Background
Carleton M. Winslow was born in 1876 at Damariscotta, Maine, United States.
Carleton M. Winslow was born in 1876 at Damariscotta, Maine, United States.
He first studied Architecture at Chicago's Art Institute, and during later years spent in France, received a supplementary training in Atliers of the Paris Ecole des Beaux Arts.
Following his return to the U. S. Mr. Winslow entered the New York office of Cram, Goodhue & Ferguson, and in 1911 when Bertram Goodhue was appointed architect of the Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Diego Carleton Winslow went there as the firm’s representative, and was given charge of designing the buildings. Instead of employing the formerly accepted academic French style for the U. S. Exposition buildings, he chose the Spanish Colonial as most appropriate for the site, an innovation that brought him wide-spread recognition and commendation.
In 1917 he moved to Los Angeles, and while still associated with the firm of Cram, Goodhue & Ferguson, was largely responsible for the design of the Los Angeles Public Library, and carried work on the building to completion following Bertram Goodhue's death in 1924. During his career Mr. Winslow attained a reputation as a church architect, numbering among his best known works in that field of design the Community Presbyterian Church in Beverly Hills, the First Baptist in Pasadena, Church of the Star of the Sea in La Jolla, and St. Mary of the Angeles in Los Angeles. He was also architect of the Fullerton High School, and the Cottage Hospital in Santa Barbara.
He was also interested in civic matters, and for two years (1931-33) served as President of the Los Angeles Municipal Art Commission.
Prominent in professional circles, Mr. Winslow had been a member of the Southern California Chapter, A.I.A. after 1916, and in 1939 was elected to Institute Fellowship.