Leland A. Bryant

Leland A. Bryant (1890–1954) was an architect who primarily worked in the Los Angeles area. During his short career that was ended by the Great Depression, he designed many large Châteauesque apartment buildings popular among celebrities such as Marilyn Monroe and John Wayne.

Early life Leland A. Bryant was born on July 24, 1890 in Santa Cruz, California. Leland's father, Arthur Bryant, was originally from Maine and had lived in Santa Cruz County since at least 1884, when he became a teacher in Soquel. In 1892, the Bryant family lived at 157 Laurel Street and in 1898 they lived at 99 Center Street, both in Santa Cruz.

The Bryants moved to San Francisco in 1904. It is possible Leland attended the University of California, Berkeley while living with his parents, possibly .

Architecture career

Between 1907 and 1918, Leland worked as a draughtsman at several San Francisco architecture firms, including hose of D.H. Burnham and Bakewell and Brown. He also worked twice in the office of Los Angeles architect G. Albert Lansburgh. La Leyenda Apartments (1927), LAHCM No. 817 Le Trianon Apartments (1928), LAHCM No. 616 The Fontenoy (1929), LAHCM No. 882

West Hollywood

La Fontaine Building (1928) Voltaire Apartments (1928, 1929, or 1930) Romanesque Villa Apartments (1928), contributing property in the North Harper Avenue Historic District Sunset Tower (1929–1931), NRHP No. 80000812 Colonial House (1930–1931), NRHP No. 82002190

Other Crystal Pier Beach Club, Santa Monica (1926) Country Club Manor Apartments, Hancock Park (1926) Park Lane Apartments, Koreatown (1927)

Post architecture In 1937, Leland worked as a building inspector for the city of Los Angeles.

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Personal life and death In 1912, Leland married Virginia Scheere, who herself was born on August 9, 1893 in Montana. Virginia's father, Charles H. Scheere worked as a printer in Helena, Montana and her mother, Hattie, raised two children: Virginia and her brother Fred. Leland and Virginia had two daughters together.

Leland and Virginia lived together in the San Francisco bay area from at least 1914 to late 1923 or early 1924, when they moved to Los Angeles. Leland then lived in either the city of Los Angeles or Beverly Hills for the rest of his years, and he died following a protracted illness in his Beverly Hills residence on July 20, 1954. Virginia died in Orange County, California on June 26, 1979.