Sacramento County
Biographies
ARTHUR H.
LAMB
ARTHUR H. LAMB.--A distinguished architect who has won a permanent place in the esteem of the Sacramento people, is Arthur H. Lamb, of the well-known aggressively progressive firm of Woollett & Lamb, of the Mull building, Tenth and L Streets, Sacramento. He was born in New York City on February 5, 1883, the son of Hugh and Elizabeth B. (Chamberlain) Lamb, well-suited New Yorkers, the family being long at home in Manhattan, and he grew up in a refined circle. Hugh Lamb has passed on to the great Beyond, but Mrs. Lamb continued the center of affection from many friends until November 15, 1922, when she passed away, at her home at Mont Clair, New Jersey.
Arthur H. Lamb attended both the grammar and the high schools of the metropolis, and since his father was an architect, it was natural enough that he should follow in that gentleman’s footsteps. After taking a special course in art, therefore, Arthur entered his father’s office, and in the year of the great fire and earthquake at San Francisco, he came out to the stricken city, where he remained for five years, when he went south to Los Angeles and put in another five years.
In 1917 Mr. Lamb came to Sacramento, and at once became a member of the firm of Woollett & Lamb, taking for his partner John W. Woollett. Together the two gifted men designed many of the finest structures hereabouts, the Physicians building being among the number. Mr. Lamb was married in 1918 to Miss Phyllis Kent of Piedmont. In national political affairs Mr. Lamb prefers the standards of the Republican party, but in local matters he is nonpartisan.
Transcribed by: Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
Source: Reed, G. Walter, History of Sacramento County, California With
Biographical Sketches, Page 891.
Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, CA. 1923.
© 2007 Jeanne Taylor.