# Reginald Davis Johnson > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Reginald_Davis_Johnson > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Reginald_Davis_Johnson.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reginald_Davis_Johnson > Source revision: 1348008610 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|American architect}} [[File:SBPostOfficeExterior.jpg|thumb|[Santa Barbara Post Office](/source/United_States_Post_Office-Santa_Barbara_Main) (93101). Reginald Johnson, architect, 1936. Commissioned as part of the New Deal]] '''Reginald Davis Johnson''' (1882–1952) was an American architect. His practice, based in [Pasadena, California](/source/Pasadena%2C_California), focused on the Los Angeles area and southern California in general, with a mixture of residential and commercial work. Johnson's later work was influenced by his progressive ideas on housing policy. thumb|left|Charles Francis Paxton house, 1160 South Orange Grove Boulevard, Pasadena. Reginald Davis Johnson, architect, completed 1919. Landscape: Renelje Schenck (Mrs. Charles F.) Paxton. Today: House relocated to South Pasadena thumb|Baldwin Hills Village, Landmark Plaque Johnson was born in New York state on July 19, 1882, the son of [Joseph Horsfall Johnson](/source/Joseph_Horsfall_Johnson), who would become the first Episcopal bishop of Los Angeles from 1896 to 1928. Johnson studied architecture in Paris and then attended the [Massachusetts Institute of Technology](/source/Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology), graduating in 1910 and returned to Pasadena. His father would consecrate St. Paul's Cathedral in Los Angeles in 1924, designed by Reginald.{{cite web|last=Stoltz|first=Eric|title=Cathedral Center of St. Paul I: History|url=http://www.cathedralsofcalifornia.com/?tag=reginald-johnson|work=Cathedrals of California|publisher=Eric Stoltz|accessdate=10 November 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111223051859/http://www.cathedralsofcalifornia.com/?tag=reginald-johnson|archivedate=23 December 2011}} Johnson made a good living in the 1920s designing houses in [Montecito](/source/Montecito%2C_California) and Pasadena. Johnson made his name by designing houses for the rich, but also designed more affordable housing, a cause that assumed greater importance to him as the [Great Depression](/source/Great_Depression) wore on. In 1931, Johnson won an award for best design for a small house, receiving the award from [Herbert Hoover](/source/Herbert_Hoover). Johnson designed Rancho San Pedro for Los Angeles as a public housing project in 1939. Through the 1930s Johnson worked on the design of [Baldwin Hills Village](/source/Baldwin_Hills_Village) in Los Angeles, which was designed as an up-to-date community of inexpensive housing. Johnson collaborated with [Clarence Stein](/source/Clarence_Stein), the planner of [Radburn, New Jersey](/source/Radburn%2C_New_Jersey), and the development was named by the [American Institute of Architects](/source/American_Institute_of_Architects) as one of the 100 most important architectural achievements in American history.{{Citation|title=Village Green 75th Anniversary Talk, by Gailyn Saroyan|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RZyUigDrxI|language=en|access-date=2021-11-15}} ==Works== *Santa Barbara Country Club ("Miraflores") (1909, rebuilt 1913, altered 1915 by Reginald D. Johnson) now the [Music Academy of the West](/source/Music_Academy_of_the_West){{cite news|last=Redmon|first=Michael|title=What is the history of the estate that houses the Music Academy of the West?|url=http://www.independent.com/news/2009/nov/09/what-history-estate-houses-music-academy-west/|accessdate=10 November 2011|newspaper=Santa Barbara Independent|date=November 9, 2009}}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite web|title=Campus History|url=http://www.musicacademy.org/about-us/academy/campus-history|publisher=Music Academy of the West|accessdate=10 November 2011}}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} *Charles and Stephanie (daughter of [William H. Workman](/source/William_H._Workman)) Masson Residence, Boyle Heights (1913). Relocated across the street in 1943 *[Saint Saviour's Chapel (Harvard-Westlake School)](/source/Saint_Saviour's_Chapel_(Harvard-Westlake_School)) (1914) *Charles Francis Paxton house, 1160 South Orange Grove Boulevard, Pasadena (1919), relocated to South Pasadena *Tanglewood ([Lotusland](/source/Lotusland)), Santa Barbara (1919), remodeled by [George Washington Smith](/source/George_Washington_Smith_(architect)) *Woodward House, Birmingham, AL (1922), built for Birmingham businessman [Allen Harvey Woodward](/source/Allen_Harvey_Woodward) and his wife, Annie Jemison Woodward *[All Saints Episcopal Church](/source/All_Saints_Episcopal_Church_(Pasadena%2C_California)), Pasadena (1923) *St. Paul's Cathedral, Los Angeles (1924), demolished 1979 *[Hale Solar Laboratory and Solar Observatory](/source/Hale_Solar_Laboratory), Pasadena (1924) (NHL) *[Santa Barbara Biltmore Hotel](/source/Four_Seasons_Resort_The_Biltmore_Santa_Barbara) (1927){{Cite web |last=Pridgen |first=Andrew |date=2026-04-09 |title=Billionaire's California resort teases reopening after 6-year closure |url=https://www.sfgate.com/centralcoast/article/biltmore-four-seasons-montecito-reopening-22194448.php |website=SFGATE |language=en}} *[Cate School](/source/Cate_School) (1928–29)''Mr. Cate's School: A Seventy-Five Year History, 1910–1985.'' (1984). Carpinteria, CA: Cate School Historical Society. *Rancho San Carlos, the estate belonging to the Jackson family in Montecito, California (1929) {{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/erincarlyle/2014/09/05/montecito-ranch-on-238-acres-lists-for-125-million/|title=Montecito Ranch On 238 Acres Lists For $125 Million|first=Erin|last=Carlyle|website=Forbes}} *[Baldwin Hills Village](/source/Baldwin_Hills_Village) (1932){{cite web|last=Wong|first=Dorothy Fue|title=National Historic Landmark Nomination: Baldwin Hills Village|url=http://www.nps.gov/nhl/designations/samples/CA/baldwin.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130810133158/http://www.nps.gov/nhl/designations/samples/CA/baldwin.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 10, 2013|publisher=National Park Service|accessdate=10 November 2011|author2=Nicolais, Robert |author3=Tomlan, Michael |date=May 19, 2000}} *[Bellosguardo](/source/Bellosguardo_Foundation), the summer home of [Huguette Clark](/source/Huguette_Clark) and her mother, Anna LaChapelle Clark, in Santa Barbara (1933){{cite web |url=http://sbmag.com/2010/08/the-house-on-the-hill/ |title=The House on the Hill ‹ Santa Barbara Magazine |website=sbmag.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016213428/http://sbmag.com/2010/08/the-house-on-the-hill/ |archive-date=2015-10-16}} *Santa Barbara Post Office (1937) *[Good Samaritan Hospital](/source/Good_Samaritan_Hospital_(Los_Angeles)), Los Angeles, replaced 1976 * Flintridge Riding Club{{cite web|title=History|url=http://www.flintridgeridingclub.org/?page_id=83|publisher=Flintridge Riding Club|accessdate=10 November 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927025952/http://www.flintridgeridingclub.org/?page_id=83|archivedate=27 September 2011}} *[La Valencia Hotel](/source/La_Valencia_Hotel), La Jolla, California ==References== {{reflist}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Johnson, Reginald Davis}} Category:1882 births Category:1952 deaths Category:Architects from Pasadena, California Category:20th-century American people --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Reginald Davis Johnson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reginald_Davis_Johnson) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reginald_Davis_Johnson?action=history)). 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