STANTON, ROBERT BIOGRAPHY S 4 Soturdoy, Sept. 3,1983. 010,:Irrt :11 Urlillittilla Pirreim Mor,IMMy Deaths Put)jic Library: - California Roofil Robert Stantoi n, Architect And Civic Lec ider, Dies at 83 Robert Stanton, ptominent Architect and civic leader who designed Mon· terey Peninsula College, the Monterey County Courthouse in Salinas, Walter Colton Junior High School and numer- ous other commercial buildings, schools and homes in the Peninsula area, died Thursday at his Carmel Val- ley home after a long illness. He was 83. Besides acting a5 architect for many buildings in Monterey County, Mr. Stanton supervised construction of homes for such notable as Bob Hope, King C. Gillette, EL Doheny, Fred- eric March, and King Vjdor - and, for Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford, the famous "Plek.falr" at Beverly Hills. He served as premideht of the Mon. terey County Symphony Association, the Monterey Peninsula Museum of Art, Community Chest, Monterey His- tory and Art Association, the Old Mon- lorey Bleentennial and the Monterey Bay chapter of the American Institute of Architects. "He was a man of elegance and style and lent a certabn old-world quality to our profession," said Nathaniel Owings ol the Ban Francisco architectural firm of Skidmore, Owings and Men'B. "He was a great presence, a fine person and a good chtlzen who contributed much to the community life of Monterey." Born Jan. 16, 1900, In Detroit, Mich., Mr. Stanton was educated in the public schools of Michlgan and California. In 1918 he enlisted in the U.S. Navy, re- ceiving an honorable discharge In 1g19 88 seaman second class. He graduated 11!fratd Phom) ' ROBERT STANTON ... in 1972 file photo from Manual Arts High School In Lks Angeles In 1921, then attended the Unt- versity of California, School of Engl· neering, from 1921-23. On Dec. 8, 1922, he married VIrginia Young, whom he met when they were both working on a stage set as Berkeley students. He is reported to have proposed to hiB future bride by saying, "For 10 cents I'd marry you." And she Is reported to have quickly produced a dime from her pocket. 4 The couple moved to the Peninsula In 1925. He was a general contractor and de, slgner of residential work on the Penin sula from 192+28, then took charge of all building supervision for architect Wallace Neff of Pasadena from 1926-29. During this period he supervised con- struction of the Gillette, Doheny, March and Vidcr homes as well aB "Pickfalr." He reumed his studies at the Unlver- slty of California at Berkeley In 1930, Completing his architectural training in 1933 and in 1934 passed the California State Architectural Examination. From 1934-35 he was associated with , Neff as a partner in construction and presentation to the public of the first pre-fabricated, factory-built house in the west, it was named "Moneymoon Cottage" by Mary Pickford and ar peared on the front page of the Chris- tlho Science Monitor. But the house was too far ahead of its time to be placed into mass production. In 1933 he began his own career as at architect by opening offices in the Del Monte Hotel. In 1941 he moved his of- fices to Los Angeles at the request of ' the U S. Government Federal Works Agency, Which selected turn to do three hospital additions and to be the con,ult- ant ona fourth hospital during the war. In 1943 he reopened lus office in Pebble Beach, and 10 1948 was selected by the Advisory Board of the California State Bureau of Hospitals to be Its con· sulting architect, a poslbon he held in addition to his by-now large private ar- chltectural practice. In 1948, Mr. Stanton'i name was in- cluded on the Initial roster of hospital architects approved by the American Hompitai Association, Mr. Stanton moved his office to Car- mel in 1948, and shortly thereafter the organization'grew to approximately 40 , persons, many of whom later attalnbd : prominence as architects In their own C · right, i .' During 1933-54 he gerved with the : Senate Interim Committee on Public