This list is by no means a comprehensive accounting of all the buildings and structures that Arthur L. Haley designed in the Los Angeles area. Many names and addresses of buildings have been lost due to re-development and changing ownership.
1. George A. Leighton Residence, South Park View Street & 7th Street, Los Angeles, CA
This two-story residence was built for George A. Leighton and featured numerous rooms with paneled wall and beamed ceilings. The grand home contained a sewing room, living room, butler's pantry, servant's room, pantry, kitchen, and bathroom on the first floor, as well as six bedrooms and two bathrooms upstairs. The building cost $40,000 to build in 1902.
2. Glenn D. Edmonds Residence, West Adams Boulevard & Kenwood Avenue, Los Angeles, CA
Built for Glenn D. Edmonds, this two-story, eighteen room home was described as "a very pretty specimen of architecture for which rural and Elizabethan lines have been followed." Completed in 1903, the home was covered in California redwood shingles and featured numerous windows.
3. Powers House, 1345 Alvarado Terrace, Los Angeles, CA
The Powers House, built in 1903, was commissioned by Pomeroy W. Powers and his wife Ida. The Mission Revival-style home is stucco on frame construction. It still stands in Alvarado Terrace and is Los Angeles City Historical-Cultural Monument #86.
4. The Blaine, 216 1/2 East 5th Street, Los Angeles, CA
This three-story mixed-use brick building was on the south side of Fifth Street between Los Angeles and Maple. It had five stores on the bottom floor and sixty rooms on the upper floors for a hotel. The whole project cost about $55,000 in 1904.
5. Harry Harrington, 838 E 5th St, Los Angeles, CA
Commissioned by Harry Harrington, this three-story brick construction business and hotel building was completed in 1904.
6. Touraine Apartments, 447 South Hope Street, Los Angeles, CA
This 1904 apartment building on Bunker Hill was three stories high and had Haley's patented sanitary concealed wall beds installed in each room. The stove could move to be used for both cooking and heating in the living areas. It was built at a cost of $28,000
7. William Ferguson Residence, 758 South Rampart Blvd, Los Angeles, CA
Built for William Ferguson, this two-story 1905 Elizabethan-style residence stood on the corner of Eighth and Rampart Streets. The living quarters featured bathrooms with tiled floors and walls. The home had furnace heat, gas and electric fixtures, a solar heater, as well as an automatic gas heater. There was a large veranda in the front of the house and a screened porch in the back. The cost of construction was $10,000.
8. Arthur L. Haley Residence, 2730 Raymond Ave, Los Angeles, CA
The home, originally built for a client in 1905, was so pleasing to Haley that he bought the home for himself. Haley called the two-story, eight-room home "one of the best in Los Angeles."
9. The Wilhelm, 639 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA
This five-story 1905 apartment building, commissioned by O.G. Wilhelm, featured Haley's patented wall beds and other furniture that folded into the walls to maximize floor space in each room.
10. Tivoli Operahouse, South Spring St, Los Angeles, CA (Not completed)
Though never completed, the grand Tivoli Opera House was expected to be a "large amusement temple" on Spring Street. It was to feature Haley's latest innovations in fire prevention for theaters, including solid brick construction, safety curtains, and an automatic sprinkler system. Its expected cost to build was $250,000 in 1905.
11. The Bisbee, 115 East 3rd Street, Los Angeles, CA
Commissioned by Thomas Higgins, this business/hotel building was also known as the Saint George's Hotel, the Manhattan, the Girard House, and Higgins Hotel. Completed in 1905, it was constructed of brick with steel columns and girders, making it semi-fireproof. The six-story building, which still stands, is now called the St. George Hotel Apartments.
12. Higgins Mausoleum, New Calvary Cemetery, 4201 Whittier Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA
Built for Thomas Higgins (1844-1920), the mausoleum is large enough to fit twelve crypts. The structure, which still stands, features polished granite, bronze doors, and granite columns.
13. Ponet Square, Pico and Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA
This building was commissioned by Victor Ponet, Belgian Consul, and completed in 1906 at a cost of $75,000. The four-story business and apartment building featured six stores and seventy-five rooms, each with private baths, built-in wall beds, gas and electricity, and hot and cold water.
14. Burlington Apartments, Burlington and 9th Streets, Los Angeles, CA
Commissioned by J.L. Murphy, this five-story apartment building on the northeast corner of Ninth Street and Burlington Avenue was completed in 1907 at a cost of $75,000. The bottom floor had a café and grille as well as other conveniences for the tenants. The upper floors consisted of thirty-six apartments with folding wall furniture. The roof had a garden and sun parlor.
15. Horton Apartments, 1021 West 11th Street, Los Angeles, CA
This three-story apartment house, designed for R. L. Horton and completed in 1908, was considered a model of modern apartment construction. It contained twenty-seven two-room apartments, each with built-in wall furniture and wall beds patented by Haley. Every apartment was ventilated to the outside rather than into the interior or hallway. The building also featured a roof garden and sun parlor.
16. Fortuna Apartments, East 5th Street, Los Angeles, CA
This four-story apartment-business building stood on East 5th street between San Pedro and Crocker St. It had four stores on the first floor and fifty apartments upstairs that made up the Fortuna Apartment House.
17. Haley Apartments, 322 South Flower Street, Los Angeles, CA
Arthur Haley owned and designed this 1909 three-story frame and plaster apartment house himself. It consisted of forty apartments, each equipped with Haley's patented concealed sanitary beds, electric weld heaters, and other modern conveniences.
18. Hils Apartments, 1022 South Hill Street, Los Angeles, CA
This three-story apartment building, commissioned by Joseph Hils, was completed in 1909. It had 30 apartments with wall beds, steam heat, as well as modern plumbing and vacuum sweeping equipment. The building featured a ballroom, reception room, sun parlor, and roof garden.
19. MacDonald Apartments, Valencia and West 7th Streets, Los Angeles, CA
Commissioned by J. Wiseman MacDonald, this four-story business and apartment building was completed in 1909. It featured seventy-seven rooms with "all the modern conveniences."
20. Owens Apartments, Valencia and Orange Streets, Los Angeles, CA
This four-story, frame-construction building featured built-in wall beds as well as a garage for tenants' automobiles. The apartment building, built for William H. Owens, was completed in 1910 at a cost of $150,000.
21. Higgins Building, 108 West 2nd Street, Los Angeles, CA
One of the first skyscrapers on the West Coast, the Higgins Building is Los Angeles City Historical-Cultural Monument #873. At ten stories, it was the tallest reinforced concrete building in downtown Los Angeles when it was completed in 1910. It cost $700,000 to build and still stands today.
22. Ivins Apartments, 948 South Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, CA
Commissioned by J.C.H. Ivins, the six-story brick apartment-hotel was built in 1910 on land that used to be a vineyard. It featured hot and cold water, steam heat, vacuum sweeping, and Haley's patented sanitary concealed wall beds.
23. Lanterman House, 4420 Encinas Drive, La Cañada Flintridge, CA
Commissioned in 1911 by Dr. Roy S. Lanterman, the Lanterman House, or El Retiro, is a two-story, reinforced concrete building. Completed in 1915, it was built to be fireproof and earthquake-resistant. The building still stands as a historical house museum and archives that shares the diverse history and development of the city of La Cañada Flintridge and the Crescenta-Cañada Valley.
