William Frederick Rosser

William Rosser was a member of the San Diego Chapter of the AIA between 1956-1968 during the time he produced at least two homes for himself and various commercial designs including a civic theater program published in San Diego and Point Magazine in 1955. With Selden Kennedy and Lloyd Ruocco, Rosser brought the downtown Civic Theater into being.

Rosser’s model for a “new theater opposite the San Diego Zoological Society parking lot on Park Boulevard… surprisingly like the low horizontal shape of the Federal Building” was published in San Diego and Point Magazine (December, 1955).

Partial List of Projects

Civic Theater (1963-1964)
1100 Third Avenue, Downtown
*With Lloyd Ruocco and Seldon Kennedy

Clayton Thompson Retail Shops (ca. 1960)
3731 Sixth Avenue, North Park
*Attribution via San Diego Union on 3/20/60

Dr. & Mrs. Frederick H. Fehlmann (ca. 1961)
3350 Front Street, San Diego
*Attribution via San Diego Union on 7/9/61

Hal Bruner Professional Building (1959-60)
3636 Fifth Avenue, Hillcrest

IBEW Building (1961)
215 W. Washington, Mission Hills
*Demolished

Office and Retail Building for John W. Roberts (ca. 1960)
3946 Illinois Street, North Park
*Attribution via San Diego Union on 5/15/60

Palomar Mountain Camp Staff Dormitory (ca. 1962)
*Attribution via San Diego Union on 3/4/62

Percy H. Goodwin Company (ca. 1961)
490 S. Magnolia Avenue, El Cajon

Private Residence (1961)
5813 Lomond Drive, Del Cerro
*Attribution by listing agent

Rose Elementary School
Celestine Avenue
*Attribution via Evening Tribune on 6/23/61

Rosser, William Residence #1 (1964)
2468 Presidio Drive, Mission Hills
*Attribution via San Diego Union on November 3, 1963

Rosser, William Residence #2 (1969)
4407 Braeburn Road, Kensington

Torrey Pines Christian Church (1963)
8320 La Jolla Scenic Drive, La Jolla