Marston, Van Pelt & Maybury

Wilmington Branch library detail
Grace Nicholson Building, home of Pac Asian Museum

Marston, Van Pelt, & Maybury and associated partnership names were architects in Pasadena, California.

Partners

Partners were Sylvanus Marston (1883-1946),[1] Garrett Van Pelt (1879-1972)[2] and Edgar Maybury. The firm designed hundreds of custom homes in the Pasadena area.[3]

A number of their works are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.[4]

Projects

Works include (with attribution):

  • Fenyes Estate (1911 addition), 470 W. Walnut St. & 160 N. Orange Grove Blvd., Pasadena, CA (Marston & Van Pelt), NRHP-listed[4]
  • Arden Villa (1913), Pasadena, a Palladian-style estate designed for William Kennon Jewett
  • Home Laundry, 432 S. Arroyo Pkwy., Pasadena, CA (Marston, Van Pelt & Maybury), NRHP-listed[4]
  • USC Pacific Asia Museum, 46 N. Los Robles Ave., Pasadena, CA (Marston, Van Pelt & Maybury), NRHP-listed[4]
  • Villa Verde, 800 S. San Rafael, Pasadena, CA (Marston, Van Pelt & Maybury), NRHP-listed[4]
  • Vista del Arroyo Hotel and Bungalows, 125 S. Grand Ave., Pasadena, CA (Marston & Van Pelt, et al.), NRHP-listed[4]
  • Wilmington Branch, 309 W. Opp St., Los Angeles, CA (Marston, Van Pelt & Maybury), NRHP-listed[4]
  • The Bishop Estate, 4802 El Arco Iris, Rancho Santa Fe, CA (Marston & Mayberry), NRHP-listed[4]
  • Ferdinand R. Bain House, 2911 Overland Ave., Los Angeles, CA (Marston, Van Pelt & Maybury), now part of Notre Dame Academy>[5]

References

  1. ^ "Pacific Coast Architects Database: Sylvanus Marston".
  2. ^ Pcad
  3. ^ Marget Elaine Long (September 13, 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Villa Verde". National Park Service. and accompanying photos
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  5. ^ "Ferdinand. R. Bain, House, Palms, California — Marston, van Pelt & Maybury, Architerts | Architectural Digest | JANUARY 1925".

Renovations and Additions to a Historic Sylvanus Marston Residence of 1928 by architect James V. Coane & Associates

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