Richard D. King

Richard Douglas King (1879–1945) was an American architect known for his work in southern California.

Biography Richard Douglas King was born on December 31, 1879 in Jackson, Tennessee. His father was a miller and his mother a music teacher.

King worked as a hardware store clerk in Helena, Arkansas , and by 1909, he was working as a draftsman in Sacramento for the state of California. In 1911, he moved to Los Angeles, where first worked as a project manager at Morgan, Walls & Morgan. He partnered with Ellis Wing and Edward C. Taylor the following year and the partnership ended in 1914. King worked as a solo practitioner the rest of his career. and he achieved international recognition for Villa Riviera, completed in 1929. He also built his own home in Hermosa Beach in 1917;

List of works Los Angeles Coca Cola bottling plant (1920, demolished prior to 1939) NRHP-listed Ravenna Theatre (1924) La Brea Theatre (1926) Apartment building at 1523 N. McCadden Pl. (1928) Sparkletts Bottling Plant (1929) Roosevelt Theater (1930 remodel and addition) Redwine Building (1931), LAHCM No. 1114 Apartment building at 620 South St. Andrews Place, NRHP-listed

Elsewhere in southern California Symphony Theatre and Hotel (1923, destroyed 1933), Compton Villa Riviera (1929), Long Beach Historic Landmark No. 16.52.010, NRHP No. 96000778 Vernon City Hall