People from Benicia, California - Addison Mizner, Wilson Mizner, John C. Heenan, Robert Arneson (Paperback)

Chapters: Addison Mizner, Wilson Mizner, John C. Heenan, Robert Arneson. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 31. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Addison Cairns Mizner (December 12, 1872 February 5, 1933) was an American resort architect whose Mediterranean Revival and Spanish Colonial Revival style interpretationss left an indelible stamp on South Florida, where it continues to inspire architects and land developers. In the 1920's Mizner was, without exaggeration, the best-known and most-discussed living American architect. Mizner was the visionary behind development of Boca Raton, Florida. Born in Benicia, California, he traveled as a child around the world with his father, Lansing Bond Mizner, a lawyer and the U. S. minister to Guatemala. Little is known about his sketches and artwork prior to his architectural career, but his subsequent work shows him to be a fine draftsman and an artist who painted beautiful watercolors. Although he lacked formal university training, Mizner served a 3 year apprenticeship in the office of San Francisco architect, Willis Jefferson Polk, eventually becoming a partner. Later, while traveling in Hawaii, he co-authored a book with Ethel Watts Mumford entitled The Cynic's Calendar of Revised Wisdom for 1903 and then later with her The Limerick Up To Date Book. He eventually relocated to New York City, where he designed numerous country houses across Long Island and the region. In 1907, he and William Massarene designed White Pine Camp, a retreat in the Adirondack Mountains, later used by U. S. President Calvin Coolidge as his "Summer White House." At age 46, Mizner moved for his health to Palm Beach, Florida, just at a time when the vast resort hotels were becoming less fashionable. His Mediterranean Revival designs won the attention and patronage of we...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=95393