Architects Who Designed Buildings in Kern County

This is a list of some of the architects who have designed buildings in Kern County. If you would like to submit an architect and building for inclusion on this list, please email Lori Wear at lowear@kern.org.

Ned Hyman Abrams (3/13/1915 – 2/2/1999)
    -Honolulu Oil Corporation Geological Department Office (1953)
Erskine Bemus (8/25/1849 - 10/21/1921)
    -Baer Residence
    -Bakersfield Garage
    -Barlow Residence
    -Beggs Residence
    -Jamison Residence
    -Labor Temple
Albert Austin Bennett (7/26/1825 – 12/1890)
    -Kern County Court House (1876)
Charles Howatt Biggar (1/11/1882 – 5/16/1946)
    -American Legion Stanley F. Little Post, Taft (1925)
    -Anglo-American Bank
    -Bakersfield Fire Department Station 1 (1939)
    -The Bakersfield Californian
    -Chamber of Commerce Building (1928)
    -Daly Plumbing (1926)
    -Delano Union High School Auditorium
    -Delano Union High School Physical Education Building
    -East Bakersfield High School
    -First Baptist Church (1904)
    -First Baptist Church Addition (1932)
    -Fish Building (1938)
    -Fox Theatre (1930)
    -Haberfelde Building
    -Harvey Auditorium, KCUHS (1940)
    -Kern Co. Airport Headquarters, Steel Hangars & Mach. Shop Bldg.   
    -Kern County Fair Exhibition Building (1927)
    -Kern County Jail, Arvin
    -Kern County Library, Delano
    -Kern County Library, McKittrick
    -Kern County Library, Mojave (1928)
    -Kern County Library, Shafter
    -Kern County Library, Taft
    -Kern County Union High School
    -Kern General Hospital
    -Standard School Auditorium
    -Stonybrook Sanitarium Administration Building
    -Taft High School
    -Tejon Theatre (1947)
    -U.S. Government Experiment Farm in Shafter
    -Woman’s Club of Bakersfield (1921)
Charles H. Biggar and Thomas B. Wiseman
    -Kern County Jail, Bakersfield (1913)
Whitney Biggar (5/25/1920 – 2/22/2005)
    -Kern County Library Headquarters
    -Elk Hills Petroleum Reserve Headquarters
    -First Congregationalist Church
    -Highland High School
    -West High School
Eugene D. Birnbaum (1915 - 1999)
    -International House Of Pancakes
A. B. Chase (ca. 1843 – 5/24/1922?)
    -William Howell Residence (1891)
Orville Lee Clark (3/10/1884 – 4/27/1940)
    -Bakersfield Club
    -Bakersfield Fire Department Station 2
    -Bakersfield Garage
    -Barlow Residence - Guild House
    -Beale Memorial Library - Kern Branch (1915)
    -Berges Building
    -Caledonia Masonic Temple Lodge #486 (1939)
    -Conley School, Taft
    -Dixon Apartments
    -Emerson School
    -Franklin School
    -Helm Residence
    -William H. Hill Residence
    -Hotel Decatur (1910)
    -Hotel Koesel
    -Hotel Massena Addition
    -Hotel Olcovich
    -Kern County Abstract Company (1911)
    -Kern County Jail, Bakersfield (1914)
    -Manley Apartments
    -Maricopa School House
    -Mercy Hospital
    -Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company
    -Payne & Sons Funeral Home (1911)
    -Southern Garage
    -Standard School (1911)
    -H.F. Williams School
John M. Cooper 
    -Hotel Padre (1928)
Clarence Cullimore, Sr. (10/20/1885 – 12/1963)
    -Alfred & Lorraine Ames Residence (1932)
    -Beardsley School Remodel (1934)
    -Cecil & Lucile Chase Residence (1935) 