Works for the state of California, and .acted as consultant to the National Committee on Hospitals for the Amerl can Institute of Architects, In 1955 he made an extensive tour of Europe, concentrating on hospitalg in the Scandinavian countries, end did considerable work at the Army Lan- guage School and Fort Ord from 19* 57. He also restored and remodeled the Church of the Wayfarer in Carmel, and in 1907-68 he restored and remodeled St. John's Chapel, Monterey. Among Callfornia schools designed by Mr. Stanton are Monterey Peninsula College; David Avenue Elementaly School, Pacific Grove; Monte Vista Elementary School, Monterey; Del Rey Woods Elementary School, Mon- terey; Pacific Grove Union High School; and schoo10 and school build- ings in King Clty, Fresno, Morgan Hill, Petaluma, Santa Cruz, Napa and Corralitos. He also designed Monterey County Hospital Salinas Valley Memorial Hos- pital, San Benito Ccunty Hospital, and hospitals in Marin County, San Diego, San Bernardlno, Lynwood, Page Rob les, San Andreas, Mariposa, Modesto and San Rafael. He worked on the de8ign of the ma• ler plan for the Presidio of Monterey and designed buildings for the Presidio, for Fort Ord and for Hunter Liggett ReservaUon. He prepared a cultural i master plan for Sunset Center in Car- mel in 1975. He designed the Normandle Inn In Carmel, the Blve Bell Beaker in Mon- terey, and nuhierous homes in Carmel, Pebble Beach, Monterey, Pacific Grove, Hollister, Los Angeles, North Hollywood, Marysville and Palm Desert, as well as his own residence in Carmel Valley, which was in 1949 the subject of an entire issue of House Beautiful magazine. He also played a large part in the preservation of Monterey adobes and the Flrst Brick Houge as chairman of the Committee on Architecture of the Monterey History and Art Association. In 1972, Mr. Stanton was named a fellow in the American Institute of Ar- chlkets. the first member of the Mon- terey Bay Chapter of AIA to be so honored. He was a director of the Calltornia Council of AIA from 195940 He was a}Mo a member of the Ameri· can Hospital Association, the Califor- nia Hospital Association, the Assoct· ation of Western Hospitals, the California Association of School Ad- -. minidrators, the Cyprew Point Club, the Old Capital Club, the Monterey Peninsula Country Club the Navy League and the American Legion. During Ronald Reagan's first year as governor of Callfornia, in 1967, Mr. Stanton was a volunteer member of a special task loree to reduce spending in the execuUve branch. In 1982. Mr. Stanton and his wife Vir- ginia were honored at a tribute to his life and work held at the Monterey Con- ference Center. where a musical pro· duction recalled many of the mile- · stories in his life, and a featured attraction was the recreation of a bed | Mr. Stanton designed In 1939 for Mr. and Mrn. Salvador Dall for a party at the old Del Monte Hotel. Mr. Stanton'B hobby was music. and for one season in the 193Ds he sang with the San Francisco Opera Company. his rich baritone voice having been heard in 18 operas. Friends and business assoclates Fri- dayexpressedtheirsorrowatlearning of Mr. Stanton's death. Fred MeNulty, architect and mem· bet of the Carmel Planning Commis- gion. sald he went to Work for Mr. Stan- ton in 1949 and worked for him for three years. "I got qubte sick at one time and I remember thal he offered to give his own blood jf 1 needed It for a trans- fusion. 1 was juat one poor lowly drafts· man in his office, and I wais astounded. But that was the lUnd of guy he was." Fred Keeble, of the Monterey firm of Keeble and Rhoda, architects, de- I scrlbed Mr. Stanton as "a truly fine , , architect in every Ben,e of the wot•" "He never allowed the oost or fee to determine the time and effort ex· pen€led on a project," Keeble said, "Regardless of its size or importance the end reult was all that mattered. "He gave numerous architects who are now practicing in the area their start," Keeble Bald. 20=d %*6 8I9G9P9IE8 9I:2.II002-2.0- 02/07/2001WED17:06FAX8316465618 MTRYPUBLICLIBRARY ....