Sumner P. Hunt was an architect in Los Angeles

Los Angeles, California

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 from the 1890s to the 1930s.

Practice

In partnership with architect Silas Reese Burns he designed such regional landmarks as the original building of the Southwest Museum

Southwest Museum

The Southwest Museum of the American Indian is a museum, library, and archive located in the Mt. Washington area of Los Angeles, California. It is part of the Autry National Center. Its collections deal mainly with the American Indian...

, the Casa de Rosas

Casa de Rosas

Casa de Rosas, also known as the Froebel Institute and the Sunshine Mission, is a historic building in the West Adams district of Los Angeles. The building was designed by Sumner P. Hunt and built in 1893...

, Ebell of Los Angeles

Ebell of Los Angeles

The Ebell of Los Angeles is a women's club housed in a complex in the Mid-City section of Los Angeles that includes a clubhouse building and the renowned 1,270-seat Wilshire Ebell Theatre....

, the Bradbury Building

Bradbury Building

The Bradbury Building is an architectural landmark in Los Angeles, California. The building was built in 1893 and is located at 304 South Broadway in downtown.-History:...

, the Los Angeles Country Club

Los Angeles Country Club

The Los Angeles Country Club is a golf and country club in Los Angeles, California.- History :In the fall of 1897, a group of Los Angelenos organized a voluntary association to further the cause of one of Southern California's newest sports...

, the Vermont Square Branch

Vermont Square Branch

Vermont Square Branch is the oldest branch library in the Los Angeles Public Library system. Located about a mile southwest of the University of Southern California campus, in the Vermont Square district, it was built in 1913 with a grant from Andrew Carnegie...

 library, the Pierpont Inn

Pierpont inn

The ' was also known as "The Lovely Lady By The Sea".-History:In 1908 Josephine Pierpont bought land on a bluff overlooking the ocean in Ventura, California for development as a site for an inn...

, LA headquarters building of the Automobile Club of Southern California

Automobile Club of Southern California

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, and the Janet Jacks Balch Hall for Scripps College

Scripps College

Scripps College is a progressive liberal arts women's college in Claremont, California, United States. It is a member of the Claremont Colleges. Scripps ranks 3rd for the nation's best women's college, ahead of Barnard College, Mount Holyoke College, and Bryn Mawr College at 23rd on the list for...

, a liberal arts

Liberal arts college

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 women's college

Women's college

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 in Claremont

Claremont, California

Claremont is a small affluent college town in eastern Los Angeles County, California, United States, about east of downtown Los Angeles at the base of the San Gabriel Mountains. The population as of the 2010 census is 34,926. Claremont is known for its seven higher-education institutions, its...

, California

California

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. It is a member of the Claremont Colleges

Claremont Colleges

The Claremont Colleges are a prestigious American consortium of five undergraduate and two graduate schools of higher education located in Claremont, California, a city east of downtown Los Angeles...

. The Hall was completed in the Fall of 1929. The building was a gift of Mr. and Mrs. Allan C. Balch of Los Angeles, and named in honor of trustee Janet Jacks Balch. Today Balch Hall is used as the administrative center and the adjoining auditorium is a key location for lectures, plays, community meetings, convocations, and musical events.

External links

• Scripps timeline (Click on 1929)
• Photograph
• Friends of the Southwest Museum