Stiles O. Clements

• Name — Stiles Oliver Clements • Born — 2 March 1883 • Birthplace — Centerville, Maryland, U.S. • Died — 15 January 1966 • Place of death — Los Angeles, California, U.S. • Practice — Morgan, Walls & Clements Stiles Clements & Associates • Education — Massachusetts Institute of Technology, École des Beaux-Arts

Clements trained at the École des Beaux-Arts, Paris. He was a key figure in the 1920s Art Deco and 1930s Streamline Moderne architectural movements in Los Angeles. He also designed in historicist motifs and revivalism styles, such as the Adamson House in the Spanish Colonial Revival and Moorish Revival styles. Clements was a partner with Octavius Morgan and John Walls at Morgan, Walls & Clements, known for his exuberant themed designs that included the Mayan and Wiltern theaters, the Richfield Tower, and many others. In 1937, he formed the firm Stiles Clements & Associates.

• Illustration — Jefferson High School (1935). • 1927: Mayan Theater • 1929: Geffen Playhouse • 1929: Adamson House • 1930: Citadel Outlets • 1934: Walter P. Story Building garage entrance — Downtown Los Angeles, Moderne • 1935: Jefferson High School — South Los Angeles; Streamline Moderne style. • 1936: KEHE/KFI/KECA Radio Building — Los Angeles (demolished 2003)

Morgan, Walls & Clements#Works

• 1938: Coulter's Department Store, Wilshire Branch — Miracle Mile, Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles; moderne style (demolished 1980) • 1938: Philharmonic Auditorium remodel of Clune's Auditorium for the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra — downtown Los Angeles (demolished 1980s) • 1939: "Swim Gym", Beverly Hills High School — Beverly Hills, California • 1939: Facade of the refurbished Blackstone Building — downtown Los Angeles • 1949: Mullen & Bluett Building — Miracle Mile, Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles; moderne style (demolished 2006); (disputed, may have been designed by son Robert Clements, Sr.) • 1954: Occidental Savings Bank, Valley Plaza — 12140 Victory Boulevard, North Hollywood, Los Angeles

The following is established of the heading itself.

The following is established of origins and background. Clements was born in 1883 at Maryland. It is also recorded that stiles O. Clements died in 1966 at Los Angeles.

The following works and productions are recorded by name or by count. Clements is recorded with the occupation architect.