Walter Danforth Bliss
| Walter Danforth Bliss | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1874 Nevada |
| Died | May 9, 1956 Nevada |
| Residence | 2990 Vallejo Street, San Francisco, California |
| Education | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Spouse(s) | Edith P. Bliss |
| Parent(s) | Duane Leroy Elizabeth Bliss |
Walter Danforth Bliss (1874-1956) was an American architect from California. Many of his buildings are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Walter Danforth Bliss was born in Nevada in 1874. His parents were Duane Leroy Bliss and Elizabeth Bliss. He graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with a Bachelor of Science in Architecture.
He started his career as a draftsman for McKim, Mead & White in New York City, the architectural firm of Charles Follen McKim (1847–1909), William Rutherford Mead (1846-1928) and Stanford White (1852-1906).
In 1903, he designed the private residence of banker Isaias W. Hellman (1842-1920) in Lake Tahoe, known as the Hellman-Ehrman Mansion.
Together with William Baker Faville (1866-1946), whom he met at MIT, he designed the building for the Oakland Public Library located at 659 14th Street in Oakland, California in 1900-1901. The construction was partly funded by the Carnegie Foundation. It now serves as the African American Museum and Library at Oakland, and it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places listings in Alameda County, California since August 11, 1983. In 1902, they designed the Rialto Building located at 116 New Montgomery Street in San Francisco, though it was destroyed by a fire later that year. It was demolished in 1906, and they rebuilt it in 1910. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places listings in San Francisco, California on January 3, 2011. From 1902 to 1904, they designed the second Saint Francis Hotel located at 301-345 Powell Street on Union Square in San Francisco. The first San Francis Hotel had been designed by Hart Wood (1880–1957). This new 250-room hotel was commissioned by Charles Crocker (1822-1888), a railroad executive. However, it was destroyed and burned down by the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. In 1906, they built a third San Francis Hotel. It became the largest hotel on the Pacific Coast in the early twentieth century. In 1905, they designed the Magee Building in San Francisco. In 1907, they designed the second Columbia Theater in San Francisco. From 1909 to 1910, they designed the Geary Theater, located at 415 Geary Street. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places listings in San Francisco, California since May 27, 1975. It now houses the American Conservatory Theater.
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