Louis Christian Mullgardt
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architect
Architecture
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. Among his notable works are the San Francisco Juvenile Court and Detention Home, the Durant School in Oakland, Court of the Ages at the 1915 Panama–Pacific International Exposition
Panama–Pacific International Exposition
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, and the M. H. de Young Memorial Museum
M. H. de Young Memorial Museum
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He was hired to design the Lou Henry and Herbert Hoover House
Lou Henry and Herbert Hoover House
The Lou Henry and Herbert Hoover House, located on the campus of Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, USA, is the former house of Herbert Hoover, 31st President of the United States, and his wife Lou Henry Hoover, who designed it...
but was dismissed after prematurely publicizing the assignment without the Hoovers' consent..
Mullgardt was a native of Missouri
Missouri
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. His earlier years were spent in St. Louis
St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis is an independent city on the eastern border of Missouri, United States. With a population of 319,294, it was the 58th-largest U.S. city at the 2010 U.S. Census. The Greater St...
, where he began the study of architecture. Subsequently, he continued his studies at Harvard University
Harvard University
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. Following this, he went to Chicago
Chicago
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, where he began designing. In 1893, he entered private practice in St. Louis. In 1895, he made an extended trip to Europe for further study. In 1902, he was commissioned to go to Manchester
Manchester
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, England
England
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, and in 1903, to London
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and Scotland. Me moved to San Francisco in 1905. He was president of the California Society of Etchers
California Society of Printmakers
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, vice-president of the San Francisco Society of Artists, director of the San Francisco Art Association
San Francisco Art Association
The San Francisco Art Association was an organization that promoted California artists, held art exhibitions, published a periodical, and established an art school. Over its lifetime, the association helped establish a Northern California regional flavor of California Tonalism as differentiated...
, president of the San Francisco Society of Architects, and member of the International Fine Arts Jury of Award of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. He was associated with the First Bay Tradition
First Bay Tradition
First Bay Tradition was an architectural style from the period of the 1880s to early 1920s. Sometimes considered a regional interpretation of the Eastern Shingle Style, it came as a reaction to the classicism of Beaux-Arts architecture. Its characteristics included a link to nature, and use of...
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