Weeks and Day

The Huntington Hotel, San Francisco, 1924

Fox Oakland Theatre in Oakland, California, 1928

Weeks and Day was an American architectural firm founded in 1916 by architect Charles Peter Weeks (1870–1928) and engineer William Peyton Day (1886–1966).

Weeks was born in Copley, Ohio, educated in the atelier of Victor Laloux at the École des Beaux-Arts from 1892 to 1895, and briefly partnered with John Galen Howard. (Weeks is unrelated to the Canadian-American architect W. H. Weeks, also practicing in San Francisco in these years.)

Day had been in partnership with pioneering San Francisco reinforced concrete engineer John B. Leonard. With Weeks as designer and Day as engineer, the firm specialized in theaters and cinemas, including several exuberant movie palaces and hotels in the San Francisco Bay Area, extending to Los Angeles and San Diego.

The firm was most active immediately before Weeks' death in 1928. Day continued the firm for 25 more years, closing the firm in 1953.

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Architectural work

the Loews State Theatre, downtown Los Angeles, 1921
Don Lee Cadillac Building, San Francisco, with architectural sculpture by Jo Mora, 1921
Huntington Apartments, 1922, converted to Huntington Hotel in 1924, Nob Hill, San Francisco
headquarters of the San Francisco Chronicle, 901 Mission Street, San Francisco, 1924
the Stanford Theatre, Palo Alto, California, 1925
Mark Hopkins Hotel, San Francisco, 1925
the Brocklebank Apartments, Nob Hill, San Francisco, 1926
Hotel Sainte Claire, San Jose, California, 1926
the California Theatre, San Jose, California, 1927
the Fox Oakland Theatre, Oakland, California, 1928
Fox Theater, now Copley Symphony Hall, San Diego, California, 1928
the Sir Francis Drake Hotel, San Francisco, 1928
the Cathedral Apartments, Nob Hill, San Francisco, 1930
I. Magnin Building, Oakland, California, 1931
One or more works in Capitol Extension District, Capitol Mall, Sacramento, California (Weeks & Day), NRHP-listed^[2]
Fox-Oakland Theater, 1807–1829 Telegraph Ave., Oakland, California (Weeks & Day), NRHP-listed^[2]
Hotel Sainte Claire, 302 and 320 S. Market St., San Jose, California (Weeks & Day), NRHP-listed^[2]
Don Lee Building, 1000 Van Ness Ave., San Francisco (Weeks and Day), NRHP-listed^[2]
Baker and Hamilton, 601 Townsend St., San Francisco (Weeks, Charles Peter), NRHP-listed^[2]
Administration Building, Treasure Island, built 1938, SE Corner of Avenue of the Palms and California Ave., Treasure Island, California (Day, William Peyton; Kelham, George William), NRHP-listed^[2]
Hall of Transportation, Treasure Island, SE Side of California Ave. between Aves. D & F, Treasure Island, California (Day, William Peyton, Kelham, George William), NRHP-listed^[2]
Palace of Fine and Decorative Arts, Treasure Island, SE Side of California Ave. between Avenue F and Avenue I, Treasure Island, California (Day, William Peyton; Kelham, George William), NRHP-listed^[2]

References

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.

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