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Roland Coate
Roland Coate (December 5, 1890 – October 17, 1958) was an American architect. He designed many houses and buildings in California, three of which are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Coate was born on December 5, 1890, in Richmond, Indiana. He attended Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana, from 1910 to 1912, and he graduated from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, in 1914.
Coate worked as a draftsman at the Manhattan firm founded by two fellow Cornell School of Architecture alumni, Trowbridge and Ackerman. Around this time he also designed a home for his parents at 1624 Reeveston Road, Richmond, Indiana.
During World War I, Coate served in the United States Army's 32nd Aero Squadron achieving the rank of first lieutenant. After the war he returned to Trowbridge and Ackerman.
After marrying in 1920, Coate and his wife Margaret moved to California where Coate had accepted a position with the residential architect Reginald Davis Johnson, in Pasadena, California. After one year, Coate became a full partner with Johnson and Gordon Kaufmann in the new firm of Johnson, Kaufmann, and Coate. Johnson generously structured the firm in a way that allowed the two younger architects to handle independent commissions on the side. In 1924, the three architects chose to close the firm due to a lack of commercial and institutional commissions. The three continued to share the same office space and even some of the same staff after opening their respective private practices.
In 1924, Coate designed the Campbell House located at 1244 Wentworth Avenue in Pasadena, California. He also designed the Robert E. Pond House located at 655 Bradford Street in Pasadena. In 1925, he designed the Stafford W. Sixby House located at 1148 Garfield Avenue in South Pasadena, California, which went on to win a Certificate of Honor from the Southern California Chapter of the American Institute of Architects in 1927. The following year, he designed the Eva K.J. Fudger House located at 211 Muirfield Road in Hancock Park, Los Angeles; it was later purchased by Howard Hughes (1905-1976). He also designed Fudger's residence at 1103 San Ysidro Drive in Beverly Hills, California. In 1927, he designed Casa Oceana near Bluff Park in Long Beach, California.
In 1930, Coate designed the Elliott Bandini House located at 90274 Via Almar and Via Arroyo in Palos Verdes Estates, California. The same year, he designed the Monterey Colonial style mansion of D.C. Norcross located at 673 Siena Way in Bel Air, Los Angeles; A.E. Hanson (1893-1986) was the landscape architect. In 1931, he designed the Monterey Colonial style Pasadena Town Club located at 378 South Madison Avenue in Pasadena, California. In 1933 and 1934, he designed the private residence of film producer David O. Selznick (1902-1965) in Beverly Hills. In 1934, he designed the W.B Hart House in Pasadena, California, and the Parley Johnson House in Downey, California. The same year, he also designed the private residence of Henry W. O'Melveny located at 1709 Stone Canyon Road in Bel Air. In 1939, he designed the Everett Sebring House located at 612 Berkshire Avenue in La Cañada Flintridge, California. He renovated and enlarged the Jack Warner Estate. In 1941, he designed the private residence of Robert Taylor (1911-1969) and Barbara Stanwyck (1907-1990) located at 1101 Beverly Drive in Beverly Hills, California.
Together with Silas Reese Burns (1855-1940), Sumner Hunt (1865-1938) and Aurele Vermeulen (1885-1983), Coate designed the headquarters of the Automobile Club of Southern California located at 2601 South Figueroa Street from 1921 to 1923.
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Roland Coate
Roland Coate (December 5, 1890 – October 17, 1958) was an American architect. He designed many houses and buildings in California, three of which are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Coate was born on December 5, 1890, in Richmond, Indiana. He attended Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana, from 1910 to 1912, and he graduated from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, in 1914.
Coate worked as a draftsman at the Manhattan firm founded by two fellow Cornell School of Architecture alumni, Trowbridge and Ackerman. Around this time he also designed a home for his parents at 1624 Reeveston Road, Richmond, Indiana.
During World War I, Coate served in the United States Army's 32nd Aero Squadron achieving the rank of first lieutenant. After the war he returned to Trowbridge and Ackerman.
After marrying in 1920, Coate and his wife Margaret moved to California where Coate had accepted a position with the residential architect Reginald Davis Johnson, in Pasadena, California. After one year, Coate became a full partner with Johnson and Gordon Kaufmann in the new firm of Johnson, Kaufmann, and Coate. Johnson generously structured the firm in a way that allowed the two younger architects to handle independent commissions on the side. In 1924, the three architects chose to close the firm due to a lack of commercial and institutional commissions. The three continued to share the same office space and even some of the same staff after opening their respective private practices.
In 1924, Coate designed the Campbell House located at 1244 Wentworth Avenue in Pasadena, California. He also designed the Robert E. Pond House located at 655 Bradford Street in Pasadena. In 1925, he designed the Stafford W. Sixby House located at 1148 Garfield Avenue in South Pasadena, California, which went on to win a Certificate of Honor from the Southern California Chapter of the American Institute of Architects in 1927. The following year, he designed the Eva K.J. Fudger House located at 211 Muirfield Road in Hancock Park, Los Angeles; it was later purchased by Howard Hughes (1905-1976). He also designed Fudger's residence at 1103 San Ysidro Drive in Beverly Hills, California. In 1927, he designed Casa Oceana near Bluff Park in Long Beach, California.
In 1930, Coate designed the Elliott Bandini House located at 90274 Via Almar and Via Arroyo in Palos Verdes Estates, California. The same year, he designed the Monterey Colonial style mansion of D.C. Norcross located at 673 Siena Way in Bel Air, Los Angeles; A.E. Hanson (1893-1986) was the landscape architect. In 1931, he designed the Monterey Colonial style Pasadena Town Club located at 378 South Madison Avenue in Pasadena, California. In 1933 and 1934, he designed the private residence of film producer David O. Selznick (1902-1965) in Beverly Hills. In 1934, he designed the W.B Hart House in Pasadena, California, and the Parley Johnson House in Downey, California. The same year, he also designed the private residence of Henry W. O'Melveny located at 1709 Stone Canyon Road in Bel Air. In 1939, he designed the Everett Sebring House located at 612 Berkshire Avenue in La Cañada Flintridge, California. He renovated and enlarged the Jack Warner Estate. In 1941, he designed the private residence of Robert Taylor (1911-1969) and Barbara Stanwyck (1907-1990) located at 1101 Beverly Drive in Beverly Hills, California.
Together with Silas Reese Burns (1855-1940), Sumner Hunt (1865-1938) and Aurele Vermeulen (1885-1983), Coate designed the headquarters of the Automobile Club of Southern California located at 2601 South Figueroa Street from 1921 to 1923.