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White designed more than 1,100 buildings in the State of Washington,<ref name=Spokane/> including 63 schools.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://www.dahp.wa.gov/learn-and-research/architect-biographies/c-ferris-white |title=C. Ferris White |author=Michael Houser |publisher=Washington State Department of Archaeology |date=March, 2012|accessdate=July 19, 2012}}</ref> His largest commission was obtained in 1905 when he was hired by the [[Potlatch Corporation]], a lumber company, to design a company town that became [[Potlatch, Idaho]]. White sought to design a model town |
White designed more than 1,100 buildings in the State of Washington,<ref name=Spokane/> including 63 schools.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://www.dahp.wa.gov/learn-and-research/architect-biographies/c-ferris-white |title=C. Ferris White |author=Michael Houser |publisher=Washington State Department of Archaeology |date=March, 2012|accessdate=July 19, 2012}}</ref> His largest commission was obtained in 1905 when he was hired by the [[Potlatch Corporation]], a lumber company, to design a company town that became [[Potlatch, Idaho]]. White sought to design a model town; in ten months of work, he produced designs for more than three hundred buildings, which cost approximately $500,000; virtually everything in the town, except for the mill itself, was his work.<ref name=Spokane/> His works in Potlatch included many that have been listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]],<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref> including workers' houses as inexpensive as $500 and executives' houses as expensive as $8,000.<ref name=Spokane/> His works in Potlatch also included a hotel, a theater, churches, depots, schools, a theater/opera house, and company store.<ref name=Spokane/><ref name=bio/><ref>{{cite web|title=Company Town - Potlatch Idaho - Idaho Historical Markers |publisher=Waymarking.com| url=http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMAAJR_Company_Town_Potlatch_Idaho|accessdate=July 20, 2012}}</ref> |
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===Selected works=== |
===Selected works=== |
Revision as of 04:35, 24 July 2012
Clarence Ferris White (August 22, 1867 - August 28, 1932) was a prolific architect in the Pacific Northwest. He designed more than 1,100 buildings, including 63 schools, in the State of Washington. His largest project was the design of the company town of Potlatch, Idaho in 1905. Several of his works are listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places.
Biography
White was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1867 and was educated in the Chicago public school system. He began his architectural career working as a draftsman in the offices of W. W. Meyers, Sprague & Newell, and W. W. Clay.[1] He moved to Spokane, Washington, in 1890 and began working in the office of Herman Preusse. Shortly thereafter, he started working for C. B. Seaton with whom he later formed the partnership, Seaton & White. He operated the partnership's office in what later became Bellingham, Washington until April 1892, when the partnership with Seaton ended. From 1892 to 1896, White conducted an architectural practice at Everett, Washington. While in Everett, White designed numerous public school buildings and business blocks.[1] In November 1896, he returned to Spokane, working in partnerships with Seaton, then W. A. Alexander, and later A. E. Permaine, Oscar Huber and John W. Strack.[1] By the turn of the century, White was in solo practice, remaining as such until 1904.[1]
White was married in April 1898 to Florence Adelaide Sargent (born April 1869).[1] He moved for a time to California's Inland Empire due to his wife's ill health, leaving his Spokane practice under the supervision of Alfred Jones.[1][2] His wife died in 1903.[3] White returned to his practice in Spokane in 1905.[1] Prior to his second marriage in 1920, the widower was still living in Spokane.[4] White married Sara T. Lawrence on October 19, 1920, in Coeur D'Alene, Kootenai, Idaho.[5] He and his wife relocated to Everett, Washington in 1923, where he remained until his death.[2][6] White was a member of the Elks, the Spokane Athletic Club, the Inland Club, and the Coeur d'Alene Boat Club. He was also active in politics as an organizer of the "silver wing" of the Republican Party of Snohomish County, Washington.[1] He died in August 1932 at Everett, Washington.[7]
