Hal Chase Whittemore

Hal Case Whittemore was born on November 26, 1920 in Ann Arbor, Michigan and served in US Navy aviation as Lieutenant Sr. Grade between 1941-45. He earned his B. Architecture at University of Michigan in 1950 ten years after he secured membership in the Tau Sigma Delta Honor Society (1940).

By 1955 he had moved to California and joined the AIA Southern California Chapter. From 855 Via De La Paz in Pacific Palisades, he ran Hal C. Whittemore & Associates between 1955-60. Between 1960-62 he worked under the partnership of Whittemore & Pittam, AIA, Architects. By 1970 he was living at 607 Muskingum Avenue in Pacific Palisades and returned to practicing as Hal C. Whittemore & Associates.

Whittemore was last noted as still living in 2018 in his sister's obituary.

Thank you to Alexa Clausen for her help compiling this entry.

Partial List of Projects

Aldersgate Methodist Church
1201 S.E. Irvine Boulevard, Tustin
*Attribution by The Tustin News on April 22, 1965

Bel Air Presbyterian Church (1959-61)
16221 Mulholland Drive, Los Angeles
*This project earned a Merit Award from the National Council of Churches and Church Architecture Guild of America; attribution by 1962 American Architects Directory.

California Department of Employment (1957)
9^th and Broadway, Santa Monica
*Attribution by The Roberts News on November 24, 1957

Capistrano National Bank (1977)
3201 De Obispo, San Juan Capistrano
*Attribution by Sun Post News on March 18, 1977

Church of the Foothills (1966)
19211 Dodge Avenue, Santa Ana
*Attribution by The Tustin News on May 14, 1992

College United Methodist Church (1963)
41 Baylor Drive, Ventura
*Attribution by Ventura County Star on December 7, 1963

Congregational Church of Chatsworth (1964)
20440 W. Lassen Street, Chatsworth

First Methodist Church (1965)
Palm Springs
*Attribution by palmspringsarchitecture.blogspot.com

First Methodist Church (1964-66)
341 S. Kalmia, Escondido
*Attribution by The Tustin News on April 22, 1965

First Methodist Church (1965-67)
12741 Main Street, Garden Grove
*Also referred to as Garden Grove United Methodist Church by ocarchitectureguide.com

First Methodist Church of West Los Angeles (1962)
1627 Butler Avenue, Los Angeles
*Attribution by The Los Angeles Times on February 18, 1962

Glendale Presbyterian Church (1973)
125 S. Louise Street, Glendale

Hollypark Methodist Church (1956-57)
Van Ness and El Segundo Boulevard, Gardena
*Attribution by The Los Angeles Times on November 4, 1956

Knollwood United Methodist Church (1966)
12121 Balboa Boulevard, Granada Hills
*Attribution by roadsidearchitecture.com

La Tijera Methodist Church (1958)
7400 Osage Avenue, Los Angeles
*Attribution by The Los Angeles Times on October 27, 1957; photographed by Julius Shulman as “Star of Creation Chapel, Los Angeles” in 1958.

Lynwood United Methodist Church (1960)
4207 Carlin Avenue, Lynwood
*Attribution by The Lynwood Press on October 21, 1971

Methodist Church
Anaheim
*Attribution by The Tustin News on April 22, 1965

Methodist Church
Garden Grove
*Attribution by The Tustin News on April 22, 1965

Methodist Church
Placentia
*Attribution by The Tustin News on April 22, 1965

North Valley YMCA (1968-69)
10925 Columbus Avenue, Mission Hills, California
*Attribution by Valley News on October 20, 1968

Presbyterian Church of Pacific Pacific Palisades (1961)
Pacific Palisades
*Attribution by 1962 American Architects Directory

St. Marks United Methodist Church
3502 Clairemont Drive, south of Balboa Avenue, San Diego
*Attribution by The Tustin News article on April 22, 1965

St. Paul’s Methodist Church (1963)
700 D Ave, Coronado

Trinity United Presbyterian Church (1968)
13922 Prospect Avenue, Santa Ana

United Methodist Church (ca. 1987)
Janss Road and Windsor Drive, Thousand Oaks
*Attribution by Thousand Oaks Star on January 2, 1987

West Van Nuys Community Church (1958)
16643 Vanowen Street, Van Nuys
*Attribution by The Valley Times on July 26, 1958

Ynez Whilton Apartments (1959)
Santa Monica
*Attribution by 1962 American Architects Directory