Architect Ken Kellogg grew up in Mission Beach, in the backyard of his family home, where he is said to have designed and built his first structure. After meeting Frank Lloyd Wright in 1955, Ken returned to San Diego and work in the offices of Sim Bruce Richards, Dale Naegle and Frederick Liebhart. In 1964 Kellogg received his architect's license and the rest, as they say ‘is history’.
Kendrick Bangs Kellogg grew up in Mission Beach, in the backyard of his family home, where he is said to have designed and built his first structure - a fort or club house of sorts. He attended the University of Colorado, University of Southern California, and the University of California at Berkeley.
In April 1955, Ken and his fellow architecture students from the University of Colorado (Boulder) took a field trip to see the architecture of Phoenix and Scottsdale. Here he met Frank Lloyd Wright and heard him speak for the first time. In his interview with Mr. Wright, Ken realized that the unaccredited school may not be the best direction to take at the time but hung on every of Mr. Wright's words. He would later hear a great number of stories from Taliesin Fellows about their time with Mr. Wright.
Mr. Kellogg returned to San Diego and work in the offices of Sim Bruce Richards (during the summer of 1955 and ’56 providing drafting and rendering as well as building models for residences on the Kona Coast of Hawaii and in Rancho Santa Fe) and Dale Naegle.
Ken met Russell and Vergie Babcock at the time they were renting a 2nd floor apartment on Bayside Walk in Mission Beach from a family friend. It was at a time when Ken was discovering himself through Frank Lloyd Wright’s work and philosophy (and likely applying what he learned from Richards). Russell Babcock told Ken of the house they hired Lloyd Wright to build at the north end of Park Avenue overhanging Mission Valley – though it was never built. The Babcocks initially asked Ken to design an addition to their Sanatorium in National City, and then in the summer of 1957, they told him of their purchase of a small lot off San Luis Ray Place and asked him to design a house. They requested an "A-frame" with a copper roof, and the Babcock Residence was born.
Ken also became friends with La Jolla architect (and former Taliesin Fellow) Frederick Liebhart. As a boy (the future president) of Chart House Restaurant, Buzzy Bent, worked on Fred's house as a laborer---where "organic architecture" seeped into his bloodstream. Not too long after starting the Chart House Restaurant chain in 1960, Buzzy contacted Ken to design their Santa Barbara location.
In 1964, Kellogg received his California license to practice architecture. By 1966, he obtained a building contractor's license followed by a national license in 1979 and an international license in 1998.
Babcock, Russell & Virgie Residence (1957)
2694 Bayside Walk, Mission Beach
Babcock Sanitarium (1957)
1889 National City Blvd, National City
*Attribution connected to this Sim Bruce Richards project
Baher, Dr. Cambiz & Constance Residence Remodel (1975)
4324 Camino Privado, Rancho Santa Fe
Bailey, Barbara Residence (1984)
10650 Old Castle Road, Valley Center
Baras, Bill & Carol Residence Remodel (ca. 1980)
4845 Lomitas Drive, Normal Heights
*Remodel of existing residence
Bertine Residence (1976)
750 Val Sereno Drive, Encinitas
Bridge Medical Building
120 S. Sierra Avenue, Solana Beach
Burhans, Dan Residence
Encinitas
*Not built
Chapman, Barbara & Wayne Residence Remodel (1972)
353 Glenmont Drive, Solana Beach
*Destroyed by fire in 2001 and rebuilt
Chart House (1977)
69934 California Route 111, Rancho Mirage
*Destroyed by fire in 2012
Chart House Restaurant (remodel)
Westwood, CA
Chart House Restaurant
Idyllwild, CA
Chart House Restaurant
Santa Barbara, CA
Chart House Restaurant
2760 Shelter Island Drive, Shelter Island
*Now Fiddler's Green
Chart House Restaurant
231 Yacht Club Way, Redondo Beach
Chart House Restaurant
34442 Street of the Green Lantern, Dana Point
Chart House Restaurant
1501 River Place Boulevard, Jacksonville, Florida
Chart House Restaurant
1270 Prospect, La Jolla
Cornish Residence Remodel (1974)
7878 Lookout Drive, La Jolla
Coronado Townhouses (1966-68)
1117, 1119 and 1125 Isabella Avenue, Coronado
*Attribution
Doolittle Residence (1990)
7263 Mount Shasta Avenue, Joshua Tree
Fritz Pearl's Gestalt Therapy Center
Location not known
Gordon, Larry & Gayle Residence AKA Wave House (1972)
1646 Yost Drive, Pacific Beach
Guth, John and Gail Residence Remodel (1977-1984)
5820 Madra Avenue, Del Cerro
*Remodel of a 1962 developer home already on this site; interior work by James Hubbell and John Vugrin.
