Years of practice
1894–1938 (estimated)Major projects
- Wednesday Club Clubhouse, San Diego (1910-1911)
- Restoring the Estudillo House (1909)
Awards, honors and press
- Sally Thornton, Daring to Dream: The Life of Hazel Wood Waterman
Related websites
Keywords
California, San Diego, institutional, residentialBiography
Career in Architecture
**Excerpts from San Diego Historical Society Website:
“A former Berkeley art student, Waterman had successfully built a reputation as a talented designer through a former association with San Diego architect Irving Gill.22 She encouraged young women, like Lilian [Rice], to develop and pursue professional skills. “
“Hazel Wood Waterman was an unlikely candidate to restore the historic Estudillo home as she was not a licensed architect. A designer for the noted architect Irving Gill, it was her second major assignment. Furthermore, she was a woman, a widow with three children to support. However, by the standards of the day, she had impeccable qualifications. She had worked under the guidance of one of San Diego’s master architects, and had an “instinctual” grasp of design, according to Gill. She had taken design and mechanical drawing classes at a local correspondence school. She also was an accomplished painter and a published author on adobe structures. More importantly, she had a vision about southern California’s early Hispanic heritage, albeit one that was considerably romanticized.”
Major Buildings and Projects
Wednesday Club Clubhouse, San Diego (1910-1911)
Restoring the Estudillo House (1909)
Press and Awards
Sally Thornton, Daring to Dream: The Life of Hazel Wood Waterman