Basic Biographical Details | Name: | James Osborne Craig | | Designation: | | | Born: | November 1888 | | Died: | 15 March 1922 | | Bio Notes: | James Osborne Craig was born in Barrhead, Renfrewshire in November, 1888. He was briefly a student at the Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College, 1904-1905, and emigrated to America at the age of sixteen in 1905, where he became a pupil of Thomas MacLaren. He returned to the United Kingdom and served his articles in London just before WWI. He later commenced independent architectural practice at Santa Barbara, California where he was in charge of the restoration of the de la Guerra Plaza.
He died on 15 March, 1922 at Ojai, California. He was survived by his wife Mary who gained a reputation as a designer following his death and who died in 1964 and a daughter Mary, born 1921, who later became Mary Osborne Craig Skewes-Cox. | Private and Business Addresses| The following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes |  | Santa Barbara, California, United States of America | Business | | | | | Barrhead, Renfrewshire, Scotland | Private | | | Place of birth | | London, England | Private | | | For training |
ReferencesBibliographic References| The following books contain references to this : | | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Skewes-Cox, Pamela and Sweeney, Robert | 2015 | Spanish Colonial Style, Santa Barbara and the Architecture of James Osborne Craig and Mary McLaughlin Craig | | | | | Withey, Henry F and Withey, Elsie Rathburn | 1970 | Biographical Dictionary of American Architects (Deceased) | Facsimile edition | Los Angeles: Hennessey & Ingalls, Inc (originally published in 1956) | |
Periodical References| The following periodicals contain references to this : | | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | The Architect and Engineer | April 1922 | | | Obituary |
Archive References| The following archives hold material relating to this : | | | Source | Archive Name | Source Catalogue No. | Notes | | Courtesy of Pamela Skewes-Cox, Boston, Osborne Craig's granddaughter | Information sent to David Walker | | Sent April 2011. (Book on James Osborne Craig to be published 2013). Information drawn from Library of Congress, University of California at Santa Barbara, Architecture and Design Center, and private collection of Pamela Skewes-Cox. |
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