Carleton Winslow, Sr. (1876-1946)
Carleton Winslow began his career in 1910 in the architectural firm of Cram, Goodhue, and Ferguson. Less than a year after being hired, Bertram Goodhue, partner in the firm, entrusted Winslow with his first major assignment: Architect-in-Residence for the Panama-California Exposition in San Diego. Winslow designed many of the temporary buildings and supervised the construction of those permanent buildings which Goodhue designed, among them the California State Building and the Fine Arts building. Instead of employing the Academic French style, Winslow chose the Spanish Colonial, an innovation which brought him widespread recognition and commendation.
In 1923 Winslow designed two important churches which brought him great acclaim: the First Baptist Church of Pasadena and the Community Presbyterian Church of Beverly Hills. As architect of the First Baptist Church, he established a reputation for competence and flexibility in the field of church architecture. That church covered an area of 23,400 square feet; the cost of the church was $400,000. The style of the First Baptist Church was Romanesque. Its dedication took place on January 19, 1926.
As the architect of the Community Presbyterian Church of Beverly Hills, Winslow employed a hybrid style, partly Hispanic and partly the style of architecture found in Presbyterian churches in Scotland and England. This church was also dedicated in 1926. Another church designed by Winslow was Mary, Star of the Sea in La Jolla, built in the California Mission style with parapets and a bell tower.
Winslow became a fellow of the AIA in 1939. California Architect license No. 729
Buildings:
- House of Hospitality, Balboa Park
- Coulter House, San Diego
- Los Angeles Public Library
- Atkinson Residence, La Jolla
- Mary Star of the Sea, La Jolla
[from San Diego Architects 1868-1939 by Raymond S. Brandes, Ph.D., University of San Diego]
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