C. Waldo Powers
C. Waldo Powers was an American architect who designed a large number of apartment buildings in the 1920s.
Early life
Born in San Pedro, California, Waldo was the son of Charles Powers — a Swedish immigrant — and Mercy Crocker. He grew up in San Pedro, California, where he attended San Pedro High School. He then went to the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, where he played football and graduated with a degree in engineering in 1922.Architectural work
Between 1926 and 1930, Powers designed many of the iconic apartment buildings that still stand all over Los Angeles. They include:- Alvertone Apts.
- Armitage Apts.
- Arwyn Manor Apts.
- Avalon Apts.
- Beaconsfield Manor
- Beaumont Manor
- Belton Apts.
- Camillas Apts.
- Coronado Apts.
- Eleanor Apts.
- Ellington Apts.
- Fox Normandie Apts.
- Harvard Manor
- Herbert Arms
- Kiora Apts.
- Las Palmas Apts.
- Marino Apts.
- Millmar Apts.
- Mulvey Apts.
- Norwell Apts.
- Pandora Apts.
- President Apts.
- Serrano Towers
- Shellbourne Apts.
- St. Andrews Manor
- St. Marlieu Apts.