Résumé

Draftmsn, John K. Dow, Architect, Spokane, WA, c. 1917.

Designer, Bebb and Gould, Architects, Seattle, WA, c. 1923.

Proprietor, Leander Dow Manufacturing Company, Seattle, WA, 1942. In 1942, it was located at 2208 4th Avenue in Seattle. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation The National Archives At St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Record Group Title: Records of the Selective Service System; Record Group Number: 147; Box or Roll Number: 50, accessed 12/05/2022.)

Relocation

Leander Allen Dow was born in Minneapolis, MN, but moved to Spokane, WA, in 1889 with his parents. His father, John K, Dow, moved to Spokane after its Great Fire of 08/04/1889.

According to Dow's World War I Draft Registration Card, he lived in Great Falls, MT, on 06/05/1917. The R.L. Polk and Company's Seattle City Directory, 1917, indicated, however, that he worked in his father's Seattle architectural office.

At age 55, Leander Dow worked at 845 Bellevue Place in Seattle, WA. In 04/1942, he operated the Leander Dow Manufacturing Company at 2208 4th Avenue in Seattle. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation The National Archives At St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Record Group Title: Records of the Selective Service System; Record Group Number: 147; Box or Roll Number: 50, accessed 12/05/2022.)

By the late 1950s, Leander and his wife resided at the family house at 5531 29th Avenue in Seattle's Ravenna neighborhood. (See “John Dow, 98, Help Makes Birthday Cake Disappear,” Seattle Times, 09/22/1959, p. 14.)

Dow died in Seattle, WA, and was buried in the family plot at Hillcrest Burial Park, Kent, WA.

Parents

His father was the Spokane architect John K. Dow (1861-1961), his mother

Spouse

At age 49, He married Eleanor Cavanaugh (1896-1972) on 09/13/1935 in Seattle at Saint James Catholic Rectory.

Biographical Notes

His World War II draft registration card listed Dow as Caucasian with a ruddy complexion, brown eyes and gray hair. He stood 5-feet, 11-inches tall and weighed 145 pounds. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation The National Archives At St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Record Group Title: Records of the Selective Service System; Record Group Number: 147; Box or Roll Number: 50, accessed 12/05/2022.)

SSN: 537-12-5925.

• Minneapolis, MN (Architect's Birth)
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