# Sumner Spaulding
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{{Short description|American architect}}
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'''Sumner Spaulding''' (1892–1952) was an [American architect](/source/American_architect) and [city planner](/source/City_Planner). He is best known for designing the [Harold Lloyd Estate](/source/Harold_Lloyd_Estate), {{aka}} Greenacres, in [Beverly Hills, California](/source/Beverly_Hills%2C_California), the [Catalina Casino](/source/Catalina_Casino) in [Avalon](/source/Avalon%2C_California) on [Santa Catalina Island, California](/source/Santa_Catalina_Island%2C_California), and the Malaga Cove Plaza in [Palos Verdes Estates, California](/source/Palos_Verdes_Estates%2C_California).
thumb|right|Harold Lloyd Estate, a.k.a. Greenacres, in Beverly Hills, California.
[[File:"Beverly Hillbillies" mansion (2092398372).jpg|thumb|[Chartwell Mansion](/source/Chartwell_Mansion) in 1988]]
thumb|right|Catalina Casino in Avalon, Santa Catalina Island, California.
thumb|right|Malaga Cove Plaza in Palos Verdes Estates, California.
==Early life==
Sumner Spaulding was born on June 14, 1892, in [Ionia, Michigan](/source/Ionia%2C_Michigan).[[https://digital.lib.washington.edu/architect/architects/617/ Pacific Coast Architecture Database: Sumner Spaulding]][[http://www.artsandarchitecture.com/case.houses/architects.html Arts & Architecture]] He attended the [University of Michigan](/source/University_of_Michigan) in [Ann Arbor, Michigan](/source/Ann_Arbor%2C_Michigan), from 1911 to 1913, and graduated from the [Massachusetts Institute of Technology](/source/Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology) in [Boston](/source/Boston), [Massachusetts](/source/Massachusetts), in 1916.[[https://digital.lib.washington.edu/architect/partners/559/ Pacific Coast Architecture Database: Spaulding, Sumner Architect]][[http://www.pomona.edu/about/pomoniana/prometheus.aspx Pomona College: Prometheus] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140804231844/http://www.pomona.edu/about/pomoniana/prometheus.aspx |date=2014-08-04 }}][[https://digital.lib.washington.edu/architect/structures/13995/ Pacific Coast Architecture Database: Pomona College, Frary, Lucien E., Dining Hall, Claremont, CA]] He designed a building at 520 Midvale Avenue in Westwood, Los Angeles.[[https://digital.lib.washington.edu/architect/structures/2001/ Pacific Coast Architecture Database: 520 Midvale Avenue Apartments, Westwood, Los Angeles, CA]]
Additionally, Spaulding teamed up with other architects for many buildings and houses. With Walter I. Webber, he designed the [Catalina Casino](/source/Catalina_Casino) in [Avalon](/source/Avalon%2C_California) on [Catalina Island](/source/Santa_Catalina_Island%2C_California), built 1928−1929.[[https://digital.lib.washington.edu/architect/partners/1653/ Pacific Coast Architecture Database: Webber and Spaulding, Architects]][[https://digital.lib.washington.edu/architect/structures/1021/ Pacific Coast Architecture Database: Avalon Casino, Avalon, Santa Catalina Island, CA]][Naylor, David, American Picture Palaces The Architecture of Fantasy, 219, 1981.] They also designed the [Harold Lloyd Estate](/source/Harold_Lloyd_Estate) 'Greenacres', located at 1040 Angelo Drive in [Beverly Hills, California](/source/Beverly_Hills%2C_California), now a [California Historical Landmark](/source/California_Historical_Landmark).["Mr. Harold Lloyd's Italian Villa in Beverly Hills", ''California Arts and Architecture'', 38: 21-29, 12/1930.] He designed Lloyd's beach house in [Santa Monica, California](/source/Santa_Monica%2C_California).[[https://digital.lib.washington.edu/architect/structures/13996/ Pacific Coast Architecture Database: Lloyd, Harold, Beach House, Santa Monica, CA]]["Harold Lloyd Beach House plans", ''California Arts and Architecture'', 24, 06/1932.]
