William F. Cody, FAIA

Palm Springs modernist William F. Cody built at least two private residences in San Diego as well as several other proposed and built projects. According to Ronald K. Davis (Hester & Davis 1958-59), William F. Cody worked in partnership with Henry Hester circa 1958-60. During the summer of 1958 Davis worked in Cody's Palm Springs office as a draftsman for the firm Cody & Hester.

William F. Cody was born in 1916 in Dayton, Ohio. Educated at USC where he worked for architect Cliff May. Following his graduation, Cody moved to Palm Springs and built his first project: the Del Marcos Hotel in 1947. His career remembered for Converted the creation of the Thunderbird Country Club, which led to his later designs of the Tamarisk and the Eldorado Country Clubs. Cody was also one of a team ofdesigners of the Spa Bathhouse, the lead architect on the Spa Hotel as well as a wide variety of commercial and residential projects in Palm Springs, Phoenix, San Diego, Palo Alto, and Havana. As the years passed, Cody designed the Palm Springs Library Center and St. Theresa Catholic Church prior to suffering a stroke that ended his architectural career.

William Cody’s archive is now housed in Special Collections at the Robert E. Kennedy Library at Cal Poly San Louis Obispo.  

Partial List of San Diego Projects

DiGiorgio Residence  (1957)
1533 de Anza Drive, Borrego Springs

Mission Valley Country Club (1955)

Private Residence
Point Loma

Silverman, Richard Residence (1959)
4021 Miller Street, Mission Hills

Stardust Hotel
Mission Valley