Henry L. Gogerty (January 30, 1894 – April 1, 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 numerous historic buildings in Hollywood.
Biography
Early life He was born on January 30, 1894, in Zearing, Iowa.Pacific Coast Architecture Database: Henry L. Gogerty (Architect)Henry L. Gogerty; Architect Who Designed Gliding Classroom Walls, The Los Angeles Times, April 06, 1990 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. During the First World War, he served in the field artillery.
Career
Together with Carl Jules Weyl (1890-1948), he designed numerous buildings in Hollywood, California, including:
Palace Theater (1926), NRHP-listed Baine Building (1926), NRHP-listed Hollywood Studio Building (1927), NRHP-listed 6356 Sunset Blvd. (1927) 6600 Sunset Blvd. (1928) Fred C. Thomson Building (1928), LAHCM No. 1196
He also designed many school buildings in California, including: Susan Miller Dorsey High School (1936-1938), Los Angeles Union High School (1950), Visalia New buildings for Gardena High School (1956), Gardena, together with D. Stewart Kerr Antelope Valley College's new campus (1959), Lancaster New buildings for Allan Hancock College (1961), Santa Maria Buildings for South Hills High School (1963), West Covina
Other buildings he designed include (in California unless otherwise noted):
Grand Central Air Terminal (1928), Glendale, NRHP-listed
Yucca Vine Tower (1929), Los Angeles, LAHCM No. 1302 Union Pacific Station, Las Vegas, Nevada (1929) Johnny's Steak House Building (1930), Los Angeles, NRHP-listed Gogerty Building (1930), Los Angeles Los Angeles Public Library Compton branch (1936) Hughes Aircraft Company factory (1941-1942), Culver City, CRHR-listed United States Navy Naval Ordnance Test Station (1942-1943), Inyokern Hughes Aircraft Company factory (1957-1958), Fullerton Van de Kamp's Holland Dutch Bakery and Yucca and Ivar Storefronts at 6357-67 Yucca Street
He also designed the Biltmore Hotel's bedrooms in Palm Springs, California, while the building itself was designed by Frederick Monhoff (1897–1975),Pacific Coast Architecture Database: Biltmore Hotel, Palm Springs, CA and he designed and operated the Desert Air Hotel and Palm Desert Airpark in Rancho Mirage, California until 1968.
He sat on the Board of Trustees of the St. Anne's Foundation and was the recipient of the Angel Award in 1988.
Personal life He married in 1922 and divorced in 1930. He died on January 4, 1990, in Los Angeles County, California.
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