Fisher, Elmer, H., Architect (Practice)

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George Elsey, Elmer Horace Fisher, John Parkinson, Emil August de Neuf Sr.

Active 1887-1894; 1895-1904

Firm Notes

Fisher operated a prolific architectural office in Seattle in from 1887 - c. 1894. He moved his operations to Los Angeles, CA, after he suffered an economic setback in the Depression of 1893.

PCAD id: 1115

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Buildings and other works

NameDateCityState
1st Methodist Protestant Church #2, Downtown, Seattle, WA1889
3rd Avenue and Cherry Street Houses Project, Pioneer Square, Seattle, WA1889
Abbott Hotel, Downtown, Seattle, WA SeattleWA
Barnes Building, Seattle, WA1889SeattleWA
Bell, Austin A., Building, Belltown, Seattle, WA1889-1890SeattleWA
Burke Building, Downtown, Seattle, WA 1889-1891SeattleWA
Byrnes, George, Building, Gastown, Vancouver, BC, Canada1886-1887VancouverBC
Colman Building Project, Pioneer Square, Seattle, WA1887-1888SeattleWA
Denny, William, Building, Victoria, BC, Canada 1886VictoriaBC
Gilmore and Kirkman Building, Downtown, Seattle, WA1889-1890SeattleWA
Haller, George Morris, Building, Pioneer Square, Seattle, WA 1889-1890SeattleWA
Hull Building, Belltown, Seattle, WA1890SeattleWA
Korn, Moses, Building #2, Pioneer Square, Seattle, WA1889-1890SeattleWA
Lebanon Building, Seattle, WA SeattleWA
Lewis, Howard, House, Seattle, WA1889SeattleWA
Lowe, Edmund and Lucy, House, Woodland, CA1890WoodlandCA
McLean House, Los Angeles, CA1895
National Bank of Commerce (N B of C) of Seattle, Headquarters Building #1, Pioneer Square, Seattle, WA1890-1891SeattleWA
New England Hotel #2, Pioneer Square, Seattle, WA1889-1889SeattleWA
Pioneer Building, Pioneer Square, Seattle, WA1889-1891SeattleWA
Ranke, Otto, House, First Hill, Seattle, WA 1890-1891SeattleWA
Reid House, Victoria, BC, Canada 1886VictoriaBC
Rengstorff Building, Pioneer Square, Seattle, WA 1889-1890SeattleWA
Roth, Lottie, Building, Whatcom, WA1890-1891WhatcomWA
Schwabacher Brothers and Company, Building #5, Pioneer Square, Seattle, WA 1889-1890SeattleWA
Seattle 1st National Bank, Incorporated, Headquarters Building #2, Pioneer Square, Seattle, WA1890-1897SeattleWA
Spencer's Arcade, Victoria, BC, Canada 1886VictoriaBC
Starr-Boyd Building, Pioneer Square, Seattle, WA 1889-1890SeattleWA
State Building, Pioneer Square, Seattle, WA1890-1891SeattleWA
Stelly Building, Victoria, BC, Canada1886
Sullivan Building, Pioneer Square, Seattle, WA 1889-1891SeattleWA
Washington Building, Pioneer Square, Seattle, WA 1889-1890SeattleWA
Willes Bakery, Victoria, BC, Canada1887VictoriaBC
Yesler, Henry L., Building, Pioneer Square, Seattle, WA1889-1891SeattleWA

