Harold C. Whitehouse
Harold Clarence Whitehouse (January 31, 1884 - September 25, 1974) was an American architect based in 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.
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Harold C. Whitehouse

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- Name
- Harold C.
- Born
- January 31, 1884
- Died
- September 25, 1974 (aged 90)
- Occupation
- Architect
- Spouse
- Catherine Cox Weston (m. 1909; died 1964)
- Nationality
- United States
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Harold Clarence Whitehouse (January 31, 1884 - September 25, 1974) was an American architect based in 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.
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He then left Spokane to study architecture at Cornell University. He graduated from Cornell in 1913. He was elected to the American Institute of Architects College of Fellows in 1959 and won the Allied Art Award in 1961. Works of Whitehouse or the firm (with attribution) include: • Benewah Milk Bottle, S. 321 Cedar Spokane, WA (Whitehouse & Price), NRHP-listed • Bradsmore Building, Priest River, Idaho (Whitehouse & Price), Part of NRHP-listed historic district. • Cathedral of St. Puyallup, WA (Whitehouse, Harold C.), NRHP-listed • Cordova Theater, 135 N. Pullman, WA (Whitehouse & Price), NRHP-listed • Culmstock Arms Apartments. • Dover Church, Washington between Third and Fourth Dover, ID (Whitehouse & Price), NRHP-listed • Eastern State Hospital. • Farragut Naval Training Station (650 buildings), Lake Pend Oreille, Bayview, Idaho. • John A. Finch Memorial Nurses Home, N. 852 Summit Blvd. Spokane, WA (Whitehouse & Price), NRHP-listed • Hutton Settlement (a complex of neo-Tudor cottages), 9907 Wellesley Spokane, WA (Whitehouse, Harold C.), NRHP-listed • Lincoln Building, corner of Lincoln and Riverside, Spokane, WA. • Masonic Temple, Deer Lodge, Montana (Whitehouse & Price), part of NRHP-listed historic district. • 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 • Illustration — Christ Episcopal Church, Puyallup, Washington • Mineral County Courthouse, Superior, Montana (Whitehouse & Price) • Rosebush House, 3318 N. Millwood, WA (Whitehouse, Harold), NRHP-listed • Sandpoint High School, 102 S. Sandpoint, ID (Whitehouse & Price), NRHP-listed • St. Peter's Cathedral, Helena, Montana. • St. Thomas Church, Medina, Washington • University of Washington Music Building. • Washington State University Chemistry Building. • West Valley High School, N. 2805 Argonne Rd. Millwood, WA (Whitehouse & Price), NRHP-listed On September 25, 1974, Whitehouse died at age 90 in a Spokane convalescent center. Whitehouse's papers, including original drawings, are housed at the Eastern Washington State Historical Society and the University of Oregon Libraries Special Collections and University Archives.
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• Name — Harold C. Whitehouse • Born — January 31, 1884 • Died — September 25, 1974 (aged 90) • Occupation — Architect • Spouse — Catherine Cox Weston (m. 1909; died 1964) • Illustration — Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, Spokane, Washington
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1884
Harold C. Whitehouse born.
1923
Rosebush House is dated 1923.
1932
St. Peter's Cathedral is dated 1932.
1974
Harold C. Whitehouse died.
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- 1.Woodbridge, “Building Through Time, The Life of Harold C. Whitehouse, 1884-1974.”
- 2.Harold C. Whitehouse Ecclesiastical Architecture.
- 3.Sally Byrne Woodbridge. Building Through Time: The Life of Harold C. Whitehouse, 1884-1974. American Lives Endowment. 1981. 9780940486003.
- 4.2010a.
- 5.Buildings - Business. Pacific Builder and Engineer. 28. 14. 5. April 7, 1922.
- 6.Architect Will Realize his Dreams; St. John's Cathedral Is Near Completion. Spokane Daily Chronicle. February 3, 1954.
- 7.Ann Colford. The Real Deal. The Pacific Northwest Inlander. December 28, 2002.
- 8.Hutton: Settlement was designed by architect Harold Whitehouse. The Spokesman-Review. June 15, 2001.
- 9.Ace men of the Pacific Northwest. Pacific Builder and Engineer. 32. 6. 23. February 6, 1926.
- 10.Too Late to Classify - Buildings - Public. Pacific Builder and Engineer. 26. 1. 4. January 2, 1920.
- 11.Millwood Washington History Enthusiasts. Millwood Historic District.
- 12.Architect Harold Whitehouse Dies. Spokane Daily Chronicle. September 26, 1974.
- 13.Archives West. Harold C. Whitehouse papers, 1915-1962.
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Rosebush House
1923
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