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Sep 20, 1867 Clinton, Iowa, United States Died on 05 Sep 1947 (aged 79)
American architect
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About Joseph Blick
- Joseph James Blick (September 20, 1867 – September 5, 1947), sometimes credited as Joseph J.
- Blick, was an American architect who worked on commercial and residential projects and is best known for diverse residences in Southern California ranging from Mission to Modern styles.
- Born and raised in Clinton, Iowa, his father James Shannon Blick was a building contractor.
- The Blick family moved to Pasadena, California in 1887 soon after his sister Blanche married Frederick Russell Burnham, the celebrated scout and long time resident of California.
- Blick began working in Pasadena as a contractor with his father and in 1889 he apprenticed with T.
- William Parkes, a member of the Royal Institute of British Architects.
- In 1891, he married Daisy Russell, a first cousin of Frederick Russell Burnham.
- After completing his apprenticeship, Blick and Lester S.
- Moore founded their own architecture firm, Blick & Moore, in Los Angeles in 1895, where he continued to work until his retirement in 1937.
- Several of his commercial buildings and residences have been listed with the National Register of Historic Places.
