Richard H. Martin Jr.
(1858–1950) was a prominent architect in the Pacific Northwest. Martin was born in England, and emigrated to Portland, Oregon, with his parents in 1874. His father was a builder and stonemason.
Richard H. Martin Jr.
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- Died
- 1950 · Portland.
- Nationality
- United States · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Occupation
- architect
- Known for
- The Armory (Portland and Oregon) · Dekum Building
- Languages
- English
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(1858–1950) was a prominent architect in the Pacific Northwest. Martin was born in England, and emigrated to Portland, Oregon, with his parents in 1874. His father was a builder and stonemason.
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In 1891 he became an American citizen. Martin worked as a draughtsman in the office of Warren Heywood Williams until Williams's death in 1888 and then went into partnership with Alexander M. Milwain. • Illustration — Albert S. Sholes House (1909) He is credited with designing the Pacific Northwest Industrial Exposition Building in Portland, Oregon in 1888, although Chauncey B. Seaton is credited in various other sources as its designer. It was completed in 1890, not long after the Great Fire of Spokane. The large structure burned in 1910. Frederick Manson White joined as a draughtsman a couple years later and became a full partner in McCaw, Martin & White not long after.
Selected works include (with attribution if shared): • Pacific Northwest Industrial Exposition Building (1888) • The Dekum (1891), 519 SW 3rd St., Portland, OR (McCaw, Martin & White), NRHP-listed • First Regiment Armory Annex (1891), 123 NW Eleventh Ave., Portland, OR (McCaw & Martin), NRHP-listed • West Hall (1891), 5000 N. Willamette Blvd., Portland, OR (McCaw, Martin & White), NRHP-listed • Portland Scottish Rite Cathedral (1902), 1512 SW Morrison St., Portland, OR, Oregon Historic Sites Database • Albert S. Sholes House (1909) at 1599 S. Alpine Street, Cornelius, Oregon, NRHP-listed
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- 1.Richard H. Martin Jr. Pacific Coast Architecture Database.
- 2.Lulu.com. Seth Pope's Journal of the Oregon Scottish Rite. 252–. 978-1-365-98035-0.
- 3.McCaw, Martin, and White Architects. oregonencyclopedia.org.
- 4.University of Oregon Libraries and Oregon State University Libraries & Press. Pacific Northwest Industrial Exposition Building. oregondigital.org.
- 5.2010a.
- 6.Oregon Historic Sites Database.
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