Carleton Monroe Winslow (1876–1946), also known as Carleton Winslow Sr., was an American architect, and key proponent of Spanish Colonial Revival architecture in Southern California in the early 20th Century.

Winslow was born in Damariscotta, Maine

Damariscotta, Maine

Damariscotta is a town in Lincoln County, Maine, United States. The population was 2,041 at the 2000 census. A popular tourist resort area, the towns of Damariscotta and Newcastle are linked by the Main Street bridge over the Damariscotta River, forming the "Twin Villages." The name Damariscotta is...

, studied at the Art Institute of Chicago

Art Institute of Chicago

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 and at the École des Beaux-Arts

École des Beaux-Arts

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, and joined the office of Bertram Goodhue

Bertram Goodhue

Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue was a American architect celebrated for his work in neo-gothic design. He also designed notable typefaces, including Cheltenham and Merrymount for the Merrymount Press.-Early career:...

 in time for the planning of the 1915 San Diego Panama–California Exposition. Winslow is the one "credited for choosing" Spanish Colonial style for that project, a choice with a vernacular regional precedent. .

Winslow moved to Southern California in 1917, completed the Los Angeles Public Library

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 after Goodhue's 1924 death, and also pursued his own commissions, including a number of Episcopal churches. With Clarence Stein

Clarence Stein

Clarence Samuel Stein was an American urban planner, architect, and writer, a major proponent of the "Garden City" movement in the United States.- Biography :...

 he wrote "The architecture and the gardens of the San Diego Exposition".

His son Carleton Winslow Jr. (1919–1983) was also an architect, specializing in churches in Southern California, and an architectural history professor and author.

Work

• St. James Episcopal Church, South Pasadena, as associate of Cram, Goodhue & Ferguson, 1907
• All Saints' Episcopal Church, San Diego, 1913, with William S. Hebbard
  William S. Hebbard
  William Sterling "Will" Hebbard was an American architect most noted for his work in San Diego County, California.Hebbard briefly worked as a draftsman and assistant for the firm, Burnham and Root in Chicago, and in 1888 for Curlett, Eisen and Cuthbertson in Los Angeles. By 1890 he was in private...
  
  
• multiple buildings at the Panama–California Exposition, 1915, in collaboration with Bertram Goodhue
  Bertram Goodhue
  Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue was a American architect celebrated for his work in neo-gothic design. He also designed notable typefaces, including Cheltenham and Merrymount for the Merrymount Press.-Early career:...
  
  ; solely credited for certain structures including the Botanical Building
• multiple buildings at the Bishop's School (1916 Bishops Chapel, 1930 Bishops Chapel Tower, 1930 second story and dome of Bentham Hall, 1934 Wheeler Bailey Library), some with architectural sculpture, La Jolla, California
• Casa Dorinda, private mansion for Henry W.H. Bliss and wife Anna Dorinda Blaksley, Santa Barbara, 1916
• Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
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  , Santa Barbara, California, 1916
• studio for painter Adolfo Müller-Ury
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  Adolfo Muller-Ury was a Swiss-born American portrait painter and impressionistic painter of roses and still life.-Heritage and early life in Switzerland:...
  
  , 3400 Monterey Road, San Marino, California, 1923 (finished late 1924)
• Los Angeles Public Library
  Los Angeles Public Library
  The Los Angeles Public Library system serves the residents of Los Angeles, California, United States. With over 6 million volumes, LAPL is one of the largest publicly funded library systems in the world. The system is overseen by a Board of Library Commissioners with five members appointed by the...
  
  , completing the project after Bertram Goodhue
  Bertram Goodhue
  Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue was a American architect celebrated for his work in neo-gothic design. He also designed notable typefaces, including Cheltenham and Merrymount for the Merrymount Press.-Early career:...
  
  's death in 1924
• Santa Barbara Public Library
  Santa Barbara Public Library
  The Santa Barbara Public Library is the second library in Santa Barbara, California. It is the largest element of the library system which serves Santa Barbara County, containing 365,008 volumes. It circulates 1,585,836 items annually to approximately 225,000 residents. The library's current...
  
  , 1924
• Carthay Circle Theatre
  Carthay Circle Theatre
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  , with Dwight Gibbs, Mid-Wilshire
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   district of Los Angeles, 1926 (razed)
• First Baptist Church, Pasadena, with Frederick Kennedy, 1926
• Bel Air Country Club
  Bel Air Country Club
  The Bel Air Country Club is a social club located in Bel Air, Los Angeles, California. The property includes an 18-hole golf course and tennis courts.-History:...
  
  , Bel Air, Los Angeles, California, 1926
• design of 18 stained glass windows for the passenger liner City of Honolulu
  USS Princess Matoika (ID-2290)
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  , 1927
• Ojai Library, part of the Ventura County Library
  Ventura County Library
  is a public library system of 13 libraries in Ventura County, California. Ventura County Library may be found online at http://www.vencolibrary.org/....
  
  System, Ojai, California, 1928
• St Mary of the Angels Church, Hollywood, 1930
• St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Glendale, California, Winslow's last design and completed by Louis A. Thomas, 1948