Albert Farr's commissions ranged from cottages in Belvedere to Tudor mansions in Piedmont. His influences included Arts and Crafts, First Bay Tradition, and the popular period revival styles: Medieval, Renaissance, Mediterranean, French, Spanish Colonial, American Colonial.

Farr was born in Omaha, Nebraska, but he grew up in Yokohama, Japan. His family moved to Oakland when he was nineteen. In Oakland, he apprenticed to a British architect.

During the 1890s, Farr was employed by Clinton Day and the Reid Brothers. By the late 1890s, he had his own wealthy clients.

He took on a partner in 1922 and named their firm Farr & Ward.

Four of Farr's buildings are listed on the National Register of Historic Places:

• Aetna Springs Resort in Napa County,
• Benbow Inn in Humboldt County,
• Wolf House on the Jack London Ranch in Sonoma County,
• Phillipshurst-Riverwood in Santa Cruz County.

Wolf House is also California Historical Landmark 743.

You can spend nights in Farr buildings at the Benbow Inn and L'Auberge Carmel.

View Farr's buildings in chronological order here, or use a link in the following table to visit a specific property.