Kenneth Smith Wing Jr.

Kenneth S. Wing Sr. was born in Colorado Springs on January 22, 1901. In 1918, at the age of 17, Wing’s family moved to Long Beach where he attended Polytechnic High School. He secured his B.S. in Architecture from the University of Southern California in 1925 and worked for Meyer and Holler (where he was reportedly assigned to design the Chinese pagoda and do the preliminary sketches for one of the interior murals for the Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles). He then worked as chief designer at Lincoln Mortgage and for the Los Angeles Times designing a weekly sketch of a floor plan of a home for their home section. Wing established Kenneth S. Wing, Architect in 1931. He joined the AIA Southern California Chapter in 1938 and was elected as an FAIA Fellow in 1953.

Kenneth Smith Wing Jr. was born in Long Beach in 1931 and earned his B. Arch. from the University of California in 1953. He joined his father’s firm in 1955 after serving in the US Army between 1953-55.

Kenneth S. Wing’s archive is housed at the Architecture and Design Collection of the University Museum, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Partial List of Projects

Bixby Knolls Medical Arts Center (1954)
Long Beach

Bixby Knolls Homes

Carmelitos Housing Project

Cheney, Dr. William S. & Julia A. (1950)
5370 East El Prado Avenue, Long Beach

Cowley, Dr. L.L. Residence (1954)
Long Beach

First Baptist Church of Long Beach (1950), Christ Chapel (1956)
1000 Pine Avenue, Long Beach

Cohn, Henry L. and Miriam J. (1948)
1008 Cartagena Street, Long Beach

College Avenue Baptist Church (1966-67)
4747 College Avenue, San Diego

Convention & Exhibit Hall, City of Long Beach (1962)
Long Beach

Courts Building for Los Angeles County (1960)
Long Beach

Davis, Edson J. Remodel (1955)
4242 Country Club Drive, Long Beach

Gollatz, Walter A. and Kathleen (1956)
1390 Los Altos Avenue, Long Beach

Graham, Douglas H. and Marilyn C. Remodel (1946)
4029 Chestnut Avenue, Long Beach

Guild House Shoes and Accessories Store

Long Beach Arena Municipal Convention Exhibition Hall (1961)
Long Beach

Long Beach City Hall/Library Complex
Long Beach

Long Beach State College Physical Education Facility (1965)
Long Beach

Long Beach Municipal Airport Main Terminal Building
Long Beach

Memorial Hospital of Long Beach (1960)
Long Beach

Pacific Terrace Theater

Palos Verde Estates Homes

Pasadena City College
Pasadena

Rolling Hills Homes

Southern California Edison Offices (1961)
Long Beach

Swaffield, Philip and Betty House (1941)
4236 Country Club Boulevard, Long Beach

United California Bank (1965)
Long Beach

University of California Physical Sciences Unit I (1969)
Irvine

Van Camp Sea Food Co. Inc. World Headquarters (1959)

Virginia Country Club Homes

von Kleinsmid, Walter B. and Hildreth House (1941)
4406 California Avenue, Long Beach

Wing, Kenneth S. & Mildred W. House (1955)
1407 North Bryant Road, Long Beach