During his professional career, he and Abram M. Edelman were considered the city's preeminent synagogue architects,[1] and he was also associated with the firm of Norton & Wallis.

Norton died on February 16, 1959, at the age of 82 after a long illness, at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital, predecessor to today's Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.

Following his graduation from high school, Norton immediately began his professional training working as a draftsman for Edward Neissen, a Los Angeles architect.

He was a founder and charter member of the Hillcrest Country Club and served as a director of the Prudential Building and Loan Association.

Norton was professionally active as well, having served as president of the Southern California Chapter of the American Institute of Architects which he had joined around 1912.