Hoshino Wedding Chapel
389-0195 Hoshino, Karuizawa Town, Nagano Prefecture
Hypnos Morpheus Office Interiors (1979)
Mission Valley
Institute of Organic Architecture (1982)
27220 Mesa Grande, Santa Ysabel
*Attribution
Josepho, Roy & Roberta Residence Remodel (1988)
8208 Paseo Del Ocaso, La Jolla
*This is a remodel of the Mr. & Mrs. H. Stephen King Residence (1946) by William Kesling
Kellogg, Kendrick & Marilyn House & Studio (1960-66)
836-838 Balboa Court, Mission Beach
Kellogg, Kendrick & Marilyn Residence & Studio (1972)
15415 Topa Road, Pauma Valley
Koshkarian Residence Remodel (1972)
1609 Los Altos Drive, Pacific Beach
Kravis, Thomas C. MD Residence Remodel (1976-87)
6621 Neptune Place, La Jolla
*1976, 1984 and 1987 building permits show Kellogg
Lake Hodges House (ca. 1967)
Location not known
Le Duc, Dr. Ector Residence (1956-59)
340 San Gorgonio Street, Point Loma
Ledbetter, Richard & Olivia (Rosa) Residence (1966-1968)
3545 Inez Street, Point Loma
Madruga Residence (1968)
3036 Rogers Street, Point Loma
Madruga, Mr. & Mrs. Addition and Remodel (1968)
3016 Rogers Street, Point Loma
Manchester Ship Terminal
Houston, Texas
McCormick, Elizabeth House AKA Onion House (1962)
Kawa Kona, Hawaii
McInnis, Jim & Gail Residence (1968)
10087 Shadow Road, La Mesa
Olfe, Daniel & Julie Residence (1973)
8220 Paseo del Ocaso, La Jolla
Outrider Restaurant (1993)
4444 Mission Blvd, Pacific Beach
Private Residence
Rancho Mirage, CA
Private Residence (ca. 1981)
39 Papaua Place, Lahaina, Hawaii
*Attribution by real estate listing
Private Residence (1970)
54750 Tahquitz View Drive, Idyllwild
*Possibly the Regal Residence Remodel
Private Residence Remodel (1960-1995)
701 Hoska Drive, Del Mar
Private Residence Remodel (1980)
13024 Via Latina, Del Mar
*Portions of this home are attributed to Ken Kellogg while others by Rob Quigley
Rainbow Juice Bar (ca. 1973)
La Jolla
Shore, Scott Residence (1986)
3917 Ocean Front Walk, Mission Beach
Silva, Edward P. Residence (1959)
596 San Elijo Street, Point Loma
Stamen House (1968)
Middlesex Drive, Kensington
*Attribution
Teatro House (ca. 1963)
El Camino del Teatro, La Jolla
*Attribution
Turney, Thomas & Margaret House AKA Atoll (1972)
9805 Black Gold Road, La Jolla
Wedding Dress Shop (1963)
Rancho Santa Fe
*Designed for Julia Larrea, artist James T. Hubbell's mother
West Way House (1977)
8456 Westway Drive, La Jolla
*AKA Robert Thomas House
Wingsweep Residence (1987)
38445 Overview Road, Temecula
Yen, Sam Residence (1981)
7799 Starlight Drive, La Jolla
*AKA Lotus House and some have attributed this to Moonlight Residence as well
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