William F. Curlett (County Down, Ireland, March 3, 1846 – January 21, 1914, San Francisco) and Alexander Edward Curlett (called Aleck) (San Francisco, February 6, 1881 – September 5, 1942) were a father-and-son pair of architects. They worked together as partners under the name of William Curlett and Son, Architects from c. 1908–1916. Aleck Curlett partnered with Claud Beelman as Curlett & Beelman (1919–1932).
The San Francisco firm of Curlett, Eisen, & Cuthbertson, Architects, was active in the 1880s; it designed the Los Angeles County Courthouse in 1887. In 1888, the firm occupied Room #41 of the Downey Block. (See Los Angeles, California, City Directory, 1888, p. 768.)
Works
National Register of Historic Places
A number of works by either or both Curletts and by Curlett & Beelman are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. These works include:
Alex Curlett
- Board of Trade Building, 111 W. 7th St. Los Angeles, California
- Building at 816 South Grand Avenue, 816 S. Grand Ave. Los Angeles, California
- Equitable Building of Hollywood, 6253 W. Hollywood Blvd.
- Fifth Street Store Building, 501-515 S. Broadway, Los Angeles, California
- Roosevelt Building, 727 W. Seventh St. Los Angeles, California
William Curlett
- Haas Californiandy Factory, 54 Mint St. San Francisco, California
- Packard Library, 301 4th St. Marysville, California
- Theodore F. Payne House, 1409 Sutter St. San Francisco, California
- Villa Montalvo, 14800 Montalvo Rd. Saratoga, California
- Mutual Savings Bank Building, 700 Market St., San Francisco, California
- Phelan Building, 760 Market St. San Francisco, California
Alex and William Curlett
- Hotel Congress, 303–311 E. Congress St. Tucson, Arizona
- Rialto Building, 300–320 E. Congress St. Tucson, Arizona
- Rialto Theatre, 318 E. Congress St. Tucson, Arizona
Curlett & Beelman
- Cooper Arms Apartments, 455 E. Ocean Blvd. Long Beach, California
- Chester Williams Building, 215 W. 5th Street, Los Angeles, California
- Culver Hotel, 9400 Culver Blvd. Culver City, California
- Heinsbergen Decorating Company Building, 7415 Beverly Blvd. Los Angeles, California
- Security Building, 234 N. Central Phoenix, Arizona
Other works
Other of their works include:
- Proper Hotel, orig. Commercial Club of Southern Californialifornia, later Californiase Hotel, 1100 S. Broadway, Downtown Los Angeles (1926, as of 2020 under renovation to open as hotel)
- St. Mark's Episcopal Church (Berkeley, California)
- Foreman & Clark Building, 701 South Hill St., Los Angeles (Curlett & Beelman)
Block, Curlett & Eisen
Works attributed to Block, Curlett & Eisen:
- Potomac Block, west side of Broadway between 2nd and 3rd, Los Angeles, retail and offices, opened 1890.
Curlett, Eisen & Cuthbertson
- New Lanfranco Block, built 1888, 214–222 North Main St., Los Angeles
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