelhamatInternet Archive
• Entry at NoeHill
• Emporis page regarding Kelham's work^{[dead link]}
• "George William Kelham (Architect)". Pacific Coast Architecture Database.