Harold C. Whitehouse

Harold Clarence Whitehouse (January 31, 1884[1] - September, 1974) was an American architect based in Spokane, Washington.[2][3]

Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, Spokane, Washington

A native of Massachusetts, Whitehouse moved to Spokane in 1906. He worked for a time in the office of John K. Dow and then formed a partnership with George Keith. He then left Spokane to study architecture at Cornell University. He graduated from Cornell in 1913.[4] With fellow Cornell architecture graduate Ernest V. Price, he formed a partnership, the firm Whitehouse & Price, in 1913.[2] He was elected to the American Institute of Architects College of Fellows in 1959 and won the Allied Art Award in 1961.[4]

Works of Whitehouse or the firm (with attribution) include:

• Benewah Milk Bottle, S. 321 Cedar Spokane, WA (Whitehouse & Price), NRHP-listed[5]
• Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, Spokane, Washington[6]
• Chamber of Commerce Building, 9 S. Washington St., Spokane, WA.[7]
• Christ Episcopal Church, 210 Fifth St. SW. Puyallup, WA (Whitehouse, Harold C.), NRHP-listed[5]
• Cordova Theater, 135 N. Grand Ave. Pullman, WA (Whitehouse & Price), NRHP-listed[5]
• Culmstock Arms Apartments.[4]
• Dover Church, Washington between Third and Fourth Dover, ID (Whitehouse & Price), NRHP-listed[5]
• Eastern State Hospital.[4]
• Farragut Naval Training Station (650 buildings), Lake Pend Oreille, Bayview, Idaho.[7]
• John A. Finch Memorial Nurses Home, N. 852 Summit Blvd. Spokane, WA (Whitehouse & Price), NRHP-listed[5]
• Hutton Settlement (a complex of neo-Tudor cottages), 9907 Wellesley Spokane, WA (Whitehouse, Harold C.), NRHP-listed[5][8]
• Lincoln Building, corner of Lincoln and Riverside, Spokane, WA.[7]
• One or more works in Millwood Historic District, roughly bounded by Argonne and Sargent Rds., and by Euclid and Liberty Aves. Millwood, WA (Whitehouse, Harold), NRHP-listed[5]
• Rosebush House, 3318 N. Marguerite Rd. Millwood, WA (Whitehouse, Harold), NRHP-listed[5][9]
• Sandpoint High School, 102 S. Euclid Ave. Sandpoint, ID (Whitehouse & Price), NRHP-listed[5]
• St. Peter's Cathedral, Helena, Montana.[4]
• St. Thomas Church, Medina, Washington
• University of Washington Music Building.[4]
• Washington State University Chemistry Building.[4]
• West Valley High School, N. 2805 Argonne Rd. Millwood, WA (Whitehouse & Price), NRHP-listed[5][4]

In September 1974, Whitehouse died at age 90 in a Spokane convalescent center.[4] Whitehouse's papers, including original drawings, are housed at the Eastern Washington State Historical Society.[7][10]

See also

• Morris H. Whitehouse and Whitehouse & Fouilhoux, architects of Oregon

References

1. Woodbridge, “Building Through Time, The Life of Harold C. Whitehouse, 1884-1974.”
2. "Harold C. Whitehouse Ecclesiastical Architecture".
3. Sally Byrne Woodbridge (1981). Building Through Time: The Life of Harold C. Whitehouse, 1884-1974. American Lives Endowment.
4. "Architect Harold Whitehouse Dies". Spokane Daily Chronicle. September 26, 1974.
5. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
6. "Architect Will Realize his Dreams; St. John's Cathedral Is Near Completion". Spokane Daily Chronicle. February 3, 1954.
7. Ann Colford (December 28, 2002). "The Real Deal". The Pacific Northwest Inlander.
8. "Hutton: Settlement was designed by architect Harold Whitehouse". The Spokesman-Review. June 15, 2001.
9. "Millwood Historic District". Millwood Washington History Enthusiasts. Retrieved July 7, 2019.
10. "Harold C. Whitehouse papers, 1915-1962". University of Oregon Special Collections & University Archives: Archives West.

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