Henry L. Gogerty (January 30, 1894 â April 1, 1990) was an American architect. He is best known for designing over 350 schools and industrial buildings in Southern California, as well as designing or co-designing numerous historic buildings in Hollywood.
He was born on January 30, 1894, in Zearing, Iowa. He received a Liberal Arts certificate from the University of Dubuque in 1913, graduated from the University of Illinois at UrbanaâÂÂChampaign in 1917, and later received a degree in architecture from the University of Southern California. During the First World War, he served in the field artillery.
Together with Carl Jules Weyl (1890-1948), he designed numerous buildings in Hollywood, California, including:
He also designed many school buildings in California, including:
Other buildings he designed include (in California unless otherwise noted):
He also designed the Biltmore Hotel's bedrooms in Palm Springs, California, while the building itself was designed by Frederick Monhoff (1897âÂÂ1975), and he designed and operated the Desert Air Hotel and Palm Desert Airpark in Rancho Mirage, California until 1968.
He sat on the Board of Trustees of the St. Anne's Foundation and was the recipient of the Angel Award in 1988.
He married in 1922 and divorced in 1930. He died on January 4, 1990, in Los Angeles County, California.