Julia Morgan
General Information
Occupation: Architect
Date of Birth: January 20, 1872
Date of Death: February 02, 1957
Birth City: San Francisco
Birth State/Province: California
Birth Country: United States
Resident City: San Francsico
Resident State/Province: California
Resident Country: United States
Archive/Repository: California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo and others
Sources: http://www.lib.calpoly.edu/spec_coll/morgan/bio/bio.html http://www.oac.cdlib.org/dynaweb/ead/berkeley/ceda/morgan/
Specialties
No specialties on record
Jobs
Employer: Atelier of Ecole instructor, Bernard Chaussemiche
Title: Drafter
City: Paris
State: California
Country: United States
Start Date: November 1898
Notes: Chaussemiche was Morgan's mentor
Employer: Office of John Galen Howard
Title: Architect
City: San Francisco
State: California
Country: United States
Notes: Morgan drew the elevations and designed the decorative details for the Mining Building at the University of California.
Employer: Morgan's own office
Title: Architect
City: San Francisco
State: California
Country: United States
Collaborators
No collaborators on record
Apprenticeships
No apprenticeships on record
Awards
Name: Honorary Doctor of Laws degree
Notes: Presented from the University of California at Berkeley
Exhibitions
No exhibitions on record
Notable Projects
Title: The Hearst Greek Theatre
Description: Theatre on Berkeley Campus
City: Berkeley
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Notes: Designed under John Galen Howard's guidance
Title: Fairmont Hotel
Description: rebuilding
City: San Francisco
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Notes: Rebuilding of the hotel followed the earthquake and fire in San Francisco in 1906
Title: Asilomar Conference Center
Description: YWCA Building
City: Pacific Grove
Country: delete
Notes: Morgan was also commissioned to do a series of other YWCA buildings in California, Utah and Hawaii
Title: Hearst Ranch
Description: main building and guesthouses for William Hearst's ranch
City: San Simeon
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Notes: Morgan designed the main building-Casa Grande and guest houses-A House, B House, C House, the grounds, the pools, the animal shelters and the workers camps. From this work led to other commisions from the Hearst's including Jolon, Santa Maria de Wyntoon, Babicora, the Hopi residence at the Grand Canyon, and Phoebe Apperson Hearst Memorial Women's Gymnasium at UC Berkeley
Title: Ocean House
Description: beach house
City: Santa Monica
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Title: remodeling of the Los Angeles Examiner building
Country: delete
Education
Institution: Ecole Nationale et Sp'ciale des Beaux-Arts
Department: Architecture
Start Date: November 1898
Notes: Morgan was refused entrance into the school for two years because she was a woman
Institution: University of California
Degree: Degree in Engineering
Notes: Berkeley, California
Licensing
No licenses on record
Professional Affiliations
Organization: American Institute of Architects
Role: Member
Start Date: January 01, 1921
Notes: until deceased
Publications By
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Publications About
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