    -Clarence Cullimore, Sr. Residence (1930)
    -E. Buell Daniel Residence (1942)
    -Asa Diamon Residence (1936)
    -James & Imogene Dorrance Residence (1937)
    -Firman & Lennice Eyraud Residence (1929) 
    -Family Laundry
    -Albert S. Goode Residence (1938)
    -Frank & Florence Finlayson/Hopson Residence (1934)
    -Maurice & Ruth Hubbell Residence (1934)
    -Wallace (Axel) & Ida Johnson Residence (1935)
    -Elsie McCutchen Residence (1934)
    -St. Andrew’s Episcopal Mission, Taft
    -Glenn E. Stanfield Residence (1932)
    -Clyde Stickler Residence (1935)
Clarence Cullimore, Jr. (4/12/1926 - )
    -Paul & Carol Peacock Residence (1958)
Robert N. Eddy (8/19/1915 - 2/18/2005) and William H. Paynter (11/14/1924 - 4/21/2004)
    -Automobile Club of Southern California
    -Bakersfield City Hall (1954)
    -Brock’s Department Store (in association with C.M. Deasy)
    -Caliente Elementary School
    -Church of the Mennonite Brethren
    -Civic Center Office Building
    -College Crest Apartments
    -College Heights Congregational Church
    -Continental Telephone Corporation
    -Elk Hills Elementary School
    -First Western Bank & Trust Company (Bakersfield & Delano)
    -Greenacres Elementary School
    -Greyhound Bus Terminal
    -Kern County Golf Course Services Building
    -Kern County Health Center
    -Kern County Superintendent of Schools District Office 
    -Kern County Union High School District Administrative Offices
    -Lincoln Junior High School Education Center 
    -Mohawk Petroleum Corporation District Office
    -Naval Ordinance Test Station, China Lake
    -Oak Park Tower 
    -Occidental Exploration & Production Company Offices 
    -Oro Vista Housing Project 
    -Saba’s Men’s Store (1953)
    -Salvation Army Headquarters Building
    -Salvation Army Men’s Rehabilitation Center
    -Southern California Gas Company Offices
    -Sparkle Laundry
    -Tejon Ranch Company Development
    -Tenneco Corporation Western Headquarters 
    -Trudy Richards Apartments
    -Union Oil Company Building Addition
    -United California Bank, Bakersfield 
    -U. S. Air Force, Edwards Air Force Base, Muroc (in association with C.M. Deasy)
    -U.S. Army Corp of Engineers
    -U. S. Army Reserve Training Center (in association with C.M. Deasy)
    -U. S. Marine Corps Air Station, Mojave (in association with C.M. Deasy)
    -Veterans Memorial Building
    -C.J. Vignolo Residence, Shafter
    -Young Men’s Christian Association
Charles Henry Franklin (3/3/1891-8/6/1956) and Ernest J. Kump, Jr. (12/29/1911 - 11/4/1999)
    -Hugh Sill Residence (1937)
    -Sill Building (1938)
Dave Gardner Cross
    -Community National Bank
Frank Ghezzi
    -Bakersfield Civic Auditorium
    -Dr. Banks Residence
    -Cerro Coso Community College
    -Dr. Christensen Residence
Clifford Harding (8/3/1922 – 8/26/1994)
    -Barber Pontiac
    -Frasch Residence
C I Havens
    -Union Ice Company (1901)
Higgins and Root
    -St. Paul’s Episcopal Church (1953)
Everett M. Hinshaw
    -Jastro Building/Standard Oil Building
Lewis Parsons Hobart (1/14/1873 – 10/19/1954)
    -Beale Theatre (1907-08)
    -Trinity Chapel, Randsburg
John Galen Howard (5/8/1864 - 7/18/1931)
    -First Presbyterian Church Reconstruction (1921)
John Howlett (ca. 1828 - ?)
