Who Designed Monrovia?
The architects behind Monrovia's houses, with the builders and first families named beside them, from the public record.
Monrovia's record of named architects runs from the 1880s to the 1930s, 31 houses in all, and the architects named most are F. O. Eager (architect, 3), Frank O. Eager (architect, 3) and Tifal Bros. (architect, 3). For the city itself, its neighborhoods and its market, see the library's Monrovia page.
Who designed the houses in Monrovia?
On this record, 31 houses in Monrovia name their architect, and the architects named most are F. O. Eager (architect, 3), Frank O. Eager (architect, 3) and Tifal Bros. (architect, 3). For 6 of them the documents name the builder too.
When were most of Monrovia's houses on record built?
The decades with the most houses here are the 1920s (10), the 1910s (7) and the 1900s (6). The single busiest year on record is 1887.
How do I find out who designed my house in Monrovia?
Look for your street in the table on this page; 31 Monrovia houses here name the architect, and every architect is in the register with the rest of the work credited to that name. For the year, the Los Angeles County Assessor is the first place to check; its year built is often there, though it can be approximate or missing. Who designed my house? walks through the records in order.
If your house is not here, ask me. I'm Greg Anderson of Arroyo Casa. Monrovia's record runs from its 1880s boom into the 1930s, and the record behind each house shapes how it should be described.
Every house with a named architect.
The 31 Monrovia houses whose architect a document names, in the order they were built, with the builder and the first family where the documents name them.
| House | Built | Style | Designed by | Built by | First family | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 117 N. Magnolia Ave Dr C Stewart House | 1887 county: 1895 | Blair/Case | Preservation groupPotential Landmarks of Monrovia, p. 3 | |||
| 255 N. Mayflower Ave Idlewild | 1887 | Queen Anne Victorian | J. Newson | Preservation groupPotential Landmarks of Monrovia, p. 3 Standing | ||
| 508 S. Ivy Ave L R Blair House | 1887 county: 1939 | Luther R. Blair | Preservation groupPotential Landmarks of Monrovia, p. 3 | |||
| 626 W. Colorado Blvd C. Z. Culver House | 1887 | Queen Anne Victorian | J. C. Newsom | Preservation groupPotential Landmarks of Monrovia, p. 1 | ||
| 336 N. Ivy Ave | 1889 county: 1880 | Queen Anne Victorian | Herbert J. Gerhardt | Preservation groupPotential Landmarks of Monrovia, p. 3 | ||
| 150 N. Myrtle Ave. F W Burr House | 1893 | Burr | Preservation groupPotential Landmarks of Monrovia, p. 3 Standing | |||
| 201 E. Greystone Ave M L Butts House | 1895 | French Normandy Revival home | Arthur B. Benton library | Preservation groupPotential Landmarks of Monrovia, p. 2 Standing | ||
| 227 N. Myrtle Ave | 1901 county: 1908 | Wade | Preservation groupPotential Landmarks of Monrovia, p. 4 | |||
| 101 E. Hillcrest Blvd T Bynum House | 1907 | Craftsman home | Stewart & Walls | Preservation groupMonrovia Historic Preservation Group Current Landmarks: Craftsman..., p. 1 Potential Landmarks of Monrovia, p. 2 Standing | ||
| 133 N. Myrtle Ave. H M Simmons House | 1907 | Dryden | Preservation groupPotential Landmarks of Monrovia, p. 3 Standing | |||
| 371 N. Alta Vista Ave Kirschen/Schlager House | 1907 | Charles S. Cramlet | Preservation groupPotential Landmarks of Monrovia, p. 1 Standing | |||
| 173 Highland Pl A J Everest House | 1909 | Craftsman home | Arthur R. Kelly | Preservation groupMonrovia Historic Preservation Group Current Landmarks: Craftsman..., p. 1 Potential Landmarks of Monrovia, p. 2 Standing | ||
| 225 Highland Pl H Arms House | 1909 | Arthur R. Kelly | Preservation groupPotential Landmarks of Monrovia, p. 2 Standing | |||
| 168 Highland Pl 2nd F N Hawes House | 1910 | Frank O. Eager | Preservation groupPotential Landmarks of Monrovia, p. 2 Standing | |||
| 224 E. Colorado Blvd | 1910 | Tifal Bros. | Preservation groupPotential Landmarks of Monrovia, p. 1 Standing | |||
| 419 W. Foothill Blvd J P Daniel House | 1911 county: 1906 | Dryden | Preservation groupPotential Landmarks of Monrovia, p. 2 Standing | |||
