Background
Roy Seldon Price was born on July 18, 1888.
Roy Seldon Price was born on July 18, 1888.
He is best known for designing Spanish Revival buildings and houses in California, especially in Beverly Hills, California. He moved from Saint Louis, Missouri to Los Angeles, California in the early 1920s. In 1924, together with the architectural firm Gable & Wyatt, he designed the Heegard Writers and Artists Building, located at 9505 Santa Monica Boulevard in Beverly Hills, in the Spanish Revival architectural style.
lieutenant was built for A.C. (before Christ) Heegaard and J.F. Hohn.
In August 2014, it was added to the City of Beverly Hills Historical Landmarks. In 1928, he designed a house for Lita Grey, Charlie Chaplin"s first wife, in Beverly Hills, California, in the Spanish Revival style.
The interiors were designed by Harold Grieve. lieutenant was then owned by actress Carole Lombard, and later by actress Patricia Barry.
He also designed the private residence of film director Thomas H. Ince in Beverly Hills.
Another house he designed in Beverly Hills in 1926, built for Mistress Chimorro, served as a speakeasy during Prohibition. lieutenant is now the home of jewelry designer Liv Ballard.
Death
He died on January 21, 1940.
He was buried at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.
Additionally, he redesigned "Louisiana Casa Nueva" for Walter P. Temple, Senior, a member of the prominent Workman-Temple family.