George Applegarth
{{Short description|American architect (1876–1972)}}
{{Not to be confused with|George S. H. Appleget}}
{{Infobox person
| name = George Adrian Applegarth
| image = George A. Applegarth, architect.jpg
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1875|10|04}}
| birth_place = Oakland, California, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1972|01|19|1875|10|04}}
| death_place = San Francisco, California, U.S.
| burial_place = Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma, California, U.S.
| education = University of California, Berkeley,
{{Lang|fr|École des Beaux-Arts|italic=no}}
| occupation = Architect
| spouse = Gwendolyn Powers
| children = 3
}}
George Adrian Applegarth (1875 – 1972) was an American architect.{{Cite web |title=George A. Applegarth papers, 1908-1970. |url=https://oac.cdlib.org/search?style=oac4;titlesAZ=g;descriptions=show;idT=UCb105459653 |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=Online Archive of California |publisher=Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley}} Applegarth’s career included designing the California Palace of the Legion of Honor, the Clift Hotel (now The Clift Royal Sonesta Hotel), and projects for the town of Clyde, California. He co-founded the architectural firm, MacDonald & Applegarth.
Early life and education
Applegarth was born on October 4, 1875, in Oakland, California, to parents Henrietta Anne (née Sanders) and John Applegarth.{{Cite web |last=Michelson |first=Alan |title=George Adrian Applegarth (Architect) |url=https://pcad.lib.washington.edu/person/6179/ |website=Pacific Coast Architecture Database (PCAD)}} His mother was born in Walcot, Somerset, England, and his father was born in Canada. George H. Sanders, of the architectural firm Wright & Sanders was his maternal uncle;{{Cite news |last=Alexander |first=Dick |date=1971-08-18 |title=Built Better: He Made His Mark Upon S. F. |pages=68 |work=The San Francisco Examiner |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-san-francisco-examiner/27035849/ |access-date=2023-05-30}}{{Cite web |title=Bay Area Architects: George Applegarth |url=https://noehill.com/architects/applegarth.aspx |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=noehill.com}} and John Arnold Sanders, a noted English painter and sculptor, was his maternal grandfather.
He graduated from Oakland High School; and began his career as a draughtsman for Wright & Sanders in San Francisco, while he studied drawing at the University of California, Berkeley under Bernard Maybeck.{{Cite web |title=Applegarth, George |url=https://ced.berkeley.edu/collections/applegarth-george |access-date=2023-06-03 |website=UC Berkeley College of Environmental Design |language=en-US}} Applegarth continued his training at {{Lang|fr|École des Beaux-Arts|italic=no}} in Paris (degree in April 1906), where he met his future work partner Kenneth A. MacDonald Jr.
Career
He returned to the United States after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fires. In 1907, Applegarth obtained his architecture license in California. From 1907 until 1912, he was part of the architecture firm MacDonald & Applegarth, a collaboration with his former classmate.{{Cite web |date=2020-08-26 |title=Architect Wednesday: MacDonald & Applegarth |url=https://coronadohistory.org/blog/architect-wednesday-macdonald-applegarth/ |access-date=2023-05-29 |website=Coronado Historical Association}}
Around 1917, he helped in the construction of Clyde, California, once a company town built for the employees of the Pacific Coast Shipbuilding Company. Bernard Maybeck led the project, and it was funded in part by the United States government loan.
He was a fellow of the American Institute of Architects, and for a period of time served as president of the San Francisco chapter.
Personal life and death
Applegarth was married to Gwendolyn Powers (1889–1981), together they had three children.{{Cite news |date=1972-01-20 |title=Obituary for GEORGE APPLEGARTH |pages=47 |work=The San Francisco Examiner |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-san-francisco-examiner-obituary-for/125762411/ |access-date=2023-06-03}}
He died on January 19, 1972, while in a hospital in San Francisco.{{Cite news |date=1972-01-20 |title=Death takes famed architect |pages=19 |work=The Peninsula Times Tribune |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-peninsula-times-tribune-obituary-for/125762588/ |access-date=2023-06-03}}
List of notable buildings
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Architecture works by George Adrian Applegarth !Year !Name !Firm !Location !Notes |
| 1907
|Eyre Building, 161 Kearny Street | |San Francisco, California |
| 1907
|Metropolis Trust and Savings Bank, 623–631 Market Street | |San Francisco, California |
| 1907
|St. Andrew Hotel, 438 Post Street | |San Francisco, California |
| 1908
|Forrest Building, 1053–1055 Market Street | |San Francisco, California |
| 1908
|Phoenix Building, 220–228 Grant Avenue | |San Francisco, California |
| 1908
|3 Presidio Terrace |MacDonald & Applegart |Presidio, San Francisco, California |
| 1908
|4 Presidio Terrace, MacDonald House |MacDonald & Applegart |Presidio, San Francisco, California |
| 1908
|5 Presidio Terrace, Dr. Hartland Law House |MacDonald & Applegart |Presidio, San Francisco, California |
| 1909
|Eastern Outfitting Company Building, 1017–1021 Market Street |Applegarth |Union Square, San Francisco, California |
| 1913
|Clift Hotel (The Clift Royal Sonesta Hotel), 495 Geary Street |MacDonald & Applegart |Tenderloin, San Francisco, California |
| c. 1912–1913
|Spreckels Mansion, 2080 Washington Street |MacDonald & Applegarth |Pacific Heights, San Francisco, California |Built for businessman Adolph B. Spreckels.{{Cite web |last=Bevk |first=Alex |date=2014-11-25 |title=Behind the Hedges and Inside the History of Danielle Steel's Spreckels Mansion |url=https://sf.curbed.com/2014/11/25/10018636/behind-the-hedges-and-inside-the-history-of-danielle-steels-spreckels |access-date= |website=Curbed SF |language=en}} |
| 1912
|King George Hotel, 334 Mason Street |MacDonald & Applegarth |Union Square, San Francisco, California |
| 1916
|2775 Vallejo Street |Applegarth |Pacific Heights, San Francisco, California |{{Cite web |date=2020-08-13 |title=Nextdoor Co-Founder Lists $25M George Applegarth-Designed San Fran Home |url=https://www.cottagesgardens.com/nextdoor-co-founder-lists-dazzling-george-applegarth-designed-san-francisco-home/pic/155810/ |access-date=2023-06-03 |website=Cottages & Gardens |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Breathtaking Renaissance Mansion in Pacific Heights, $25M |url=https://www.californiahomedesign.com/property/2020/09/04/breathtaking-renaissance-mansion-in-pacific-heights-25m/ |access-date=2023-06-03 |website=California Home+Design |language=en-US}} |
| 1916
|2785 Vallejo Street |Applegarth |Pacific Heights, San Francisco, California |
| 1919
|Oceanic Building |Applegarth |San Francisco, California |was demolished in 1979, and replaced by 101 California Street |
| 1953
|Downtown Center Garage (now Mason O'Farrell Garage), 325 Mason Street |Applegarth |Union Square, San Francisco, California |
References
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Category:Architects from San Francisco
Category:Burials at Holy Cross Cemetery (Colma, California)
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