PCAD - Albertson, Wilson and Richardson, Architects

Advertisement for the Northern Life Insurance Company and its Headquarters, Seattle, WA, 1931. From Northern Life advertisement, R.L. Polk and Company's Seattle City Directory, 1931, p. 1964.

Exterior view of 1911 East Aloha Street Store Building, Seattle, 2015. St Joseph Church is on the right; from Google Street View, all rights reserved

Exterior view of UW Condon Hall #1 (later Gowen Hall), Seattle, 1932; from the University of Washington Libraries, Asahel Curtis Collection

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Abraham Horace Albertson, Paul David Richardson, Joseph Wade Wilson

Active 1924-1939

Headquartered in Seattle, WA; the firm was best known for the Northern Life Tower in Downtown Seattle, WA. Albertson was senior partner of the firm, being six years older than Wilson and 16 years older than Richardson. According to historian, Thomas Veith, the firm had formed in the period c. 1917-1920, but Wilson and Richardson were not referred to as "associates" until 1924.

PCAD id: 1871

Buildings and other works

Name	Date	City	State
City of Everett, City Hall, Everett, WA	1928-1930	Everett	WA
Northern Life Insurance Company, Office Building #2, Downtown, Seattle, WA	1928-1929	Seattle	WA
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Seattle, Saint Joseph Church #2, Capitol Hill, Seattle, WA	1929-1930	Seattle	WA
Smith, Deette McAuslan, House, Queen Anne, Seattle, WA	1926	Seattle	WA
University of Washington, Seattle (UW), Condon, John T., Hall #1, Seattle, WA	1931-1933	Seattle	WA
University of Washington, Seattle (UW), New Infirmary Building	1934-1935	Seattle	WA
Women's University Club, Downtown, Seattle, WA	1921-1922	Seattle	WA
Yakima Presbyterian Church, Yakima, WA		Yakima	WA
Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA), Building #4, Downtown, Seattle, WA	1929-1931	Seattle	WA

Publications

"Color Gradation of Brickwork in Northern Life Tower Inspired by Nature", American Architect, CXXXVII: 2580, 34-35, 94, 96, 1930-02. "The Northern Life Tower, Seattle : its theory and design: A.H. Albertson, archt", Architect (New York), 13: 29-32, 39-49, 1929-10. Johnston, Norman J., "Gowen and Smith Halls", Campus Guide University of Washington, 29-30, 2001. Woodbridge, Sally, Montgomery, Roger, "YMCA", Guide to Architecture in Washington State, 124, 1980. Woodbridge, Sally, Montgomery, Roger, Guide to Architecture in Washington State, 122, 1980. Woodbridge, Sally, Montgomery, Roger, "St. Joseph's Catholic Church, 1932", Guide to Architecture in Washington State: An Environmental Perspective, 164-165, 1980. Kreisman, Lawrence, Historic Preservation in Seattle, 34, 1985. Upchurch, Michael, "History set in stone", Seattle Times, C1-C2, 07/22/2008. Veith, Thomas, "Albertson, Wilson, and Richardson", Shaping Seattle Architecture, 165, 1994. Arena Building, Downtown, Seattle, WA, "Albertson, Wilson & Richardson", Shaping Seattle Architecture, 163, 1994. Veith, Thomas, "Albertson, Wilson & Richardson", Shaping Seattle Architecture, 163, 1994. Veith, Thomas, "Albertson, Wilson, and Richardson", Shaping Seattle Architecture, 165, 1994. Veith, Thomas, "Albertson, Wilson, and Richardson", Shaping Seattle Architecture, 167, 1994. Andersen, Dennis A., "Édouard Frère Champney", Shaping Seattle Architecture, 135, 164, 1994. Veith, Thomas, "Albertson, Wilson, and Richardson", Shaping Seattle Architecture, 164, 1994. Veith, Thomas, "Albertson, Wilson, and Richardson", Shaping Seattle Architecture, 166-167, 1994. Viladas, Pilar, "Albertson, Wilson, and Richardson", Shaping Seattle Architecture, 164, 1994. "The Northern Life Tower of Seattle, Washington", Through the ages, 8: 3-10, 1930-06. "Stained Glass: An Ancient Art", Town Crier, XXIII: 50, 52, 55, 12/15/1928. "The New Souvenir Tower Policy", Town Crier, XXIII: 50, 86, 12/15/1928.