Roland Coate: Johnson house (Downey, Calif.)

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Description

This large Monterey-style house was designed for A Parley Johnson and his wife Geline "Gypsy" Johnson. They were citrus growers, and the house was originally surrounded by 50 acres of orange groves.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986 as Casa de Parley Johnson; the house is currently used by the Assistance League of Downey.

Creator

Roland Coate, architect
W.M. Clarke, photographer
Florence Yoch and Lucile Council, landscape architects

Source

Roland Eli Coate, Sr. papers, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.

Date

1926-1931

Rights

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Citation

Roland Coate, architect W.M. Clarke, photographer Florence Yoch and Lucile Council, landscape architects, “Roland Coate: Johnson house (Downey, Calif.),” UCSB ADC Omeka, accessed December 7, 2024, http://www.adc-exhibits.museum.ucsb.edu/items/show/668.