&&,2-·12$.r>a._*-li-.. 0002 , OCR Text: STANTON, ROBERT BIOGRAPHY S 4 Soturdoy, Sept. 3,1983. 010,:Irrt :11 Urlillittilla Pirreim Mor,IMMy Deaths Put)jic Library: - California Roofil Robert Stantoi n, Architect And Civic Lec ider, Dies at 83 Robert Stanton, ptominent Architect and civic leader who designed Mon· terey Peninsula College, the Monterey County Courthouse in Salinas, Walter Colton Junior High School and numer- ous other commercial buildings, schools and homes in the Peninsula area, died Thursday at his Carmel Val- ley home after a long illness. He was 83. Besides acting a5 architect for many buildings in Monterey County, Mr. Stanton supervised construction of homes for such notable as Bob Hope, King C. Gillette, EL Doheny, Fred- eric March, and King Vjdor - and, for Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford, the famous "Plek.falr" at Beverly Hills. He served as premideht of the Mon. terey County Symphony Association, the Monterey Peninsula Museum of Art, Community Chest, Monterey His- tory and Art Association, the Old Mon- lorey Bleentennial and the Monterey Bay chapter of the American Institute of Architects. "He was a man of elegance and style and lent a certabn old-world quality to our profession," said Nathaniel Owings ol the Ban Francisco architectural firm of Skidmore, Owings and Men'B. "He was a great presence, a fine person and a good chtlzen who contributed much to the community life of Monterey." Born Jan. 16, 1900, In Detroit, Mich., Mr. Stanton was educated in the public schools of Michlgan and California. In 1918 he enlisted in the U.S. Navy, re- ceiving an honorable discharge In 1g19 88 seaman second class. He graduated 11!fratd Phom) ' ROBERT STANTON ... in 1972 file photo from Manual Arts High School In Lks Angeles In 1921, then attended the Unt- versity of California, School of Engl· neering, from 1921-23. On Dec. 8, 1922, he married VIrginia Young, whom he met when they were both working on a stage set as Berkeley students. He is reported to have proposed to hiB future bride by saying, "For 10 cents I'd marry you." And she Is reported to have quickly produced a dime from her pocket. 4 The couple moved to the Peninsula In 1925. He was a general contractor and de, slgner of residential work on the Penin sula from 192 28, then took charge of all building supervision for architect Wallace Neff of Pasadena from 1926-29. During this period he supervised con- struction of the Gillette, Doheny, March and Vidcr homes as well aB "Pickfalr." He reumed his studies at the Unlver- slty of California at Berkeley In 1930, Completing his architectural training in 1933 and in 1934 passed the California State Architectural Examination. From 1934-35 he was associated with , Neff as a partner in construction and presentation to the public of the first pre-fabricated, factory-built house in the west, it was named "Moneymoon Cottage" by Mary Pickford and ar peared on the front page of the Chris- tlho Science Monitor. But the house was too far ahead of its time to be placed into mass production. In 1933 he began his own career as at architect by opening offices in the Del Monte Hotel. In 1941 he moved his of- fices to Los Angeles at the request of ' the U S. Government Federal Works Agency, Which selected turn to do three hospital additions and to be the con,ult- ant ona fourth hospital during the war. In 1943 he reopened lus office in Pebble Beach, and 10 1948 was selected by the Advisory Board of the California State Bureau of Hospitals to be Its con· sulting architect, a poslbon he held in addition to his by-now large private ar- chltectural practice. In 1948, Mr. Stanton'i name was in- cluded on the Initial roster of hospital architects approved by the American Hompitai Association, Mr. Stanton moved his office to Car- mel in 1948, and shortly thereafter the organization'grew to approximately 40 , persons, many of whom later attalnbd : prominence as architects In their own C · right, i .' During 1933-54 he gerved with the : Senate Interim Committee on Public Works for the state of California, and .acted as consultant to the National Committee on Hospitals for the Amerl can Institute of Architects, In 1955 he made an extensive tour of Europe, concentrating on hospitalg in the Scandinavian countries, end did considerable work at the Army Lan- guage School and Fort Ord from 19* 57. He also restored and remodeled the Church of the Wayfarer in Carmel, and in 1907-68 he restored and remodeled St. John's Chapel, Monterey. Among Callfornia schools designed by Mr. Stanton are Monterey Peninsula College; David Avenue Elementaly School, Pacific Grove; Monte Vista Elementary School, Monterey; Del Rey Woods Elementary School, Mon- terey; Pacific Grove Union High School; and schoo10 and school build- ings in King Clty, Fresno, Morgan Hill, Petaluma, Santa Cruz, Napa and Corralitos. He also designed Monterey County Hospital Salinas Valley Memorial Hos- pital, San Benito Ccunty Hospital, and hospitals in Marin County, San Diego, San Bernardlno, Lynwood, Page Rob les, San Andreas, Mariposa, Modesto and San Rafael. He worked on the de8ign of the ma• ler plan for the Presidio of Monterey and designed buildings for the Presidio, for Fort Ord and for Hunter Liggett ReservaUon. He prepared a cultural i master plan for Sunset Center in Car- mel in 1975. He designed the Normandle Inn In Carmel, the Blve Bell Beaker in Mon- terey, and nuhierous homes in Carmel, Pebble Beach, Monterey, Pacific Grove, Hollister, Los Angeles, North Hollywood, Marysville and Palm Desert, as well as his own residence in Carmel Valley, which was in 1949 the subject of an entire issue of House Beautiful magazine. He also played a large part in the preservation of Monterey adobes and the Flrst Brick Houge as chairman of the Committee on Architecture of the Monterey History and Art Association. In 1972, Mr. Stanton was named a fellow in the American Institute of Ar- chlkets. the first member of the Mon- terey Bay Chapter of AIA to be so honored. He was a director of the Calltornia Council of AIA from 195940 He was a}Mo a member of the Ameri· can Hospital Association, the Califor- nia Hospital Association, the Assoct· ation of Western Hospitals, the California Association of School Ad- -. minidrators, the Cyprew Point Club, the Old Capital Club, the Monterey Peninsula Country Club the Navy League and the American Legion. During Ronald Reagan's first year as governor of Callfornia, in 1967, Mr. Stanton was a volunteer member of a special task loree to reduce spending in the execuUve branch. In 1982. Mr. Stanton and his wife Vir- ginia were honored at a tribute to his life and work held at the Monterey Con- ference Center. where a musical pro· duction recalled many of the mile- · stories in his life, and a featured attraction was the recreation of a bed | Mr. Stanton designed In 1939 for Mr. and Mrn. Salvador Dall for a party at the old Del Monte Hotel. Mr. Stanton'B hobby was music. and for one season in the 193Ds he sang with the San Francisco Opera Company. his rich baritone voice having been heard in 18 operas. Friends and business assoclates Fri- dayexpressedtheirsorrowatlearning of Mr. Stanton's death. Fred MeNulty, architect and mem· bet of the Carmel Planning Commis- gion. sald he went to Work for Mr. Stan- ton in 1949 and worked for him for three years. "I got qubte sick at one time and I remember thal he offered to give his own blood jf 1 needed It for a trans- fusion. 1 was juat one poor lowly drafts· man in his office, and I wais astounded. But that was the lUnd of guy he was." Fred Keeble, of the Monterey firm of Keeble and Rhoda, architects, de- I scrlbed Mr. Stanton as "a truly fine , , architect in every Ben,e of the wot•" "He never allowed the oost or fee to determine the time and effort ex· pen€led on a project," Keeble said, "Regardless of its size or importance the end reult was all that mattered. 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