Frank L. Meline
Meline (August 5, 1875 – August 17, 1944) was an American real estate developer and architect who worked extensively in subdivisions and constructed more than 1,000 houses in southern California. He also desinged numerous other buildings, several of which are listed either in the National Register of Historic Places or as Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments.
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Frank L. Meline
- Name
- Frank L.
- Born
- 5 August 1875
- Birthplace
- Jacksonville, Illinois, U.S.
- Died
- 17 August 1944
- Place of death
- Brentwood, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
- Occupation
- Real estate developer, architect
- Spouse
- Alma Meline
- Nationality
- United States
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Meline (August 5, 1875 – August 17, 1944) was an American real estate developer and architect who worked extensively in subdivisions and constructed more than 1,000 houses in southern California. He also desinged numerous other buildings, several of which are listed either in the National Register of Historic Places or as Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments.
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Frank L. Meline (1875–1944) was an American architect and businessperson. Born in Jacksonville, the architect died in Brentwood Heights.
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• Name — Frank L. Meline • Born — 5 August 1875 • Birthplace — Jacksonville, Illinois, U.S. • Died — 17 August 1944 • Place of death — Brentwood, Los Angeles, California, U.S. • Occupation — Real estate developer, architect • Spouse — Alma Meline
History
History
Frank L. Meline was born in Jacksonville, Illinois on August 5, 1875. He moved to Los Angeles in 1902. Meline began his career as a window trimmer and later he was the first sales agent in Bel Air for developer Alphonzo Bell. In 1912, he formed his own construction company and in 1919 he expanded the company into full-service real-estate development and sales. By 1924, he had 18 branch offices and more than 300 employees throughout the Los Angeles area. Meline also founded the Meline Bond and Mortgage Company, allowing him to issue mortgages for the properties he built, and as a broker, he sold half the houses purchased in Beverly Hills before 1930. Meline also operated laundry companies in Hollywood and Beverly Hills. His Hollywood laundry company, founded in 1915, was one of the first to provide regular service to individual residences. Meline was appointed Board of Harbor Commissioners by Los Angeles mayor George E. Cryer in 1924, and he was also a member of the Los Angeles Athletic Club, Los Angeles Yacht Club, Hollywood Athletic Club, Bel Air Club, and Whitley Park Country Club. In November 1941, due to ailing health, Meline sold his real estate business to his general manager and retired. Meline died in Brentwood, Los Angeles, California on August 17, 1944.
List of works
List of works
• Illustration — Garden Court Apartments in the 1920s
In Los Angeles
In Los Angeles
• Commercial building at 1501 N. Cahuenga Blvd (1914) • Fifth Church of Christ, Scientist, 1914-1915, LAHCM No. 1097 • Garden Court Apartments, 1916, LAHCM No. 243, demolished April 1984 • Iris Theatre, 1918 • Illustration — 7024 W Hollywood Boulevard, now Johnny Grant Building, in 2024 • 7024 W Hollywood Boulevard, 1919, NRHP-listed • Woodley Theatre, 1920 remodel, demolished 1925 • H.H. Yanow Building, 1920 • Victor Schertzinger home, 1921 • Streetcar Commercial Building, 1921 • Ruskin Art Club, 1922, LAHCM No. 639 • Lake Vista Apartments Meline also developed subdivisions in Bel Air, Brentwood, Pacific Palisades, north San Fernando Valley, and Los Angeles's foothill areas.
Elsewhere
Elsewhere
• 331 Palisades Ave, Santa Monica, 1913, SML No. 65 • C. Reed Waterman Mausoleum, Inglewood Meline also developed subdivisions in Beverly Hills and Ventura.
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Jacksonville.
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- 1.City of Ventura. City of Ventura Director's Hearing Agenda - Supplemental Information Packet. November 29, 2023.
- 2.Frank Meline's Death Closes a Varied Career. Los Angeles Times. 11. August 19, 1944.
- 3.Meline, Builder Designer, Dies. News-Pilot. AP. 2. August 18, 1944.
- 4.Water and Power Associates. Early Los Angeles Historical Buildings (1900 - 1925). 3.
- 5.Water and Power Associates. Early Views of Beverly Hills.
- 6.City of Los Angeles. Historic Resources Survey Report - Hollywood Redevelopment Plan Area. January 28, 2020.
- 7.Michelson, Alan. Frank L. Meline (Developer). Pacific Coast Architecture Database. University of Washington.
- 8.City of Los Angeles. Historical Cultural Monuments List.
- 9.National Park Service. Hollywood Boulevard Commercial and Entertainment District. April 4, 1985.
- 10.Water and Power Associates. Early Views of Hollywood (1850 - 1920). 2.
- 11.Rebuild Picture House. Los Angeles Times. September 19, 1920.
- 12.Vogel, Joe. Mission Theatre. Cinema Treasures.
- 13.O'Connor, Pauline. 1920s Mediterranean Revival in Los Feliz with Old Hollywood pedigree asking $5.25M. Curbed Los Angeles. January 30, 2019.
- 14.City of Los Angeles. Historic Resources Survey Report - Hollywood Redevelopment Plan Area. January 28, 2020.
- 15.City of Los Angeles. Historic Resource - 5540 Hollywood Blvd. June 13, 2019.
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