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Male, US, born 1896-03-27, died 1985-01-22
Associated with the firms network
Bain and Overturf, Architects; Bain and Pries, Architects; Bain, Overturf, Turner and Associates, Architects; Bain, William J., Sr., Architect, AIA; Bain-Overturf Company, Architects; Johanson, Bain, Brady and Grainger, Architects; Johnson, Kaufmann, and Coate, Architects; Loveless, Arthur L., Architect; Naramore, Bain, Brady, and Johanson, (NBBJ)
Résumé
Apprentice, W.R.B. Willcox, Architect, Seattle, WA, 1915.
Apprentice, Arthur L. Loveless Architect, Seattle, WA, 1915.
Bain served in the U.S. military during W.W. I.
Designer, W.R.B. Wilcox, Architect, Seattle, WA, 1916-1917, c.1921-1922.
Designer, Arthur Loveless, Architect, Seattle, WA, 1922-1923.
Designer, Johnson, Kaufmann and Coate, Architects, Los Angeles, CA, 1923-1924.
Partner, Pries and Bain, Seattle, WA, 1928-1932 (one source, Duane Dietz, Architects and Landscape Architects of Seattle, 1876-1959, [typescript, 1994], n.p.) indicated that this partnership lasted 1932-1933).
Principal, William J. Bain, Sr., Architect, Seattle, WA. It appears that Bain worked largely on his own from about 1924 to 1943 or 1945. Bain leased Room #5120 of the Arcade Building in 1925. (See Seattle, Washington, City Directory, 1925, p. 261.) He shifted to Room #1030 of the Liggett Building in 1929-1930. He occupied Room #704 of the Textile Tower in 1934-1936, but by 1938, he had shifted to Room #314 on a lower floor of the same building. (See Seattle, Washington, City Directory, 1934. p. 1587, Seattle, Washington, City Directory, 1935, p. 1653, Seattle, Washington, City Directory, 1936, p. 195, and Seattle, Washington, City Directory, 1938, p. 83.) His office shifted to Room #1002 in the Textile Tower in 1940. (See Seattle, Washington, City Directory, 1940, p. 91.)
Partner, Naramore, Bain, Brady, and Johanson (NBBJ), Seattle, WA, 1943-1985.
Partner, Bain, Overturf, Turner and Associates operated in Seattle, WA, c. 1947-1950. (See Duane Dietz, Architects and Landscape Architects of Seattle, 1876-1959, [typescript, 1994], n.p.);
Partner, Bain-Overturf Company, Architects, Seattle, WA, 1951-until at least 1959. Bain-Overturf Company had its office at 908 7th Avenue in 1951, moving to an office at 700 Marion Street in Seattle in 1959. (See Seattle, Washington, City Directory, 1951, p. 74 and Seattle, Washington, City Directory, 1959, p. 75.)
Teaching
Taught a Two-Day Camouflage Short Course, School of Architecture, University of Washington, Seattle, Extension Headquarters, 10/09/1942-10/10/1942; completed 15-week course, Camouflage School, Camouflage Division, Office of Civilian Defense, University of Washington, 10-12/1942;
Professional Service
William J. Bain, Sr., obtained the first professional architect's license in the State of Washington.
Bain joined the American Institute of Architects in 1930.
Chairman, State Camouflage Office, Washington State Defense Council, 1942-1943.
He served on the State of Washington Architectural Examining Board in 1953.
Seattle architect Victor Steinbrueck moderated a panel discussion of "concepts of design in architecture" held at a 09/08/1960 meeting of the American Institute of Architects. Panel participants included Alan Liddle, Anker Molver, William J. Bain and Stephen Richardson. (See "Architects Will Meet Thursday," Seattle Times, 09/04/1960, p. 22.)
When surveyed in 1970, William Bain, Sr., was a Registered Architect in the States of MT and WA.
Professional Awards
Fellow, American Institute of Architects (FAIA), 1947.
College
Bain studied with the Los Angeles Architecture Club, Atelier, in 1914-1915.
University of Pennsylvania (Penn), Philadelphia, PA, 1919-1921; while at Penn, Bain was part of the Architecture Society in the School of Architecture; he followed his training at Penn with two years travel in Europe, the typical "grand tour" expected of young architects of the period.
