Irving Morrow

Architect

1884 – 1952

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Who was Irving Morrow?

Irving F. Morrow was an American architect best known for designing the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California.

Morrow graduated from the newly founded University of California, Berkeley architecture program in 1906. He then attended the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris from 1908 until 1911. He moved back to Oakland and began practicing architecture in San Francisco and Oakland. He designed houses, banks, theatres, hotels, schools, and commercial buildings. He married Gertrude Comfort Morrow, a fellow architect and UC Berkeley graduate. He worked with Gertrude and architect William I. Garren, and with them designed the Alameda-Contra Costa County Building for the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition. Morrow and his associates also designed the rectory and guest house of the Mission San Juan Bautista.

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Born
1884
Spouses
Education
  • University of California, Berkeley
    ( - 1906)
  • École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts
    (1908 - 1911)
Employment
  • Joseph Strauss
    (1930 - )
Died
1952

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on July 23, 2013

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