Ernest McConnell was an American architect, who worked in-house for the Los Angeles Investment Company.
Designs for homes
McConnell also designed numerous Craftsman homes featured in a plan book that the Los Angeles Investment Co. published. The LAIC constructed many homes from those plans in various housing developments they built throughout Southern California.[1][2]
McConnell oversaw the creation of all the designs in a 92-page catalog book that the Investment Co. released in 1912-3, titled Modern Homes of California. The book contained 77 architectural designs and photographs of mostly Arts and Crafts style bungalows across the Southland priced between $1500 and $5000, as well as 200 detailed illustrations of exterior and interior views, along with plans that provided accurate estimates for construction materials and labor costs.[3][4][5]
^"Many Fine Homes Near Completion". Los Angeles Evening Express. June 28, 1913. p. 14.
^"New Bungalow Book". Los Angeles Evening Post-Record. June 14, 1913. p. 8.
^"Modern Homes of California". Antique Booksellers Association of America. Los Angeles Investment Company (Trade Catalog Bungalow Homes). Retrieved 19 October 2024.