Well known Southern California architect, in 1916 Priest designed the once very popular "Lookout Mountain Inn," high atop a Laurel Canyon mountain top – the Inn burned to the ground in 1923. Priest designed the Glendale Theater which opened in 1920 at cost of $60,000 and in 1924 an additional $20,000 was spent for a larger stage and dressing rooms for stage productions and he designed the Raymond Theatre in Santa Monica. Priest also designed the Security Trust and Savings Bank in San Pedro in 1928 as well as a number of buildings on Glendale's Brand Avenue and a number of movie theaters around Southern California. (There is more about his work in "The Oxnard Pagoda A community Gathering Place" by Jeffrey Wayne Maulhardt.) Priest and his wife Clara (b. 1882 Massachusetts; d. 1931) resided at 201 Kenneth Road in Glendale. According to his daughter, Alfred died from an infected wound he received while inspecting a building job site.
Well known Southern California architect, in 1916 Priest designed the once very popular "Lookout Mountain Inn," high atop a Laurel Canyon mountain top – the Inn burned to the ground in 1923. Priest designed the Glendale Theater which opened in 1920 at cost of $60,000 and in 1924 an additional $20,000 was spent for a larger stage and dressing rooms for stage productions and he designed the Raymond Theatre in Santa Monica. Priest also designed the Security Trust and Savings Bank in San Pedro in 1928 as well as a number of buildings on Glendale's Brand Avenue and a number of movie theaters around Southern California. (There is more about his work in "The Oxnard Pagoda A community Gathering Place" by Jeffrey Wayne Maulhardt.) Priest and his wife Clara (b. 1882 Massachusetts; d. 1931) resided at 201 Kenneth Road in Glendale. According to his daughter, Alfred died from an infected wound he received while inspecting a building job site.
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