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 JOHN HUDSON THOMASANDTHE PROGRESSIVE SPIRIT IN ARCHITECTURE1910 to 1920By Thomas Gordon SmithCopyright 1975Master’s Thesis, U.C. Berkeley, 1975For more information about John Hudson Thomas, please visit:
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Flickr.com Photo Gallery: “ johnhudsonthomas”
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Blog: John Hudson Thomas Journal
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Web Site: John Hudson Thomas Gallery
 
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TABLE OF CONTENTSINTRODUCTION3CHAPTER 15CHAPTER 212CHAPTER 327CHAPTER 435CHAPTER 541APPENDIX: 45CATALOGUE OF SELECTED JOHN HUDSON THOMAS RESIDENCES,1907-1918BIBLIOGRAPHY50
 
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INTRODUCTION
John Hudson Thomas developed his idiosyncratic approach to architecture during one of the most expansive periods of residential development in Oakland and Berkeley,California. From 1910 to 1920, Thomas' practice consisted of residential commissions for middle and upper middle class clients in new East Bay subdivisions. The forms which has buildings took were influenced by the enterprising values of his clients and by the hillytopography on which his buildings stood. Thomas' basic design must also have been anexpression of an assertive and self-confident personalityHudson Thomas was intimately involved in defining the image of the new residentialdevelopments. He was not an entrepreneur. Rather, he interpreted the dream which theentrepreneurs had conceived for their developments. The first houses which he built inthe tracts were the image setters. These houses were frequently chosen by developers toillustrate promotional brochures for their subdivisions. However few of them were builtspeculatively by developers. These buildings frequently appear in early photographs isthe only houses standing in a development. Surrounded by open hillsides, they exerted aneven more imposing effect than they do today. They were dominant objects in thelandscape. They influenced the taste of potential clients of contemporary architects.Thomas produced a strong body of domestic works despite budgetary constraints whichfrequently surrounded his projects. For example, Thomas was forced to manipulate thematerial to which he was restricted, wood and stucco, to achieve effects which simulatedmore substantial construction.
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