{"id":2337,"date":"2025-02-17T22:43:26","date_gmt":"2025-02-18T03:43:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.orangecountyhistory.org\/wp\/?p=2337"},"modified":"2025-03-16T17:24:32","modified_gmt":"2025-03-16T22:24:32","slug":"early-laguna-beach-architects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.orangecountyhistory.org\/wp\/?p=2337","title":{"rendered":"Early Laguna Beach Architects"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Brent residence, 24 Bay Dr, Three Arch Bay, designed by Aubrey St Clair, photo courtesy of Hunter Fuentes<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Hunter Fuentes will discuss \u201cParadise Found: Early Laguna Beach Architects and Their Work,\u201d at the Orange County Historical Society on March 13, 2025<\/strong>, 7:30<\/strong> p.m<\/strong>., at Trinity Episcopal Church, 2400 N. Canal St., in Orange. The public welcome!<\/p>\n

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Charles A Hunter designed house, 1938, photo courtesy of Hunter Fuentes<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Laguna Beach gained early fame as an art colony, but art is a very broad category. While most associate art with painting and sculpture, one could take inspiration from Frank Lloyd Wright\u2019s assertion that \u201cThe mother art is architecture.\u201d In the April 1944 edition of Architect and Engineer magazine Sewell Smith, A.I.A., wrote, \u201cLaguna Beach in normal times has more smart architects per square inch than any place I\u2019ve ever visited \u2026.\u201d This presentation celebrates the work of a few of those \u201csmart architects\u201d whose work helped transition a summertime campground of ramshackle cabins and tents into a year-round city with world class public and private architecture. These include Aubrey St. Clair, Charles A. Hunter, Manfred DeAhna, and Jean Louis Egasse.<\/p>\n

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Hatheway Ford 1190 S,. Coast Hwy, Manfred DeAhna; photo courtesy of Hunter Fuentes<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Hunter Fuentes works in the real estate industry for Zillow and is a resident of Laguna Beach. He developed a passion for the coastal town and its historic housing many years ago and has created a website called \u201cHistoric Laguna\u201d (www.historiclaguna.com). The website celebrates the architects and architecture that help give the city its distinctive charm and personality.<\/p>\n

Please join us to learn more from Hunter Fuentes about \u201cParadise Found: Early Laguna Beach Architects and Their Work,\u201d at the Orange County Historical Society on March 13, 2025<\/strong>, 7:30<\/strong> p.m<\/strong>., at Trinity Episcopal Church, 2400 N. Canal St., in Orange. The public welcome!<\/p>\n

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Designed by Jean Louis Egasse; photo courtesy of Hunter Fuentes<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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