In partnership with William Field Staunton, Jr. and Walter I. Webber, they designed the Malaga Cove Plaza, a shopping center in the community of [Palos Verdes Estates](/source/Palos_Verdes_Estates%2C_California) from 1922 to 1924.[[https://digital.lib.washington.edu/architect/partners/428/ Pacific Coast Architecture Database: Webber, Staunton and Spaulding, Architects]][[https://digital.lib.washington.edu/architect/structures/1187/ Pacific Coast Architecture Database: Malaga Cove Plaza, Palos Verdes Estates, CA]] They designed the fraternity house of [Phi Kappa Sigma](/source/Phi_Kappa_Sigma) located at 10938 Strathmore Drive off the campus of UCLA in [Westwood, Los Angeles](/source/Westwood%2C_Los_Angeles) in 1929.[[https://digital.lib.washington.edu/architect/structures/1188/ Pacific Coast Architecture Database: University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Phi Kappa Sigma Fraternity House, Westwood, Los Angeles, CA]]["Colleges Plan New Buildings", ''The Los Angeles Times'', A16, 9/7/1928] From 1928 to 1930, they designed the [Eli P. Clark](/source/Eli_P._Clark) Dormitory on the campus of Pomona College.[[https://digital.lib.washington.edu/architect/structures/2287/ Pacific Coast Architecture Database: Pomona College, Clark, Eli P., Dormitory #1, Claremont, CA]]
In 1933, Spaulding designed
'[Chartwell](/source/Chartwell_Mansion)', built in the style of a French chateau for engineer [Lynn Atkinson](/source/Lynn_Atkinson), who commissioned the property but never lived there. The house, set in gardens designed by [Henri Samuel](/source/Henri_Samuel), was later owned by [Arnold Kirkeby](/source/Arnold_Kirkeby) and [Jerry Perenchio](/source/Jerry_Perenchio). It was used as the filming location for ''[The Beverley Hillbillies](/source/The_Beverley_Hillbillies)'' and Jerry Lewis's ''[Cinderfella](/source/Cinderfella)''.[{{cite magazine |last1=Miller |first1=Julie |title=The Fascinating Story Behind America's Most Expensive Home |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2017/08/most-expensive-home-in-america |magazine=Vanity Fair|date=9 August 2017 }}]
In partnership with Clarence Gordon DeSwarte and [John Leon Rex](/source/John_Leon_Rex), they designed the Leibig Guest House and Farmer's Cottage in [Encino, California](/source/Encino%2C_California), which won an Honor Award from the Southern California Chapter of the [American Institute of Architects](/source/American_Institute_of_Architects) in January 1947.[[https://digital.lib.washington.edu/architect/structures/7207/ Pacific Coast Architecture Database: Leibig, Rudolph, Guest House and Farmer's Cottage, Encino, Los Angeles, CA]]["Southern California Chapter's Honor Awards", ''Journal of the American Institute of Architects'', 7: 2, 74–77, 93, 02/1947.] They designed the Behrendt House in [North Hollywood, Los Angeles](/source/North_Hollywood%2C_Los_Angeles), which won an Honor Award from the Southern California Chapter of the [American Institute of Architects](/source/American_Institute_of_Architects) in January 1947.[[https://digital.lib.washington.edu/architect/structures/7206/ Pacific Coast Architecture Database: Behrendt, George, House, North Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA]]["Southern California Chapter's Honor Awards", ''Journal of the American Institute of Architects'', 7: 2, 74–79, 02/1947.] In 1946, they designed a shop for the Barrett Textile Corporation in Los Angeles.[[https://digital.lib.washington.edu/architect/structures/7230/ Pacific Coast Architecture Database: Barret Textile Corporation Shop, Los Angeles, CA]]["A Shop for Barret Textile Corporation", Arts and Architecture, 64: 1, 31–33, 01/1947.] Additionally, they designed the [Red Cross](/source/American_Red_Cross) chapter house in Los Angeles.[[https://digital.lib.washington.edu/architect/structures/7218/ Pacific Coast Architecture Database: Red Cross Chapter House, Los Angeles, CA]]
In 1945 Spaulding designed, and together with John Rex redesigned, the [Midcentury modern style](/source/Midcentury_modern) [Case Study House](/source/Case_Study_Houses) No. 2, that was completed in 1947 in the Chapman Woods neighborhood of [Pasadena](/source/Pasadena%2C_California).[[https://digital.lib.washington.edu/architect/structures/1189/ Pacific Coast Architecture Database: Case Study House #02, Pasadena, CA]][[http://en.wikiarquitectura.com/index.php/Case_Study_House_nº2 WikiArquitectura, Architecture of the World: Case Study House nº2]]["Modern California Houses", Architectural Record, 133: 1, 62B, 01/1963]["The Editor's Asides", ''Journal of the American Institute of Architects'', VIII: 4, 190, 10/1947.] They also designed the [Westchester High School](/source/Westchester_High_School_(Los_Angeles)) located at 6550 West 80th Street in [Westchester, Los Angeles](/source/Westchester%2C_Los_Angeles) in 1952.[[https://digital.lib.washington.edu/architect/structures/1190/ Pacific Coast Architecture Database: Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), Westchester High School #1, Westchester, Los Angeles, CA]]
Spaulding taught architecture at the [University of Southern California](/source/University_of_Southern_California) in Los Angeles and at [Scripps College](/source/Scripps_College) in Claremont.