Mare Island Lighthouse was a lighthouse in California , United States , on the north shore of San Pablo Bay at the entrance to Carquinez Strait , California .
17-802: Mare Island Light was built in 1873, deactivated in 1917, and demolished in the 1930s. The lighthouse was designed by Paul J. Pelz , who also designed Mare Island's sister stations, Point Fermin Light in San Pedro CA, East Brother Island Light in Richmond, California, Point Hueneme Light in California (replaced in 1940), Hereford Inlet Light in North Wildwood, New Jersey, and Point Adams Light in Washington State (burned down by
34-688: A member of the American Institute of Architects . In 1867, he moved to Washington, D.C. , and was engaged as a civil engineer for the United States Lighthouse Board , where from 1872 to 1877 he served as chief draftsman. His work won a prize for the Lighthouse Board at the 1873 Universal Exhibition in Vienna . In 1873, Pelz and John L. Smithmeyer , another Washington, D.C.-based architect, together won
51-621: The Arlington Memorial Bridge which was eventually built in the 1930s. In 1898, at the request of socialite Mary Foote Henderson , he proposed designs for a new Executive Mansion to replace the White House on what is now Meridian Hill Park . Pelz was a prominent participant in the 1900 Convention of the American Institute of Architects and presented a plan there for the remodeling of the National Mall which
68-544: The Library of Congress project alone, Pelz provided alternative designs in styles that included Romanesque, 13th-Century Gothic, Victorian Gothic, Italian Renaissance, French Renaissance, German Renaissance, and French Classical. Hotel Washington (Washington, D.C.) The Hotel Washington is a historic hotel located at 515 15th Street NW (between Pennsylvania Avenue and F Street) in downtown Washington, D.C. The Hotel Washington opened on April 4, 1918. Designed by
85-476: The Lighthouse Service in 1912), all in essentially the same style. The United States Lighthouse Board later realized that a light positioned offshore near the junction of the strait and river would better serve navigation in the area. The Carquinez Strait Light opened in 1909 to replace this light in purpose, but in an offshore location, between the two channels. A Navy Direction Finding Station
102-639: The NRHP in 2006, and the Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Site . On 14 October 2005, George H. W. Bush, Barbara Bush and Eunice Kennedy Shriver attended a press conference at the hotel to unveil The Extra Mile - Points of Light Volunteer Pathway. It is a mile-long pathway of bronze medallions on 15th Street. Various staff members from the Corporation for National and Community Service and AmeriCorps NCCC attended
119-643: The architectural firm of Carrère and Hastings , the ten-story, Beaux-Arts hotel is the only commercial building designed by the firm in Washington, D.C. The facade features cream colored sgraffito decoration on a reddish-brown ground. The Hotel Washington was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1995; in addition, the building is a contributing property to the Financial Historic District , listed on
136-537: The competition for the architectural plans for the Library of Congress . Their winning design proposal was partly based on notes Pelz had taken on prominent public libraries when he traveled to Europe to collect the prize in Vienna. In the ensuing years Pelz also partnered with Smithmeyer on other projects. The difficulties experienced on the Library of Congress project, with many delays for congressional dithering, eventually strained their collaboration. In 1888 Pelz became
153-406: The event at the hotel. After the press conference concluded, Pres. Bush, Mrs. Bush and Mrs. Kennedy Shriver walked up 15th street to see the medallions. Following a 2006 buyout and extensive renovation, the property reopened in 2008 as the 317-room W Washington D.C. In 2021 the building was sold, ending its franchise with W Hotels and reverting to an independent Hotel Washington. The hotel
170-550: The lead architect for the Library of Congress as Smithmeyer was dismissed; Pelz in turn was dismissed in 1892 and succeeded by Edward Pearce Casey . Pelz had the main role in the design of the building and the execution of its exterior, while Smithmeyer was instrumental in securing the commission and Casey supervised most of the interior finishings. Pelz's offices were in the Corcoran Building on 15th and F Street NW, which hosted several prominent architecture firms, now
187-586: The rest of the family temporarily stayed in Breslau , where Paul studied at the colleges of St. Elizabeth and Holy Spirit. In 1858, Paul Pelz joined his father in New York City , and served there as apprentice to architect Detlef Lienau . In 1864, he was employed as chief draftsman by Jewish architect Henry Fernbach, who designed the Central Synagogue in New York City . In 1866, Pelz became
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#1732797868291204-595: The site of the Hotel W near the US Treasury Building . He designed churches, public buildings, private houses and commercial buildings, and also participated in key debates of the time on Washington's urban design . In 1887, while still in partnership with Smithmeyer, he proposed an exuberant neo-medieval design for a new memorial bridge across the Potomac in honor of Ulysses S. Grant , a predecessor plan to
221-663: Was a German-American architect, best known as the main architect of the Library of Congress in Washington D.C. Pelz was born November 18, 1841, in Seitendorf (now Poniatów), in Waldenburg , Silesia , now part of Poland . His father, Eduard Pelz, was elected as a representative of Silesia to the Frankfurt Parliament in 1848. Subsequent political repression led him to emigrate to the U.S. in 1851 while
238-544: Was a key source of the McMillan Plan the following year. Pelz's first wife, Louise Dorothea Kipp, died in 1894. In 1895, he remarried with Mary Eastbourne (Ritter) Meem (1849–1914). On 30 March 1918, he died in Washington, D.C. He is buried together with his second wife in Oak Hill Cemetery in Washington, D.C. Like other architects of his time, Pelz mastered a range of architectural styles and
255-522: Was later erected on the site in 1942, run by U.S. Navy radio operators stationed at Naval Radio Station, Mare Island. The station was closed in 1945 after World War II ended and a Navy Radio Beacon was installed. This article relating to a United States lighthouse is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a California building or structure is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Paul J. Pelz Paul Johannes Pelz (18 November 1841 – 30 March 1918)
272-479: Was seen in the films Contact and The Firm . Its roof terrace figured in the movies The Godfather Part II and No Way Out . Frank Murphy and John Nance Garner lived there. The entrance of the hotel was shown in the film Silkwood . The rooftop bar POV is also the location of Diana ( Gal Gadot ) and Barbara's ( Kristen Wiig ) lunch in the Wonder Woman sequel WW84 . This article about
289-644: Was willing to switch across them depending on program and client's taste. His designs included Romanesque Revival (Carnegie Library of Allegheny, McGill Building, Memorial Bridge project), Gothic Revival (Antietam Cemetery gatehouse, Hot Springs Hospital, Grace Reformed Church), a hodgepodge of Neo-Medieval styles at Georgetown University 's Healy Hall , French Renaissance (Miller House), Neo-Georgian (Elkins Mansion), American Federal (University of Virginia), Stick Style (several lighthouses, US Soldiers' Home Library), and Beaux-Arts (Library of Congress, Foraker Mansion, Meridian Hill Executive Mansion project). For
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