Fisher, Lake & Traver

Three of their buildings (Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, The Willmore, and Westward Ho) have been entered into the National Register of Historic Places.

He started college at the University of California, Berkeley in 1913 and completed his undergraduate degree in architecture at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1916.

[1][2] After graduating and World War One military service, Lake moved to New York, where he worked with Cass Gilbert from 1918 to 1923.

In 1911, he partnered with William Demmond Coates Jr., and in 1912, they gained statewide attention when their proposal for a San Francisco City Hall design competition took second prize.

[6] Fisher, Lake & Traver are known for their works the southwest United States, particularly in Fresno and in and around Los Angeles, California.