Publications

Ochsner, Jeffrey Karl, Andersen, Dennis Alan, Distant Corner Seattle Architects and the Legacy of H.H. Richardson, 147, 2003. Ochsner, Jeffrey Karl, Andersen, Dennis Alan, Distant Corner Seattle Architects and the Legacy of H.H. Richardson, 253, 2003. Ochsner, Jeffrey Karl, Andersen, Dennis Alan, Distant Corner Seattle Architects and the Legacy of H.H. Richardson, 146-147, 2003. Ochsner, Jeffrey Karl, Andersen, Dennis Alan, Distant Corner: Seattle Architects and the Legacy of H.H. Richardson, 13,, 2003. Kalman, Harold, Exploring Vancouver 2, 24, 1978. "Buildings can be recycled too", Fortune, 91: 5, 192-199, 05/1975. Woodbridge, Sally, Montgomery, Roger, Guide to Architecture in Washington State, 141, 1980. Woodbridge, Sally, Montgomery, Roger, Guide to Architecture in Washington State An Environmental Perspective, 115, 1980. Woodbridge, Sally, Montgomery, Roger, Guide to Architecture in Washington State An Environmental Perspective, 113, 1980. Woodbridge, Sally, Montgomery, Roger, Guide to Architecture in Washington State An Environmental Perspective, 115, 1980. Woodbridge, Sally, Montgomery, Roger, "Pioneer Building", Guide to Architecture in Washington State An Environmental Perspective, 68, 113, 1980. Ochsner, Jeffrey Karl, "The Problem of the Romanesque Revival", H.H. Richardson The Architect, His Peers and Their Era, 118, 1999. "The Architects' Organization", Los Angeles Times, 7, 9/21/1895. Crowley, Walt, National Trust Guide Seattle, 124-125, 1998. "The City of Seattle Pioneer Building", Northwest Miscellany, 1: 27, 292-303, "Ranke, Otto, House, Seattle, WA", Pacific Magazine (1889-1892), 4: 08/1891. "Bell, Austin A., Building drawing", Pacific Magazine (1889-1892), 13, 10/1889. Steinbrueck, Victor, Seattle Architecture 1850-1953, 5, 1953. "The Largest for the Year", Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 5, 1889-02-17. Morgan, Roland, Seattle Then & Now, 7-8, 1979. "Old Seattle-Tacoma architectural drawings on display", Seattle Times, K7, col 1, 09/02/1979. "New Seattle", Seattle Times, 1, 8, 8/10/1889. "New Seattle", Seattle Times, 1, 8, 08/10/1889. "New Seattle", Seattle Times, 1, 8, 08/10/1889. "Old Seattle-Tacoma architectural drawings on display", Seattle Times, K7, col 1, 09/02/1979. Dale, Carolyn, "Renaissance in Pioneer Square", Seattle Times Sunday Magazine, 4-5, 01/30/1972. Ochsner, Jeffrey Karl, Andersen, Dennis A., "Elmer H. Fisher", Shaping Seattle Architecture A Historical Guide to the Architects, 22, 1994. Ochsner, Jeffrey Karl, Andersen, Dennis A., "Elmer H. Fisher", Shaping Seattle Architecture A Historical Guide to the Architects, 23, 1994. Ochsner, Jeffrey Karl, Andersen, Dennis A., "Elmer H. Fisher", Shaping Seattle Architecture A Historical Guide to the Architects, 24, 1994. Ochsner, Jeffrey Karl, Andersen, Dennis A., "Elmer H. Fisher", Shaping Seattle Architecture A Historical Guide to the Architects, 25, 1994. Ochsner, Jeffrey Karl, Andersen, Dennis A., "Elmer H. Fisher", Shaping Seattle Architecture A Historical Guide to the Architects, 25, 1994. Ochsner, Jeffrey Karl, Andersen, Dennis A., "Elmer H. Fisher", Shaping Seattle Architecture A Historical Guide to the Architects, 25, 1994. Ochsner, Jeffrey Karl, Andersen, Dennis A., "Elmer H. Fisher", Shaping Seattle Architecture A Historical Guide to the Architects, 26, 1994. Ochsner, Jeffrey Karl, Andersen, Dennis A., "Elmer H. Fisher", Shaping Seattle Architecture A Historical Guide to the Architects, 27, 1994. Ochsner, Jeffrey Karl, Andersen, Dennis A., "Elmer H. Fisher", Shaping Seattle Architecture A Historical Guide to the Architects, 27, 1994. Ochsner, Jeffrey Karl, Andersen, Dennis A., "Elmer H. Fisher", Shaping Seattle Architecture A Historical Guide to the Architects, 22, 1994. Ochsner, Jeffrey Karl, Andersen, Dennis A., "Elmer H. Fisher", Shaping Seattle Architecture A Historical Guide to the Architects, 22-27, 1994.

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