Winchton Leamon Risley

Winchton Risley was born in 1887 in Delphos, Ohio. He was married in 1919. Following his studies at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio (1908-1909) and Columbia University (1911-1913) he would work for Bertram G. Goodhue in San Diego (1915-1916) and Carleton Monroe Winslow (1919-1920). While at Columbia, Wink was awarded a Bronze Medal by the Beaux-Arts Society of America (1913).

Following serving as an Ensign in the US Navy (1917-1918), Risley joined the AIA as ‘Winchton Leamon Risley, Architect’ in 1923. Shortly afterward, his first house for himself was awarded by American Institute of Architects, Southern California Chapter, in April 1927. The same organization would name him as Fellow (FAIA) in 1943 – the year Risley and Gould, Architects was founded. Risley served as a consulting architect for the Atomic Energy Commission in Los Alamos (1949-1953) as well as taught at both USC and UCLA. He was awarded Bronze and Gold medals by President Herbert Hoover in 1931.

Partial List of Projects

Addison, John Residence (1928)
Eagle Rock
Risley

Arrowhead Puritas Water Headquarters

Asche, Sherman Residence (1938)
Pasadena
Risley

Bonner Hall (1964)
UC San Diego
Risley, Gould and Van Heuklyn

British Overseas Airline Company (1961)
Beverly Hills

Camp Hahn – US Army (1940)
Riverside
Risley

Center for Coastal Studies (1962)
UC San Diego
Risley and Gould

Central Avenue School (1924)
Los Angeles
Risley

Central Utilities Plant (1963)
UC San Diego
Risley and Gould

Clapp, James Residence (1934)
Pasadena
Risley

Clark High School (1955)
Glendale Unified School District, Glendale
Risley and Gould

Clark, A.W. Junior High School (1955)
La Crescenta
Risley

Coca Cola Bottling Company
Los Angeles, Hawaii, Atlanta

First Church of Christ Scientist (1923)
Los Angeles
Risley

Flood Control District Office Building (1953-54)
County of Los Angeles, Department of Public works
Risley and Gould

General Services Building (1957)
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Risley and Gould

Ginsberg, J.J. Residence (1935)
Los Angeles
Risley

Glendale First Church of Religious Science (1966)
2146 E. Chevy Chase Drive, Glendale
Risley and Gould

Gould, Stanley Residence #1 (1941)
2030 El Arbolita Drive, Glendale
Risley and Gould

Gould, Stanley Residence #2
4220 Mesa Vista Dr., La Canada-Flintridge

Green, Walter Residence (1927)
North Hollywood
Risley

Humanities and Social Sciences Bldg. (1969)
CSU Fullerton
Risley and Gould

Kincaid, George and Grace Residence (1925-26)
Malaga Cove, Palos Verdes Estates
Risley

Langsdorf Hall (1971)
CSU Fullerton
Risley, Gould, Van Heuklyn, Seipel

Magnavox Research Library
Torrance, CA
Risley and Gould

Mayer Hall (1963)
UC San Diego
Risley and Gould

McCarthy Hall (1963)
CSU Fullerton

McGinnis, Remsen Residence (1929)
La Jolla
Risley

McGowan, Sarah E. Residence
Rancho Santa Fe
Risley

New Directors Office (1959)
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Risley and Gould

Paducah Street School (1924)
Los Angeles
Risley

Palms Jr. High Auditorium (1956)
Los Angeles

Pan American Exposition of the Arts (1928)
Risley

Pollak Library (1966)
CSU Fullerton

Ranchito School District 5-Room School (1927)
Whittier
Risley

Risley, Winchton L. Residence (1927)
220 S. Westmoreland Ave., Los Angeles
Risley

Saeta, Maurice Residence (1935)
Los Angeles
Risley

Schimpf, CF Residence
San Marino
Risley

Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Campus master-plan, building designs

Sumner Auditorium (1960)
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Risley and Gould

Sverdrup Hall (1960)
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Risley and Gould

The Principia
St. Louis, Missouri
Campus master-plan, building designs

Timken-Sturgis Research Laboratory Building
505 Coast Blvd. South
Risley, Gould, Van Heuklyn, Seipel

University of California, Los Angeles - School of Law (1952)
Westwood
Risley and Gould

University of California, San Diego
Campus master-plan, building designs

U-Plan House
Glendale

Urey Hall (1963)
UC San Diego
Risley and Gould

Ward, Harry W. Residence (1925)
7735 Prospect Place, La Jolla
*Attribution by California Southland

Weeks, Morris T. Residence (1927-28)
La Jolla
Risley

Wells, John Residence (1928)
La Jolla
Risley

Wheeler Residence (1928)
Pasadena
Risley