Sumner Hunt

Sumner P. Hunt (May 8, 1865 – November 19, 1938) was an architect in Los Angeles from the 1890s to the 1930s. In partnership with architect Silas Reese Burns he designed such regional landmarks as the original building of the Southwest Museum, the Casa de Rosas, Ebell of Los Angeles, the Bradbury Building, the Los Angeles Country Club, the Vermont Square Branch library, and the "Janet Jacks Balch Hall" for Scripps College, a liberal arts women's college in Claremont, California. It is a member of the Claremont Colleges.

History

The Hall was completed in the Fall of 1929. The building was a gift of Mr. and Mrs. Allan C. Balch of Los Angeles, and named in honor of trustee Janet Jacks Balch. Today Balch Hall is used as the administrative center and the adjoining auditorium is a key location for lectures, plays, community meetings, convocations, and musical events.

External links

* [http://www.scrippscollege.edu/dept/about/timeline/index.html Scripps timeline] (Click on 1929)
* [http://www.scrippscollege.edu/dept/about/timeline/img/browning.jpgPhotograph]
* [http://www.friendsofthesouthwestmuseum.com/history1.html Friends of the Southwest Museum]