From his Glendale office, architect Graham Latta and his partners designed a number of residential, commercial and government building projects across his entire adult life. At this time, only one project designed by Latta has been acknowledged in San Diego County.
Sheridan Graham Latta was born in 1906 in Wilcox, Pennsylvania. He secured his B.S. in Architecture from USC in 1927. While in school he was promoted from Office Boy to Job Captain at Weston & Weston (1925-29) after which he (in 1929) traveled to Italy, France, Switzerland, Belgium and England.
Following his European travel Latta worked as Draftsman for Robert D. Farquhar between 1929-1932 before rejoining Joseph Weston as Chief Draftsman (1933-35). Leaving Weston’s employ, Latta went solo as ‘Graham S. Latta, Architect’ between 1935-50 during which time he served in the US Navy Construction Battalions between 1943-45.
Between 1950-55, Latta partnered with Carl W. Denney as Graham Latta & Carl Denney, Architects from an office at 940 Alma Street in Glendale. Latta worked again as a solo practitioner before, in 1966, he launched Graham Latta & Donald Lynch, Architects.
Partial List of Projects
Administration Building Alterations (1968)
UC Riverside Campus
*Designed by Graham Latta & Donald Lynch
Adult Recreation Center (1949-50)
Glendale, CA
Boyden Entomological Lab (1961)
UC Riverside Campus
Riverside, CA
Central Fire Station (1958)
Glendale, CA
City of Glendale Public Library
Tropico Branch, Glendale
City of Riverside Public Library (1953)
*Latta and Denney
Commercial Building (1961)
3324 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles
Crenshaw-Imperial Branch Library (1965)
Inglewood
Dana Strand Village (1942)
Wilmington, Los Angeles
*Federal Public Housing Authority War Housing designed with George Adams
Fire Station 2 (1967)
Inglewood, CA
*Designed by Graham Latta & Donald Lynch
Grandview Branch Library
Glendale (1963)
Group of 124 Classrooms for the Los Angeles School Board (1969)
Los Angeles
*Designed by Graham Latta & Donald Lynch
Kornhauser, Richard Residence AKA ‘Rocky Point Ranch’ (1951)
Originally addressed as 1115 Rincon Avenue, the contemporary address is 2220 Conway Drive, Escondido
*Photographed by Julius Shulman in 1951
Lafayette Park Senior Citizens Center
Los Angeles (1964)
Latta House (1955)
824 Rosita Drive, Glendale
Library and Fire Station (1941)
Glendale, CA
Life Science Building (1945)
UC Riverside Campus
Riverside, CA
Panorama City Branch Library (1959)
Los Angeles
Parker House (1949)
Flintridge, CA
Penny-Owsley Music Store (1948)
Los Angeles
Penny-Owsley Office Building (1960)
Los Angeles
Rivera Library, UCR (1953-1954)
UC Riverside Campus
Riverside, CA
*Designed by Latta & Denny
Stored Products Insects (1958)
UC Riverside Campus
Riverside, CA
Thomas Jefferson Elementary School (1952)
Glendale
University of California Laundry Facility (1969)
Los Angeles
*Designed by Graham Latta & Donald Lynch
Venus Lab, Jet Propulsion Lab (1967)
Goldstone, CA
*Designed by Graham Latta & Donald Lynch
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