Works
White designed more than 1,100 buildings in the State of Washington,[1] including 63 schools.[2] His largest commission was obtained in 1905 when he was hired by the Potlatch Corporation, a lumber company, to design a company town that became Potlatch, Idaho. White sought to design a model town; in ten months of work, he produced designs for more than three hundred buildings, which cost approximately $500,000; virtually everything in the town, except for the mill itself, was his work.[1] His works in Potlatch included many that have been listed on the National Register of Historic Places,[8] including workers' houses as inexpensive as $500 and executives' houses as expensive as $8,000.[1] His works in Potlatch also included a hotel, a theater, churches, depots, schools, a theater/opera house, and company store.[1][2][9]
Selected works
White's works include (with attribution):
Works in Spokane
- Transient Hotel (also known as Minnesota Building), 423 W. 1st Avenue, Spokane, Washington[10]
- Waldo Paine House, Spokane, Washington[11]
- The Spokesman-Review Building in Spokane, Washington (with C. B. Seaton)[1]
- Old Exposition Building, Spokane, Washington (with C. B. Seaton)[1]
- Frank H. Graves Residence, Spokane, Washington[1][2]
- T. W. Spencer Residence, Spokane, Washington[1]
- George W. Wooster Residence, Spokane, Washington[1]
- A. T. Kendrick House, Cliff Park, Spokane, Washington[2][12]
Works in Potlatch
- Three-Room House, 940 Cedar Street, Potlatch, Idaho (White, C. Ferris), NRHP-listed[8]
- Boarding House, 850 Pine Street, Potlatch, Idaho (White, C. Ferris), NRHP-listed[8]
- One or more works in Commercial Historic District, roughly Pine Street between Seventh and Fifth Streets, Potlatch, Idaho (White, C. Ferris), NRHP-listed[8]
- One or more works in Nob Hill Historic District, roughly bounded by Fourth, Spruce, Third, and Cedar Streets, Potlatch, Idaho (White, C. Ferris), NRHP-listed[8]
- One or more works in Workers' Neighborhood Historic District, roughly Spruce Street between Eighth and Fifth Streets, Potlatch, Idaho (White, C. Ferris), NRHP-listed[8]
Other works'
- Labor Temple, from 1930, 2812 Lombard Avenue, in the Hewitt Avenue Historic District, Everett, Washington[13]
- State Normal Building, Cheney, Washington (with C. B. Seaton)[1]
- Sorrento Apartments (1911)[2]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Nelson Wayne Durham (1912). History of the City of Spokane and Spokane County, Washington, Volume 2. S.J. Clarke Publishing Company. pp. 391–394.
- ^ a b c d e f g Michael Houser (March, 2012). "C. Ferris White". Washington State Department of Archaeology. Retrieved July 19, 2012.
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(help) - ^ "City in Brief". The Evening Chronicle, Spokane, Washington. December 10, 1903.
- ^ White, Clarence F. "1920 United States Federal Census". ancestry.com. Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920 (as reprinted on Ancestry.com).
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(help) - ^ White, Clarence F. "Idaho Marriages, 1842-1996". ancestry.com. Marriage book at the County Courthouse located in Kootenai Co., ID in Volume 15 on Page 263 (as reprinted on Ancestry.com).
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(help) - ^ "Clarence Ferris White". findagrave.com. Find A Grave. Retrieved 21 July 2012.
- ^ a b c d e f "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Company Town - Potlatch Idaho - Idaho Historical Markers". Waymarking.com. Retrieved July 20, 2012.
- ^ "Transient Hotel". City-County of Spokane Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved July 20, 2012.
- ^ "Architectural Art Sentiment of the People of Spokane". The Western Architect. September 1908. p. 26.
- ^ "Plans Fine Home On Wall Street: A. T. Kendrick to Build an $8000 Residence in Cliff Park -- White Draws Plans". Spokane Daily Chronicle. June 30, 1911.
- ^ Sonja Sokol Fürész (August 25, 2010). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Hewitt Avenue Historic District". City of Everett website.