Joseph James Blick (September 20, 1867 – September 5, 1947), sometimes credited as Joseph J. Blick, was an American architect who worked on commercial and residential projects and is best known for diverse residences in Southern California ranging from Mission to Modern styles. Born and raised in Clinton, Iowa, his father James Shannon Blick was a building contractor. The Blick family moved to Pasadena, California in 1887 soon after his sister Blanche married
Frederick Russell Burnham, the celebrated scout and long time resident of California. Blick began working in Pasadena as a contractor with his father and in 1889 he apprenticed with T. William Parkes, a member of the Royal Institute of British Architects. In 1891, he married Daisy Russell, a first cousin of Frederick Russell Burnham. After completing his apprenticeship, Blick and Lester S. Moore founded their own architecture firm, Blick & Moore, in Los Angeles in 1895, where he continued to work until his retirement in 1937. Several of his commercial buildings and residences have been listed with the
National Register of Historic Places.[1][2]
268 S. Orange Grove Boulevard (1892)-- Colonial Revival style.[3][4]
Henry T. Fuller residence (1894)-- 268 Bellefontaine Street, Pasadena, California. Shingle, English Cottage revival style.[3]
Residence (1902)--440 La Loma Rd, Pasadena, California. Craftsman (Arts and Crafts) style.[3]
Adams & Turner Funeral Home (1895)--95-97 N. Raymond, Pasadena, California. Vernacular Masonry style. A two-story stucco-over-brick commercial building with a cut-off corner.[3][5]
Benjamin Folsom residence (1903)--445 Bellefontaine Street, Pasadena, California. Folk Victorian style.[3]
George B. Post residence (1903)--360 South Grand Avenue, Pasadena, California. Arts and Craft interior. Shingle style home features curved walls flanking the row of third floor windows in its front gable.[3][4]
Bekins Co Roof Sign, aka, Standard Fireproof Storage Company Roof-top Sign (1906)--511 S. Fair Oaks Avenue, Pasadena, California.[3]
Residence (1906)--260 S. Orange Grove Boulevard, Pasadena, California. Craftsman, Arts and Crafts period style. [3][4]
Residence (1906)--676 S. Madison Avenue, Pasadena, California. Arts and Crafts style.[3]
Residence (1909)--515 W. California Blvd, Pasadena, California. Craftsman (Arts and Crafts) style.[3]
Union Building (1911)-- 109-121 E. Union, Pasadena, California. Vernacular Masonry style. Two-story red brick commercial building. Since 1924 the building has been the home of Pasadena Hardware Co., Pasadena's oldest hardware store.[3][5]
Engine Company #34, aka, Fire Station 4 (1917)--541 S. Oak Knoll Ave, Pasadena, California. Mediterranean Revival style. Closed in 1989 and rehabilitated as a single family residence in 2000. [1][3][6]
Residence (1920)--540 N Holliston Ave, Pasadena, California. Period Revival Architecture.[3]
Commercial (1910)--39 Mills Place, Pasadena, California. A grouping of three single-story painted brick buildings constructed separately and now joined.[5]
Albert H. Gates residence (1911)--499 Monterey Road, Pasadena, California. Tudor-Craftsman chalet with Mission touches style.[9]
V.E. Sweazy residence (1911)--895 S. Madison Avenue, Pasadena, California. Arts and Crafts period style.[3][12]
Gates Family Estate, residence (1911)--1209 Indiana Ave, South Pasadena, California[13]
Residence (1911)--1215 Indiana Ave, South Pasadena, California[14]
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ISBN978-1-586853-08-2.
OCLC51559096.
"BUILDING PLANS ORDERED: Despite Spirited Opposition Pasadena City Directors Decide to Go Forward With New City Jail". Los Angeles Times. February 11, 1930.
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