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Originally Posted by tovangar2
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G. M. Hoff Building AKA Hoff's Rooming House
116 East 5th Street 90013
Built 1904
Preston and Seehorn, Architects
Another example of Preston and Seehorn's work:
Irvine House (1906)
3115 Brockton Avenue
Riverside, California 92501
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A bit more about Jasper Newton Preston, if I may. Before he came to Los Angeles was the architect of the
Driskill in Austin, among others (Preston & Son worked in Texas from 1875-86, and a large collection of their buildings stand, eight of which are landmarked, of which six are National Register).
Of course, few Prestons remain in Los Angeles.
Here is one of his early farmhouses, built just after his arrival in LA, and
here is Preston's residence for Andrew Glassell, also 1887. Perhaps best known on Noirish would be his 1891
high school on Fort Moore:
And his 1893 (as Preston & Locke)
addition to the Normal School (William Curlett, 1881):
Less well-known perhaps is his Burdick Block:
A standing local treasure is the
Bolt House. Another of his great extant structures is the
Coconino Court House in Flagstaff (1894).
Preston's son and business partner, Samuel, dies in 1889, whereafter Preston works with Seymour Locke (1893-94), Don MacKenzie (1896), Norman F Marsh (1900-01), and Ira H Seehorn (1902-07).
Preston retired in '07, at age 76, who had for many years been president of the AIA Southern Chapter, was made a life member of the AIA. He passes in 1922.