Relocation
William J. Bain, Sr., was born in New Westminster, BC, Canada. The 1901 Canadian Census recorded that the Bain household in New Westminster had two other members, William, Sr.'s, maternal grandfather and uncle. James J. Forrester (born 11/19/1836 in Scotland), a joiner, and William W. Forrester, (born c. 08/31/1860 in Scotland) a building contractor. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1901; Census Place: New Westminster (City/Cité), New Westminster, British Columbia; Page: 17; Family No: 166, accessed 06/11/2019.)
Bain's parents moved to the US by 1910, living in Seattle, WA's W3P10 census precinct.
Just after their marriage, William and Mildred Bain dwelled at 1621 17th Avenue Apartment #205. (See Seattle, Washington, City Directory, 1925, p. 261.) They resided at 742 10th Avenue North, Apartment #302 in 1929. (See Seattle, Washington, City Directory, 1929, p. 299.)
The Bain Family lived in the Lombardy Court Apartments at 421 Summit Avenue North in Seattle, WA, when their second son, William J. Bain, Jr., was born in 1930. The Bains remained in Capitol Hill at the Lombardy Court between 1930 and 1938. In the former year occupying apartment #206, in the latter, apartment #106. (See Seattle, Washington, City Directory, 1930, p. 160 and Seattle, Washington, City Directory, 1938, p. 83.) They relocated to another Capitol Hill address, 1157 Harvard Avenue North by 1940. (See Seattle, Washington, City Directory, 1940, p. 91.)
Between 1951 and 1959, at least, Bain and his wife, Mildred, lived at 1540 Parkside Drive in Seattle, WA. (See Seattle, Washington, City Directory, 1951, p. 74 and Seattle, Washington, City Directory, 1959, p. 75.)
His last residence was in the 98112 zip code of Seattle, WA.
Parents
David Bain (born c. 1862 in Scotland-d. 04/15/1944 in Seattle, WA), William J. Bain, Sr.'s father, worked as a building contractor in Seattle, WA. His mother, Annie Wilson Forrester Bain (1869-1934), worked in the home raising her eight children, six of whom were alive in 1910. William J. Bain, Sr.'s, siblings included: Helen R. Bain Macdonald Shekerjian (born 05/08/1892 in Canada-d. 12/29/1982 in San Francisco, CA), Arthur Allen Bain (born 12/17/1896 in Canada-d. 09/04/1942 in Seattle, WA)), Margaret Dorman Bain (born c. 1900 in Canada-d. 05/15/1930 in Seattle, WA), Grace Bain (born c. 1903 in Canada) and David Russell Bain (born c. 1907 in Seattle, WA-d. 10/22/1952 in Seattle, WA). (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1910; Census Place: Seattle Ward 3, King, Washington; Roll: T624_1659; Page: 14A; Enumeration District: 0092; FHL microfilm: 1375672, accessed 06/11/2019.)
The 1901 Canadian Census noted that David Bain came to Canada from Scotland in 1883. Others came to Canada from Scotland at vatious times. Annie Forrester Bain immigrated in 1888, James J. Forrester (her father) in 1886, and William W. Forrester (her brother) in 1883. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1901; Census Place: New Westminster (City/Cité), New Westminster, British Columbia; Page: 17; Family No: 166, accessed 06/11/2019.)
Spouse
He wed Mildred W. Clark (born 01/30/1904 in Chicago, IL-d. 11/20/1991 in Seattle, WA) on 05/19/1924 at the Trinity Parish Episcopal Church in Seattle, WA. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Washington State Archives; Olympia, Washington; Reference Number: kingcoarchmcvol3_217, accessed 06/11/2019.) She was the daughter of Clifford Vance Clark (1872-1933) and Fannie Estelle Dallam (1872-1952).
Children
Son, William Bain, Jr., (1930-2019), became a partner in Naramore, Bain, Brady and Johanson;
Biographical Notes
In 1955, Bain reported having taken excursions to Europe in 1917-1918 (in the military), 1921, and 1949;
He traveled to the West Indies in 1953.
SSN: 537-22-2553.
PCAD id: 2130
