EMMET G. MARTIN

Background

Emmet G.Martin was born in 1889 in United States.

Education

He began his formal architectural education at the University of Illinois, where he studied for three and a half years. Following military service during World War I, he remained abroad and completed his studies at the Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris, Atelier M. Laloux, in 1919.

Career

Known as an able designer, he worked in several local offices, and was associated with his brother on a number of the latter’s commissions. After 1927 Mr. Martin practiced independently with an office in the Chester Williams Building, and in his work designed a number of churches, including Resurrection Catholic Church in East Los Angeles (1924), St. Brendan's Catholic Church in Los Angeles (1924), the J. Clarke Residence Addition in Playa del Rey (1924), the Mark Walker Residence in Pasadena (1925), St. Anselm's Catholic Church in Los Angeles (1925), St. Raphael's Catholic Church and Rectory in Los Angeles (1926), St. John's Catholic Boy's School in Fresno (1926, shown at right), the Convent of the Holy Cross School in Fresno (1926), the San Joaquin River Academy in Fresno (1926), the Walter T. McGinley Residence in Santa Monica (1927), St. Theresa's Catholic Church in Los Angeles (1929), the L. D. Kay Residence in Pasadena (1929), Nativity Parish Catholic Church in Flagstaff, Arizona (1930), St. Augustine's Catholic Church in Culver City (1930), All Saints Church in El Sereno (1930), and the Convent at Blessed Sacrament Church in Hollywood (1930).

Works

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• Other Work

  • Resurrection Catholic Church in East Los Angeles

    1924

  • St. Brendan's Catholic Church in Los Angeles

    1924

Connections

Brother:

A. C. Martin

In 1919 Martin settled in Los Angeles to begin formal apprenticeship under his brother.