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John Corneby Wilson Austin (February 13, 1870 – September 3, 1963) was an architect and civic leader who participated in the design of several landmark buildings in Southern California, including the Griffith Observatory, Los Angeles City Hall, and the Shrine Auditorium.
The architect was John C. Austin, who was also head of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce at the time. The building cost $1,250,000 to build. The building cost $1,250,000 to build. Ground was broken on August 21, 1930.
C.E. Toberman and Co. Building [35] 6351 Hollywood Blvd: Financial: Beaux Arts: Morgan, Walls & Clements (1935) 1914 1935: Commercial conversion in 1992 [36] Hollywood Theater: 6766 Hollywood Blvd: Theater: Romanesque Revival [37] Krempel and Erkes (1913) Clifford Balch (1927 remodel) S. Charles Lee (1936 remodel) [37] 1913 1933 (or 1913 1927 ...
Former names: Griffith: General information; Architectural style: Greco-Roman and Art Deco: Location: Los Feliz, Los Angeles, California, United States: Coordinates: 1]: Elevation: 1,135 ft (346 m): Construction started: June 20, 1933 (): Inaugurated: May 14, 1935 (): Client: Griffith Trust: Design and construction; Architect(s): John C. Austin Frederick M. Ashley: Website; GriffithObservatory ...
1931 photograph of then-new City Hall, with the now-demolished 10-story International Savings Bank to the immediate left [6]. The building was designed by John Parkinson, John C. Austin, and Albert C. Martin, Sr., and was completed in 1928.
Memorial Branch is a branch library of the Los Angeles Public Library. It was built in 1930 based on a Gothic Revival design by architect John C. Austin, also noted as the lead architect of the Griffith Observatory and the Hollywood Masonic Temple. The library includes a large heraldic work of stained glass created by the artists at Judson Studios.
The neighborhood was connected by rail to Los Angeles in 1887, Paul de Longpré built its first tourist attraction in 1901, and the entire area was annexed into the city of Los Angeles in 1910. [2] Most of the Hollywood Boulevard Commercial and Entertainment District was built between 1915 and 1939, during the rapid boom of the film industry.
Hollywood's Guaranty Building was built in 1923, with Gilbert Bessemyer as the owner [1] and Charlie Chaplin and Cecil B. DeMille included as investors. [2] The building features Beaux-Arts architecture and was designed by John C. Austin and Frederick M. Ashley, with John Austin and his partners noted at the time for their work on Los Angeles City Hall, Griffith Observatory, Cathedral of Saint ...