American Architect. Derrah was a graduate of both the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University with degrees in architecture. In 1924, he relocated to Southern California and established Derrah and Associates in Beverly Hills. He designed several iconic buildings in the Los Angeles area, among them the Crossroads of the World on Sunset Blvd. in Hollywood, the streamline moderne, ship-inspired Coca-Cola Company Plant on Central Avenue, ACME Brewery Co. (since demolished), the Southern California Gas Company Building #1 in Downtown Los Angeles, the first sound stages at RKO Studios, Walt Disney's earliest Animation Building and offices on Hyperion Ave., the Brown Derby restaurant on Wilshire Blvd. as well as several post offices and churches. Several of his buildings are listed in the National Register of Historic Places and some have been declared a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument. Derrah also patented the Juice Squeezer and the automatic torque transmission.
American Architect. Derrah was a graduate of both the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University with degrees in architecture. In 1924, he relocated to Southern California and established Derrah and Associates in Beverly Hills. He designed several iconic buildings in the Los Angeles area, among them the Crossroads of the World on Sunset Blvd. in Hollywood, the streamline moderne, ship-inspired Coca-Cola Company Plant on Central Avenue, ACME Brewery Co. (since demolished), the Southern California Gas Company Building #1 in Downtown Los Angeles, the first sound stages at RKO Studios, Walt Disney's earliest Animation Building and offices on Hyperion Ave., the Brown Derby restaurant on Wilshire Blvd. as well as several post offices and churches. Several of his buildings are listed in the National Register of Historic Places and some have been declared a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument. Derrah also patented the Juice Squeezer and the automatic torque transmission.
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