Henry L. Gogerty

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Norman W. Alpaugh
Born	(1894-01-30)January 30, 1894 Zearing, Iowa
Died	January 4, 1990(1990-01-04) (aged 95) Los Angeles County, California
Occupation	Architect

Buildings	Palace Theater Baine Building Hollywood Studio Building Fred C. Thompson Building Yucca Vine Tower Johnny's Steak House

Henry L. Gogerty (1894–1990) was an American architect. He is best known for designing over 350 schools and industrial buildings in Southern California, as well as designing or co-designing five historic buildings in Hollywood, California.

Biography

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Early life

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He was born on January 30, 1894, in Zearing, Iowa.^[1]^[2] He received a Liberal Arts certificate from the University of Dubuque in 1913, graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in 1917, and later received a degree in architecture from the University of Southern California.^[1]^[2] During the First World War, he served in the field artillery.^[2]

Career

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Baine Building in 2024

Together with Carl Jules Weyl (1890-1948), he designed numerous buildings in Hollywood, California, including:

Palace Theater (1926) 1735 N. Vine Street, Spanish Colonial Revival^[3]^[4]
Baine Building (1926) 6601-09 Hollywood Boulevard, Spanish Colonial Revival^[3]^[4]

Hollywood Studio Building in 2024

Hollywood Studio Building (1927) 6554 Hollywood Boulevard, Spanish Colonial Revival^[3]
Fred C. Thompson Building (1928) 6528-6540 Sunset Boulevard, Spanish Colonial Revival^[1]

He also designed many school buildings, including:

Susan Miller Dorsey High School (1936 to 1938) in South Los Angeles^[1]
Union High School (1950) in Visalia, California .^[1]
New buildings for Gardena High School (1956) in Gardena, California, together with D. Stewart Kerr^[1]
Antelope Valley College's new campus (1959) in Lancaster, California^[1]
New buildings for Allan Hancock College (1961) in Santa Maria, California^[1]
Buildings for South Hills High School (1963) in West Covina, California^[1]

Other buildings he designed include:

Grand Central Air Terminal of the Glendale Airport (1928) in Glendale, California^[1]^[4]
Yucca Vine Tower (1929) 1801-1805 N Vine Street and 6301-6317 W Yucca Street in Hollywood, California, Art Deco^[5]

Johnny's Steak House Building in 2024

Johnny's Steak House Building (1930) at 6553 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California^[3]
Dance studio at 6274-84 Yucca Street (1930) in Hollywood, California ^[1]
Los Angeles Public Library Compton branch (1936)^[1]
Hughes Aircraft Company factory (1941-1942) in Culver City, California^[1]
United States Navy Naval Ordnance Test Station (1942-1943) in Inyokern, California^[1]
Hughes Aircraft Company factory (1957-1958) in Fullerton, California^[1]

He also designed the Biltmore Hotel's bedrooms in Palm Springs, California, while the building itself was designed by Frederick Monhoff (1897–1975),^[6] and he designed and operated the Desert Air Hotel and Palm Desert Airpark in Rancho Mirage, California until 1968.^[2]

He sat on the Board of Trustees of the St. Anne's Foundation and was the recipient of the Angel Award in 1988.^[2]

Personal life

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He married in 1922 and divorced in 1930.^[1] He died on January 4, 1990, in Los Angeles County, California.^[1]^[2]

References

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^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q Pacific Coast Architecture Database: Henry L. Gogerty (Architect)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Henry L. Gogerty; Architect Who Designed Gliding Classroom Walls, The Los Angeles Times, April 06, 1990
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form - Hollywood Boulevard Commercial and Entertainment District". United States Department of the Interior - National Park Service. April 4, 1985.
^ ^a ^b ^c Winter, Robert (2009). An Architectural Guidebook to Los Angeles. Gibbs Smith. ISBN 978-1-4236-0893-6.
^ "Mountain States Life Building/ Yucca-Vine Tower Recommendation Report" (PDF). City of Los Angeles. Retrieved August 31, 2024.
^ Pacific Coast Architecture Database: Biltmore Hotel, Palm Springs, CA

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