Ross Montgomery (architect)
American architect (1888–1969)
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Ross G. Montgomery (September 26, 1888, at Toledo, Ohio – February 14, 1969, at Los Angeles, California) was a Los Angeles-based architect, illustrator, and historian.[1][2]
Biography
Montgomery designed the original St. Ambrose Church in West Hollywood, California, the St. Andrew's Catholic Church in Pasadena, California, and the St. Cecilia Catholic Church in Los Angeles, California.[3][4][5][6] Additionally, he helped redesign the Mission Santa Barbara after the 1925 Santa Barbara earthquake.[6][7] He also designed the stucco mausoleum of the Calvary Cemetery in East Los Angeles.[3][8][9] Together with William Mullay, he designed Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church in Montecito, California in the late 1930s.[6] In 1927, Montgomery designed Santa Clara Elementary School, Oxnard, CA in a Moorish Revival style with outstanding articulated brickwork facade and watch towers.
As an architectural historian, he wrote about the Awatovi Ruins.[10]
The original publication by Ross Montgomery related to the Awatovi Expedition of the late 1930s was included in Volume 36 of Harvard University Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology Papers.[11]