Samuel Newsom

Samuel Newsom was born April 05, 1852 in Canada, in Montreal. His parents were Jessie Livingstone (1821–1882) and Levens Mathewson Newsom (or Newsome, 1815–1897). He had 11 siblings.{{Cite web|last=Michelson|first=Alan|title=Samuel Newsom (Architect)|url=http://pcad.lib.washington.edu/person/767/|access-date=2021-01-08|website=Pacific Coast Architecture Database (PCAD), Built Environments Library, University of Washington}} His father Levens worked at a plant nursery. In 1860, Samuel Newsom immigrated to San Francisco. His two older brothers Thomas Newsom and John Newsom were also architects and taught Samuel and Joseph. Neither brother had formal education in architecture.{{Cite web|title=San Francisco Landmark #182: Theodore Green Apothecary|url=https://noehill.com/sf/landmarks/sf182.asp|access-date=2021-01-09|website=noehill.com}}

In 1877, the Newsom brothers, Samuel and Joseph Cather Newsom maintained their architectural office (for Newsom and Newsom) at 321 California Street in San Francisco in 1877, followed by an office at 504 Kearny Street in San Francisco in 1883, and then in Oakland by 1884.{{Cite web|last=Michelson|first=Alan|title=Newsom and Newsom, Architects|url=http://pcad.lib.washington.edu/firm/446/|access-date=2021-01-08|website=Pacific Coast Architecture Database (PCAD), Built Environments Library, University of Washington}} By 1886, they had a Los Angeles office, which was run by Joseph. The brothers specialized in designing Queen Anne style architecture homes with extravagant details, designed for the common home buyer. Many of their clients were middle class. Newsom and Newsom constructed of many of the Eastlake style and Queen Anne style homes in San Francisco, California and the surrounding areas.{{Cite book|last=Weinstein|first=Dave|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=unqUNeNaoVcC|title=Signature Architects of the San Francisco Bay Area|date=2006|publisher=Gibbs Smith|isbn=978-1-58685-751-6|pages=11–18|language=en}} They built around 650 buildings which included single family homes, two family homes, flats, apartments and hotels.{{cite book|last=Sacks|first=Benjamin|url=https://archive.org/details/presentationlov00unkngoog|title=Carson Mansion and Ingomar Theatre: Cultural adventures in California|publisher=Valley Publishers|year=1979|isbn=978-0-913548-64-6|pages=35}} The Newsom brothers published pattern books on the different decorative styles. By 1893, the firm had made a change and was designing in a Mission Revival style and in 1906 they were designing Craftsmen style homes. Joseph Cather Newsom ended his relationship to the firm in 1888 but continued to practice architecture alone in Los Angeles.

From c.1898 until 1901, Samuel Newsom worked with Frederick Herman Meyer to form the firm Newsom and Meyer in Oakland.{{Cite web|title=PCAD - Newsom and Meyer|url=http://pcad.lib.washington.edu/firm/447/|access-date=2021-01-09|website=Pacific Coast Architecture Database (PCAD), Built Environments Library, University of Washington}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C65IAQAAMAAJ|title=Crocker-Langley San Francisco Business Directory for Years Commencing May 1899|date=1899|publisher=H.S. Crocker Company|language=en}}

His two sons joined the firm, Sidney Newsom in 1893, and Noble Newsom in 1906.

In 1875, Newsom married Canadian Matilda Gertrude “Tillie” (née Wilcox) in Alameda County. Together they had 6 children; Sidney Newsom, Samuel Newsom Jr., Helen Newsom Tufts, Ruby Newsom Van Sickle, Noble Newsom, and Harold Newsom.

File:Napa Opera House, 1018-1030 Main St., Napa, CA 9-5-2010 2-32-51 PM.JPG (1878), in Napa, California built by Newsom and Newsom]]

File:Old City Hall, 7410 Monterey St., Gilroy, CA 9-23-2012 3-25-51 PM.JPG (1905), in Gilroy, California built by Samuel Newsom, Newsom and Meyer]]

