Theatre Architects

Morgan, Walls & Clements was an architectural firm based in Los Angeles, California and responsible for many of the city’s landmarks. The firm dates back to the late 19th century: originally Morgan and Walls with principals Octavius Morgan and John A. Walls, the firm worked in the area from before the turn of the century.

Around 1910 Morgan’s son O.W. Morgan was promoted, resulting in the firm Morgan, Walls and Morgan, the elder Morgan retired, and with the emergence of designer Stiles O. Clements (1883–1966) the firm hit its stride with a series of theatres and commercial projects. Clements often worked in Spanish Colonial Revival and Mayan Revival styles, but their major project was the black and gold Art Deco Richfield Tower in Downtown Los Angeles, a commanding presence from its 1928 completion to its 1969 destruction. Walls did not live to see the completion of the building as he had died in 1922.

Clements left the firm in 1937 to start his own practice, Stiles O. Clements & Associates, where he remained until his retirement in 1966.

Be sure to check out our research into projects by this firm in the archive of their work held at the Huntington Library  in California.

Information in part sourced from Wikipedia .

Theatres on this website in which this architect firm was involved:

El Capitan Theatre, Hollywood, California, USA

(surrounding office building and ticket lobby)

Fonda Theatre, Hollywood, California, USA

The Belasco, Los Angeles, California, USA

The Mayan, Los Angeles, California, USA

The Wiltern, Koreatown, California, USA

(surrounding building)