Wurdeman & Becket

Wurdeman & Becket was an architectural firm, a partnership of Walter Wurdeman, Welton Becket and Charles F. Plummer. The Moderne Pan-Pacific Auditorium, dating from 1935, brought them local fame.

Besides those works ascribed to Mr. Wurdemann and Mr. Becket as individuals, those ascribed to the firm include:^[1]

Bullock's Pasadena
Bullock's Palm Springs^[2]
General Petroleum Building
Jones Dog & Cat Hospital Building
Museum Square
Panorama City, Los Angeles - master plan
The Post-war House
Murphy's Ranch (1933-1934)^[3]
Clifton's Brookdale Cafeteria (1935)^[4]
Pan-Pacific Auditorium (1935)^[3] LAHCM #183,^[5] NRHP #78000688
Plymouth Apartments (1936),^[6] LAHCM #970^[5]

References

^ "Wurdeman & Becket", Los Angeles Conservancy
^ "Bullock's to build new Westwood Village store". Los Angeles Times. 5 Jan 1930. p. 30. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
^ ^a ^b Meares, Hadley (May 2, 2019). "What really happened at Rustic Canyon's rumored Nazi ranch?". Curbed Los Angeles.
^ "L.A. Architect" (PDF). American Institute of Architects - Los Angeles Chapter. September 1980.
^ ^a ^b "Historical Cultural Monuments List" (PDF). City of Los Angeles. Retrieved June 19, 2024.
^ O'Connor, Pauline (May 15, 2013). "Historic Streamline Moderne Apartment by Plummer, Wurdeman & Becket in Windsor Village". Curbed Los Angeles.