• 1878 – Courthouse, Superior Court of California, County of Napa, California
• 1879 – Napa Valley Opera House, 1018-1030 Main Street, Napa, California{{cite book|last1=Newsom|first1=Samuel|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fX9TAAAAMAAJ|title=Samuel and Joseph Cather Newsom: Victorian architectural imagery in California, 1878–1908 : UCSB Art Museum, Santa Barbara, April 4 through May 6, 1979, the Oakland Museum, Oakland, May 22 through August 12, 1979|last2=Newsom|first2=Joseph C.|last3=Gebhard|first3=David|publisher=The CSB Museum and The Oakland Museum|year=1979|display-authors=etal}}
• 1884 – Berkeley City Hall, Berkeley, California, demolished 1904
• 1884–1886 – Carson Mansion, 143 M Street, Eureka, California
• c. 1885 – Vollmer House, 1737 Webster Street, San Francisco, California, not the original location of the home, this location has outstanding decorative details.
• 1885 – Boyd House, Eureka, California
• 1885 – Murphy House, San Francisco, California, demolished 1906 after the earthquake, the Carter House Inn in Eureka is a reproduction of the Murphy House.
• 1886 – 975 Grove Street, San Francisco, California, this house has an unusual turret design, decorative brick, and an image of a bear.
• 1886 – Healdsburg City Hall, Healdsburg, California, demolished 1960https://www.hannahclaybornshistoryofhealdsburg.com/city-hall.html
• 1887 – San Dimas Hotel, 121 N. San Dimas Avenue, San Dimas, California{{Cite web|title=Walker House|url=https://www.laconservancy.org/locations/walker-house|access-date=2021-01-09|website=Los Angeles Conservancy}}
• c.1887 – Bradbury Mansion, 147 North Hill Street, Los Angeles, California, was located in the Bunker Hill neighborhood and was demolished in 1929.{{Cite web|title=Bradbury mansion, Bunker Hill|url=https://calisphere.org/item/06fbc172bcbf19aa2a66ad6fc299c4ef/|access-date=2021-01-09|website=Calisphere|year=1890 |language=en}} Built at the cost of $80,000 for Lewis L. Bradbury. The house, a 35-room structure with five chimneys and five turrets, stood at the corner of Hill and Court streets.
• prior to 1888 – Magnin House, 1478–1482 Page Street, San Francisco, California, this is a two family style house and a prior owner was Isaac Magnin and his two daughters lived next door.
• 1889 – Green Apothecary, 500-502 Divisadero Street, San Francisco, California

• 1889 – 2602 Pacific Avenue, San Francisco, California, the former home of Meg Ryan and Dennis Quaid in the 1990s.{{Cite web|last=Chamings|first=Andrew|date=2020-05-02|title=Former Pac Heights home of Meg Ryan hits market for $19.5M|url=https://www.sfgate.com/local/slideshow/Former-Pac-Heights-home-of-Meg-Ryan-hits-market-201920.php|access-date=2021-01-08|website=SFGATE|language=en-US}}
• 1889 – Carson House (or the "Pink Lady"), 202 M Street, Eureka, California{{Cite web|last=Penn|first=Susan|title=The Pink Lady|url=https://www.humboldtinsider.com/humboldt/the-pink-lady/Content?oid=3707063|access-date=2021-01-10|website=Humboldt Insider|language=en}}
• 1889 – Patterson House (renovation/addition), Ardenwood Historic Farm, Fremont, California{{Cite web|last=Hession|first=Stephanie Wright|date=2010-06-10|title=Ardenwood Historic Farm, Fremont|url=https://www.sfgate.com/travel/streetdate/article/Ardenwood-Historic-Farm-Fremont-3262166.php|access-date=2021-01-08|website=SFGATE|language=en-US}}
• 1892 – 3198 Pacific Ave, San Francisco, California{{Cite web|last=King|first=John|date=2010-09-05|title=As homey as a mansion can be|url=https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/As-homey-as-a-mansion-can-be-3175345.php|access-date=2021-01-08|website=SFGATE|language=en-US}}
• c.1892 – Simpson-Vance House, 904 G Street, Eureka, California{{Cite web|title=National Register #86001668: Simpson-Vance House in Eureka, California|url=https://noehill.com/humboldt/nat1986001668.asp|access-date=2021-01-09|website=noehill.com}}
• 1905 – Old City Hall, Gilroy, California{{Cite web|last=Aver|first=William E.|date=1975|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form, Old City Hall|url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/75000480|access-date=2020-01-08|website=National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior}}

• {{Cite magazine|last=Newsom|first=Samuel|date=1907|title=The Santa Barbara Mission|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J31AAQAAMAAJ|magazine=Overland Monthly and Out West Magazine|pages=351–352}}
• {{Cite magazine|last=Newsom|first=Samuel|date=1908|others=Bret Harte|title=The Romantic House of the Castros: A Bit of Old California, A Home Among The Meadow Larks|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SQINAQAAIAAJ|magazine=The Overland Monthly|pages=151–155}}

• {{Cite book|last1=Newsom|first1=Samuel|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4lw9twAACAAJ|title=Picturesque Californian Homes, Second Volume|last2=Newsom|first2=Joseph C.|publisher=H.S. Crocker & Co|year=1886|volume=2}}
• {{Cite book|last1=Newsom|first1=Samuel|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gmleo9Dds8wC|title=Picturesque California Homes, A Volume of Forty Plates, Plans, Details and Specifications of Houses Costing from $700 to $15,000|last2=Newsom|first2=Joseph C.|publisher=Hennessey & Ingalls|others=David Gebhard (introduction)|year=1978|isbn=0912158824|location=San Francisco, California}} (originally published in 1884)

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• {{Cite book|last1=Gebhard|first1=David|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EMnMcIBbcpcC|title=Samuel and Joseph Cather Newsom: Victorian Architectural Imagery in California, 1878-1908|last2=Von Breton|first2=Harriette|last3=Winter|first3=Robert|publisher=Regents of the University of California|others=UCSB Art Museum|year=1979|isbn=9780942006636}}
• {{Cite book|last=Newsom|first=J. Cather|title=Modern Homes of California, Drawing Plans|year=1893|location=San Francisco, California}}

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