| 211 N. Magnolia Ave G Adams House | 1913 | Craftsman home | Frank O. Eager | Preservation groupMonrovia Historic Preservation Group Current Landmarks: Craftsman..., p. 1 Potential Landmarks of Monrovia, p. 3 Standing | ||
| 120 May Ave | 1914 | Swiss Chalet Craftsman home | Tifal Bros. | Preservation groupMonrovia Historic Preservation Group Current Landmarks: Craftsman..., p. 1 Potential Landmarks of Monrovia, p. 3 Standing | ||
| 628 E. Foothill Blvd | 1917 | Craftsman home | Tifal Bros. | Preservation groupPotential Landmarks of Monrovia, p. 1 Standing | ||
| 243-47 W White Oak | 1919 Aug. 22 | F. O. Eager | J. P. Daniel | Building notice, 19191919 building notice | ||
| 211 Highland Pl L L Day House | 1920 county: 1924 | Thompson | Preservation groupPotential Landmarks of Monrovia, p. 2 Standing | |||
| 217 N. Alta Vista Ave Wyman Ellis House | 1920 county: 1926 | Frank O. Eager | Preservation groupPotential Landmarks of Monrovia, p. 1 | |||
| 646 W Huntington Dr | 1920 Sept. 24 | F. O. Eager | Building notice, 19201920 building notice | |||
| 231 W Greystone | 1922 Nov. 10 | F. O. Eager | A. F. Skeele (the owner) | A. F. Skeele first owner | Building notice, 19221922 building notice Standing | |
| 511 Grand | 1922 Dec. 1 | Julius W. Krause | W. H. Eaton & Son | Mrs. E. B. Bogg first owner | Building notice, 19221922 building notice | |
| 464 N. Myrtle Ave Upton Sinclair House | 1923 | Spanish Colonial Revival home | Frederick Walls | Preservation groupPotential Landmarks of Monrovia, p. 4 Standing | ||
| 432 W Lemon | 1924 Jan. 18 | Security Housing Corp. | C. C. Foreman | A. M. Ryan first owner | Building notice, 19241924 building notice Standing | |
| 457 N Primrose Ave | 1925 July 10 | Brockway & Stone | C. S. Cramlet Ted Laveson and Eric Persson Laveson & Persson | H. B. and Florence M. Dobyns first owner | Building notices, 1925 and 19291925 building notice 1929 building notice | |
| 432 N. Ivy Ave | 1926 | Herbert J. Gerhardt | Preservation groupPotential Landmarks of Monrovia, p. 3 Standing | |||
| 725 E Lime | 1927 Jan. 28 | Robert M. Finlayson | Joseph Thompson | Alice Weider first owner | Building notice, 19271927 building notice Standing | |
| 131 E. Hillcrest Blvd Rogers House | 1930 | Mediterranean Revival home | W. McCune | Preservation groupPotential Landmarks of Monrovia, p. 2 Standing |
Who designed Monrovia.
F. O. Eager (architect, 3), Frank O. Eager (architect, 3), Tifal Bros. (architect, 3), Arthur R. Kelly (architect, 2), Dryden (architect, 2), Herbert J. Gerhardt (architect, 2), Arthur B. Benton (architect, 1), Blair/Case (architect, 1), Brockway & Stone (architect, 1), Burr (architect, 1), Charles S. Cramlet (architect, 1), Frederick Walls (architect, 1), J. C. Newsom (architect, 1), J. Newson (architect, 1), Julius W. Krause (architect, 1), Luther R. Blair (architect, 1), Robert M. Finlayson (architect, 1), Security Housing Corp. (architect, 1), Stewart & Walls (architect, 1), Thompson (architect, 1), W. McCune (architect, 1) and Wade (architect, 1)
How this record is built.
This record is compiled by the Arroyo Casa Archive of Records from public documents: city and county historic resources surveys and inventories, National Register nominations, landmark designation reports and council records, planning documents and preservation groups' publications, plus the building notices of 1917 to 1930, printed as houses were permitted, contracted or announced. Where a house was matched to the Los Angeles County Assessor's record at the same address in the same city, the page says whether the county confirms it standing. A house is shown only when one of those documents names its architect, and the builder and the first family are shown beside the architect where a document names them. Each house carries the kind of document behind it, and a credit the document itself calls likely, probable, possible or attributed is marked attributed. The methodology and every source document are on one page.
Find who designed your house.
Every house has a birth year. Start with the owner's guide: how to find who designed and built your house, who lived in it first, and what this record already holds.
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