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Frank Lewis Hope III

1930 - 2024

Frank Hope Jr. was born in San Diego in 1930 and secured his BA at Cal in 1951. He joined his father's firm, Frank L. Hope & Associates, Architects and Engineers, in 1955 following service in the US Army (1953-55).

Partial List of San Diego Projects

Arts & Crafts Press Building (1963)
Kettner, San Diego

Behavioral Health Building (1961)
4099 Fifth Avenue, San Diego

Bruce, Dr. Clinic Building
Location not known

Bullard, Dr. Clinic Building
Location not known

Bureau of Commercial Fisheries Research Laboratory (1963)
Scripps Institute of Oceanography, La Jolla

Burnham Building (1962)
1555 6th Avenue, San Diego

Cabrillo National Monument Visitors Center (1966)
Cabrillo Monument, Point Loma

Children’s Hospital, Diagnostic and Treatment Center and New Child Guidance Clinic (1968)
Location not known

Coronado Hospital (1972)
Coronado

Courthouse Facility for the County of San Diego (1956)
San Diego
*Designed by Hamill, Hope, Lykos, Wheeler, Freeland and Associated Architects and Engineers

Curran, Mr. & Mrs. J.E. Residence (1951)
2259 Alta Vista Drive, Vista

Fares Co. Inc.
El Cajon Blvd., San Diego

Federal Bureau of Prisons
Federal Youth Center, Pleasanton

First Federal Savings and Loan Branch (1963)
Broadway & H, Chula Vista

First National Bank Building (formerly Columbia Centre)
Columbia Street, San Diego

First National Bank
D Street, Encinitas

FutureCraft Home / Chambers Steel House (1959)
4196 Eastridge Drive, La Mesa
*First light-steel House in San Diego. Published in San Diego & Point (March, 1959)

Golden, M.H. Residence
3614 Carleton, Point Loma

Hallmark House for Mitchell Realty (1962)
6th & Cedar, San Diego

Hogle Building
Location not known

Holy Cross Mausoleum (1963-1964)
Location not known

Home Federal Savings and Loan Association (1955)
San Diego

Home Federal Savings and Loan Association (1963)
707 Broadway, San Diego

Hope, Frank and Barbara Jr. Residence (1967)
3430 Bangor Place, Point Loma

Hope Office Building Building (1961)
1447 Sixth Avenue, San Diego

Hope, Chuck B. Residence (ca. 1962)
676 Albion Street, Point Loma

Hope, Frank L. Residence (1956)
371 San Fernando, Point Loma

Horace Mann Junior High School
54th Street, San Diego

Hyatt La Jolla
La Jolla

Hyatt Torrey Pines
La Jolla

Immaculata Chapel (1964)
University of San Diego

Kearny Mesa Junior College (ca. 1961)
7250 Mesa College Drive, San Diego

Kearny Senior High School and additions (1954-55)
Wellington & Tecolote, Linda Vista

La Jolla Cancer Research Center (1985)
La Jolla

La Jolla Presbyterian Church, Fellowship Hall (1961 and 1964-65)
La Jolla

Marriott Hotel
Next to the San Diego Convention Center

May Company (1959)
Mission Valley
*Designed by Bill Lewis for LA-based AC Martin (later of Deems-Lewis), Hope 'backstopped' the project locally

McGill Hall AKA Psychology Building (1969)
John Muir College Campus at U.C. San Diego

Medical Building
First and Laurel, San Diego

Mercy Hospital
4077 5th Avenue, Hillcrest

Mercy Hospital expansion (1966-1990)
Hillcrest

Mesa Vista Psychiatric Hospital (1963)
Location not known

National Cash Register Co. Electronics Facility (NCR) (1969)
Rancho Bernardo

National Steel & Shipbuilding Corp Office Building
28th & Harbor Drive, National City

Naval Electronics Maintenance School
Location not known

Naval Training Center, Officer's Quarters
Location not known

Nexus Science Center
Location not known

Oceanside Federal Savings & Loan (1967)
716 Mission Avenue, Oceanside

Pacific Telephone
Oceanside Service Facility

Pacific Telephone (1959)
Chatsworth & Tennyson, Point Loma

Palomar Memorial Hospital and Additions (1953-1974)
Escondido

Palomar Memorial Hospital Incinerator Building/Addition (1956)
Escondido

Palomar Memorial Hospital 60-Bed Addition (1957)
Escondido

Palomar Memorial Hospital Laboratory Wing Addition (1967)
Escondido

Palomar Memorial Hospital 9-story Addition (1968-72)
Escondido

Penguin House, San Diego Zoo (1959)
San Diego Zoo
*Designed with Zoo designer Charles Faust

Pickford, Mr. H. T. Apartment Hotel (1929)
Coronado

Point Loma Community Presbyterian Church (1955)
Point Loma

Point Loma High School Additions (1955)
2335 Chatsworth Blvd, Point Loma

Pomerado Hospital (1977)
Pomerado Road, Poway

Private Residence (1975)
10601 Noakes Road, La Mesa

Rancho Bernardo Villas
Rancho Bernardo

Rodefer Hills (1953-55)
Location not known

Rosary Girl's High School
42nd & Polk

San Diego Centre City Project (1960 – 1964)
San Diego
*Designed by Curtis, Hope, Lodge and Freeland

San Diego City College
San Diego

San Diego College for Women (1950)
Alcala Park, Linda Vista

San Diego Convention Hall
San Diego

San Diego High School Technical Arts Building
San Diego

San Diego Rotary Club
Location not known

San Diego Stadium (1967)
9449 Friars Road, Mission Valley
*AIA National Honor Award

San Diego Centre City Community Concourse, Convention Facility (1962)
San Diego

San Diego State College Science Building
San Diego State College

San Diego State College Music Building
San Diego State College

San Diego Yacht Club, V. Commodore (1955)
Point Loma

San Marcos Post Office
San Marcos

Scripps Clinic-Molecular Biology Building (1983)
La Jolla

Scripps Hydraulics Lab (1964)
Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Scripps Memorial Hospital (1975)
La Jolla

Seaport Village
San Diego

Security First National Bank (1962)
1044 Wall Street, La Jolla

Security Trust & Savings Bank
Escondido

Sharp, Donald N. Memorial Hospital Maternity Wing (1961)
Linda Vista

Sharp, Donald N. Memorial Community Hospital (1967-1975)
Linda Vista

Silver Strand State Beach Campground
Coronado

Solar Aircraft Company (1955-1960)
Harbor Drive

Stromberg-Carlson (1959)
Hancock Street

Timken Museum AKA Putnam Foundation, Timken Gallery (1962-1965)
Balboa Park

Headquarters for the TraveLodge Corporation (1962)
250 S. Travelodge Drive, El Cajo
*Published in Architectural Forum, April 1963

Trinity Episcopal Church
845 Chestnut Street, Escondido

Trinity Lutheran Church (1959)
7210 Lisbon Street, San Diego

Turrentine Building (1963)
Pre-cast granite faced concrete block 1-story building.
4th & A

United California Bank Building
345 B Street, San Diego

United States National Bank
2nd Ave and Broadway

University of San Diego
Linda Vista

Utschig, Harold H. Residence
6089 La Jolla Scenic Drive

Valley Ho Restaurant
Mission Valley

Veteran's Administration Hospital
Location not known

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