Harold Levitt
Harold Levitt (1921–2003) was an American architect.
Also recorded as Harold Warren Levitt
Harold Levitt
- Name
- Harold Levitt
- Born
- July 26, 1921
- Birthplace
- San Francisco, California
- Died
- April 24, 2003 (aged 81)
- Place of death
- Las Vegas, Nevada
- Education
- Stanford University University of Southern California
- Occupation
- Architect
- Spouse
- Jane Spalding
- Nationality
- United States
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Harold Levitt (1921–2003) was an American architect.
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Harold Levitt (1921–2003) was an architect, of American nationality. The architect was born in San Francisco and died in Las Vegas. Harold Levitt was educated at Stanford University, University of Southern California and USC School of Architecture.
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• Name — Harold Levitt • Born — July 26, 1921 • Birthplace — San Francisco, California • Died — April 24, 2003 (aged 81) • Place of death — Las Vegas, Nevada • Education — Stanford University University of Southern California • Occupation — Architect • Spouse — Jane Spalding • Children — Lansford Levitt Harold Levitt (1921–2003) was an American architect.
Early life
Early life
Harold Warren Levitt was born on July 26, 1921, in San Francisco, California. He received a Bachelor of Arts in Graphic Arts from Stanford University and an architecture degree from the University of Southern California.
Career
Career
He worked for Roland Coate and Burton Schutt before he founded his own architectural company, Levitt, LeDuc & Farwell, in the 1950s. The company was headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. He designed homes for Walter Mirisch, Steven Spielberg, Lew Wasserman, Olivia Newton-John, Ross Hunter, Quincy Jones, Burt Lancaster, Dean Martin, Debbie Reynolds, Lionel Richie, Kenny Rogers and Hal Wallis. He also designed the Riviera Hotel on the Las Vegas Strip and the headquarters of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Beverly Hills.
Personal life
Personal life
He was married to Jane (Spalding) Levitt for fifty-eight years, and they had a son, Lansford. He retired to Reno, Nevada, in 2001.
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He died at his holiday home in Las Vegas, Nevada, in 2003.
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Harold Levitt was born on 1 January 1921.
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Harold Levitt died on 24 April 2003.
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- 1.Harold Levitt, 81; Architect Created Homes for Stars of Show Business, The Los Angeles Times, April 29, 2003
- 2.Levitt + Moss Architects
- 3.Kate Buford, Burt Lancaster: An American Life, Da Capo Press, 2009, p. 233 https://books.google.com/books?id=8oKaLrgLkk4C&pg=PA233
- 4.Walter Mirisch, I Thought We Were Making Movies, Not History, Madison, Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin Press, 2008, p. 178 https://books.google.com/books?id=4ljOw7wso_MC&pg=PA178
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