    -Chester & Livermore Store (1870)
Earle Huguens and Donald B. Parkinson (8/10/ 1895 – 11/17/1945)
    -Courtlandt Gross House, Tehachapi
S. Charles Lee (9/5/1899 – 1/27/1990)
    -Fox Theatre (1930)
    -Nile Theatre (1938)
Maginnis, Walsh and Sullivan (Charles Donagh Maginnis, Timothy Walsh, and Matthew Sullivan)
    -Saint Francis Church (1905)
Cliff May (1909-1989)
    -George and Dodo Nickel Residence, "Rio Bravo"
    -1011 Tam O'Shanter Drive
Bernard Ralph Maybeck (2/7/1862-10/3/1957)
    -Sidney H. Greeley Residence Addition (1920)
Ernest Lynn McCoy (1/31/1906 – 3/7/1981)
    -Kern County Courts and Administration Building (1952)
    -Bank of America, Lake Isabella (1976)
    -Chipman Junior High School
    -Compton Junior High School (1958)
    -San Joaquin Community Hospital
    -Wayside Elementary School
Benjamin G. McDougall (1/10/1865 – 6/11/1937)
    -Bakersfield Opera House - Nile Theater (1906)
L. M. McDougall
    -C. L. Hollis Residence (1893)
    -E. Lemke Residence (1893)
    -Louis V. Olcese Residence (1893)
Frederick Herman Meyer (6/26/1876 – 3/6/1961)
    -Kern County Courthouse, Bakersfield (1910)
    -Security Trust Company Bank (1910)
Willard K. Michael (11/14/1892 – 11/22/1957)
    -Arvin School
    -Atwood Courts
    -Bowerbank School (Buttonwillow)
    -Buena Vista School
    -Edith Cross Residence
    -George Frazee Residence
    -T.W. Hanley Residence
    -George Hottle Residence
    -John R. Huff Residence
    -J.B. James Residence
    -John L. Knight Residence
    -August Maurel Residence
    -Metcalf Courts
    -Painter Apartments
    -John R. Thomas Residence
    -Warren Apartments
Richard Neutra (4/8/1892 – 4/16/1970)
    -Frank E. Davis Residence (1938)
    -Albert M. & Patricia Leddy Residence (1959)
    -Norwalk Service Station (1939)
Wayman Francis Parsons (2/6/1903 – 3/21/1981)
    -The Fort, Taft (1940)
George Rible 
    -First Presbyterian Church (1913)
Jackson M. Saffell (2/27/1858 – 4/23/1936)
    -Axelson Machine Building (1912)
    -First Bank of Kern
    -Hotel Mortensen
    -Verdier Building
Henry A. Schulze 
    -Kern County Land Company Building (1894)
    -William Sanders Tevis Residence (circa 1898)
Edward Sibbert
    -Kress Building (1931)
Samuel G. Smartt
    -Smartt Apartments/Porterfield Hotel (1911)
McNeal Swasey (11/11/1891 – 10/13/1946) and Hayne
    -Bank of America (1930)
Edwin J. Symmes (2/14/1883 – 9/10/1935)
    -First Church of Christian Scientist (1931)
Edwin J. Symmes and Clarence Cullimore
    -Arvin Grammar School
    -Beardsley Grammar School (1928)
    -Beardsley Grammar School Additions and Alterations (1930)
    -Buttonwillow Grammar School
    -Granada Theatre (1927)
    -McFarland Grammar School
    -McFarland High School
    -New China Cafe (1928)
    -Shafter Grammar School
    -Shafter High School
    -Lawrence Weill Residence
Edwin J. Symmes and Stanton D. Willard, (2/3/1891 – 9/27/1964)
    -Kern County Department of Agriculture Building (1937-38)
    -Kern County Welfare Department and Annex (1934)
Oscar Tomerlin
    -Bakersfield Inn (1929)
Robert F. Train and Robert Edmund Williams
    -Kern County Hall of Records (1909)
William Henry Weeks (1/18/1864 – 4/29/1936)
    -Taft High School Music Building (1931)
Carl Werner
    -Masonic Temple, 18th Street (1923-24)
James A. Wetmore (1863 – 3/14/1940)
    -United States Post Office, 18th Street (1924)
Stanford White (1853 – 1906)
    -William Sanders Tevis Residence
Thomas Blaine Wiseman (4/23/1885 – 4/20/1920)
    -Bakersfield Club
    -Baldwin Building
    -Baldwin Stables
    -Bank of Maricopa, Maricopa
    -Bush Building, Maricopa
    -Conley School, Taft
    -Coons & Price Building, Maricopa
    -Echo Building
    -El Reposo Corte
    -Gardner Building
    -Greene Building, Wasco
    -Helm & Cormack Building, Wasco
    -Herrington-Cohn Building
    -Hotel Euclid
    -Hotel Manchester
    -Hotel Moronet
    -KCUHS Manual Arts Building
    -Midway School, Fellows
    -Morgan Building
    -Presbyterian Church
    -Rice Building
    -Scofield Building
    -Wasco Grammer School
Frank Lloyd Wright
    -Dr. George and Millie Ablin Residence (1958)
    -Delano Mortuary
Frank Wynkoop (1/24/1902 – 9/1978)
    -Kern County Hall of Records reface (1939-40)
    -Clinic & Apartments (1938)


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