Florence Casler

Florence Casler (May 30, 1869 – March 15, 1954 ) was a Canadian-American real estate developer, contractor, and partner in the firm Lloyd & Casler, Inc.

A native of Canada, Casler married a plumber who opened a plumbing business in Buffalo, New York. Her husband left her behind with two daughters to make his fortune in gold mining. He returned eight years later with only $700, but during those years, Casler had obtained her license as a plumber expert and built a business employing twelve men. Casler maintained her office at the Textile Center Building during the height of her career.

Other buildings developed by Casler include the Allied Crafts Building, the Mac Printing Co. Building, the Bendix Building and the Garment Capitol Building. By 1931, the Los Angeles Times reported that Casler had "eight Class A limit-height buildings to her credit, sixty flat buildings and a vast vision of the future of Los Angeles." It also noted: "She seems to be pleasantly unaware what a remarkable little woman she is. She went right along with her plumbing while the babies were coming along and she marvels that there could ever be any discussion as to whether women should try to combine both careers and matrimony. 'I had to,' she laughs, 'so I never thought about it.'" She was also appointed as the head of Peoples Bank of Los Angeles, making her the only female director of a bank in Los Angeles.