Sumner Hunt

Sumner P. Hunt
Born	May 8, 1865
Died	November 19, 1938
Occupation	Architect
Practice	Sole practitioner, and in partnerships of: Eisen and Hunt (1895−1899), Hunt and Eager (1899−1907), Hunt and Burns (1908−1930)
Buildings	Bradbury Building, Southwest Museum
Projects	Los Angeles region, California
Design	Historicist−Revival architecture styles

Sumner P. Hunt (May 8, 1865 – November 19, 1938) was an architect in Los Angeles from the 1890s to the 1930s.

Automobile Club of Southern California headquarters, Exposition Park neighborhood, Los Angeles.

Practice

E.L. Doheny mansion, University Park, Los Angeles (1910).

Southwest Museum tower, Mount Washington, Los Angeles.

Projects designed by Hunt, and by his architectural partnerships, include:

• Casa de Rosas — 1893.

Eisen and Hunt (1895−1899)

• Bradbury Building — 1898, Downtown Los Angeles
• Lummis House (El Alisal) — 1898, Arroyo Seco, Los Angeles

Hunt and Eager (1899−1907)

• Edward Doheny mansion — 1899, Chester Place, Los Angeles.
• John G. Bullock House — 1906, Los Angeles
• Echo Park Clubhouse — 1908, Echo Park, Los Angeles
• Kerckhoff Hall — 1908, West Adams, Los Angeles

Hunt and Burns (1908−1930)

• Pierpont Inn — 1910, Ventura, California
• Glen Tavern Inn — 1910, Santa Paula, California
• Los Angeles Country Club clubhouse — 1911, Los Angeles
• Scottish Rite Temple — 1911, Santa Fe, New Mexico
• Vermont Square Branch library — 1912, South Los Angeles
• Highland Park Ebell Club — 1913, Highland Park, Los Angeles
• Southwest Museum — 1914, Mount Washington, Los Angeles
• Los Angeles Tennis Club — 1921, Los Angeles
• Ventura County Country Club (Saticoy Country Club) — 1921
• Automobile Club of Southern California headquarters — 1923, Exposition Park, Los Angeles
• Virginia Robinson Gardens Pool Pavilion — 1924, Beverly Hills, California
• Ebell of Los Angeles clubhouse — 1927, Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles
• Balch Hall — 1929, Scripps College campus in Claremont, California. A gift of Mr. and Mrs. Allan C. Balch, in honor of trustee Janet Jacks Balch.

Interior atrium of Bradbury Building, Downtown Los Angeles.

See also

• Sumner Hunt buildings

External links

• Invisiblemanor.com: Sumner Hunt :: Los Angeles Architect
• Flickr: Sumner P. Hunt, Architect gallery — album of Hunt's buildings.
• Los Angeles Conservancy — Sumner P. Hunt
• Friends of the Southwest Museum