Harold Ginnold

• Name — Harold Horatio Ginnold • Born — 29 April 1886 • Birthplace — Evergreen, Colorado • Died — 14 June 1959 • Children — Richard Ginnold

Harold Ginnold was born in Jefferson County, Colorado, and moved with his family to California shortly thereafter. He arrived in Seattle in 1902, and in 1907, he married Hypatia Dermul of Port Angeles. On arriving in Seattle, Harold Ginnold found employment with architects James Schack, Harlan Thomas, and as a partner at C. Lewis Wilson & Company. During this period, he worked on many large projects, including on county courthouses and Carnegie libraries, several of which became listed historic properties. He entered private practice in 1914, which he maintained until 1933. While in private practice, he designed several buildings in and around Port Angeles, Washington including the Lincoln School, it's 1922 expansion, and schools in Forks, Beaver, Blyn and Joyce. He left private practice in 1933, and became the in-house architect for the Construction Quartermasters office at Fort Lewis, now Joint Base Lewis-McChord. He also worked with the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s. In 1946, he moved to San Francisco, California to serve as the Veterans Administration's chief of construction services for their San Francisco office. Harold Ginnold died in San Mateo County, California in 1956.

Query for Items where "architect" statement has value of "Harold Ginnold" at Wikidata. Select buildings designed by Harold H. Ginnold • Year — Building — Location — Notes — Image • 1911 — Pacific County Courthouse — South Bend — Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. As partner at C. Lewis Wilson and Company — • 1911 — Pasco Carnegie Library — Pasco — Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. As partner at C. Lewis Wilson and Company — • 1913 — Franklin County Courthouse — Pasco — Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. As partner at C. Lewis Wilson and Company — • 1913 — Port Townsend Carnegie Library — Port Townsend — Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. As partner at C. Lewis Wilson and Company — • 1914 — Kuppler Building — Port Angeles — Possibly the first building Ginnold designed while in private practice. — • 1916 — Beaver School — Clallam County — Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. — • 1916 — Lincoln School — Port Angeles — Ginnold was the architect for both the 1916 construction and 1922 expansion of the school. — • 1919 — Port Angeles Carnegie Library — Port Angeles — Listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a contributing property. —

• Many of Harold Ginnold's projects were documented in Pacific Builder and Engineer; the Seattle Public Library maintains scans of some editions here. • The University of Washington library system maintains architectural drawings of several of Harold Ginnold's projects, some are available here.