PCAD - Bebb and Mendel, Architects

Advertisement for Leola May Blinn, Lawyer, Oriental Building, Seattle, 1918. From R.L. Polk and Company's Seattle, Washington, City Directory, 1918, p. 385, photo from Barclays of Pine River.com.

Aerial view of the A.S. Kerry, Sr., House, seen from the north, Queen Anne, Seattle, WA, c. 2019. From Google Maps/Street View

Detail of a newspaper advertisement for the old (bottom) and new (top) Hoge Buildings, Seattle, c. 1911; from "Directory of New Hoge Building Advertisement," Seattle Star, 11/27/1911, p. 2

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Charles Herbert Bebb, Joseph Crispia Bebb, Robert C. Kerr, Louis Leonard Mendel Sr., Earl Grey Park, William Gray Purcell

Active 1901-1914

Firm Notes

Bebb and Mendel was a significant Seattle-based partnership that lasted between 1901 and early 1914. Bebb and Mendel practiced in Room #206 of the Denny Block in 1904, but, by 1910, had moved to Room #503 in the same building. (See Bebb and Mendel classified advertisement, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 06/12/1904, p. 6.)

Prior to joining Louis Mendel, Charles H. Bebb operated a solo architectural practice from 1898 until 1901. After his partnership with Mendel dissolved in 1914, Bebb joined with the talented designer Carl F. Gould, Sr., (1873-1939) to form the highly important firm of Bebb and Gould, responsible for much of the University of Washington's early campus.

The firm was listed as a Patron of the Seattle Architectural Club, Seattle, WA, 1910.

PCAD id: 1273

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Buildings and other works

Name	Date	City	State
1st Church of Christ, Scientist, Seattle, WA	1914	Seattle	WA
Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE), Washington State Building, Seattle, WA	1908-1909	Seattle	WA
Ames, Edwin and Maud Walker, House, Washington Park, Seattle, WA	1907	Seattle	WA
Black, C.H., House, Queen Anne, Seattle, WA	1907-1909	Seattle	WA
Boeing, William E., House, The Highlands, Shoreline, WA	1912-1913	Shoreline	WA
Buckman, W.C., House, Seattle, WA		Seattle	WA
City of Seattle, Fire Department (SFD), Station #18, Ballard, Seattle, WA	1910-1911	Seattle	WA
Cobb, C.H., House, Seattle, WA
Collins, Josiah, House, Seattle, WA	1901	Seattle	WA
Corona Hotel, Pioneer Square, Seattle, WA	1902-1903	Seattle	WA
Denny, Mary Ann Boren, House, First Hill, Seattle, WA	1900-1901	Seattle	WA
Denny, Rolland H., House, Windermere, Seattle, WA	1907	Seattle	WA
Everett Theatre, Everett, WA	1900-1901	Everett	WA
Fischer Studio Building, Seattle, WA	1912-1915
Frye, Louisa C., Hotel, Pioneer Square, Seattle, WA	1908-1911	Seattle	WA
Hanford, Clarence, House, Seattle, WA	1900	Seattle	WA
Heffernan, John T., House #1, Capitol Hill, Seattle, WA	1907	Seattle	WA
Hoge Building #2, Pioneer Square, Seattle, WA	1909-1911	Seattle	WA
Hotel Stander, Seattle, WA	1900-1901	Seattle	WA
Hyde, Samuel, House, Madison Park, Seattle, WA	1909-1910	Seattle	WA
Kerry, Albert S., Sr., House, Queen Anne, Seattle, WA	1902-1903	Seattle	WA
Loeb House, Capitol Hill, Seattle, WA	1914	Seattle	WA
Masonic Building, People's National Bank of Washington, Headquarters #2, Downtown, Seattle, WA	1900	Seattle	WA
Oriental Building, Downtown, Seattle, WA	1902-1903	Seattle	WA
Perkins, James H., House, Seattle, WA	1905-1906	Seattle	WA
Puget Mill Company, Company Hall, Port Gamble, WA	1907	Port Gamble	WA
Puget Mill Company, Hotel Puget Annex, Port Gamble, WA	1907	Port Gamble	WA
Puget Mill Company, Hotel Puget, Port Gamble, WA	1907	Port Gamble	WA
Saint Nicholas School, Capitol Hill, Seattle, WA	1910-1910	Seattle	WA
Schwabacher Hardware Company, Warehouse #1, Pioneer Square, Seattle, WA	1904-1904	Seattle	WA
Schwager and Nettleton Mills Building, Downtown, Seattle, WA	1911-1911	Seattle	WA
Seattle Athletic Club #2, Seattle, WA	1903-1904	Seattle	WA
Seattle Public Schools, University Heights Elementary School, University District, Seattle, WA	1902	Seattle	WA
Shannon, Dr. James, House, Seattle, WA	1900	Seattle	WA
Stimson, Frederick Spencer, and Nellie R. Clark, House, Queen Anne, Seattle, WA	1903-1905	Seattle	WA
Walker, William, House, Madison Park, Seattle, WA	1906-1907	Seattle	WA
White, Chester F., House, Capitol Hill, Seattle, WA	1904	Seattle	WA

Publications

"Parrott and Company Advertisement", Architect and Engineer of California, 28: 1, 3, 02/1912. Swope, Carolyn T., "Stimson-Griffiths Residence (1903-1905)", Classic Houses of Seattle, 160-161, 2005. Woodbridge, Sally, Montgomery, Roger, "Stimson House, 1910", Guide to Architecture in Washington State, 198, 1980. Woodbridge, Sally, Montgomery, Roger, "Samuel Hyde House 1908", Guide to Architecture in Washington State, 173-175, 1980. Woodbridge, Sally, Montgomery, Roger, "Kerry House, 1906", Guide to Architecture in Washington State, 198, 1980. Woodbridge, Sally, Montgomery, Roger, Guide to Architecture in Washington State, 203, 1980. Woodbridge, Sally, Montgomery, Roger, Guide to Architecture in Washington State, 210, 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, 116, 1980. Woodbridge, Sally, Montgomery, Roger, "Frye Apartment Hotel, 1911", Guide to Architecture in Washington State: An Environmental Perspective, 116, 1980. Gebhard, David, Winter, Robert, "Ames House, 1907", Guide to Architecture in Washington State: An Environmental Perspective, 176, 1980. Ewell, Liza, Historic Ballard Walking Tour, nd. Booth, T. William, "Seattle in Search of Symbolic Self-Expression: The Architecture of Bebb and Gould", Impression of Imagination: Terra Cotta Seattle, 23, 1986. Makers Architecture and Urban Design, Joint Use in Seattle Public Schools: A Case Study at University Heights School, 1977. Crowley, Walt, Dorpat, Paul, "Madison Street", National Trust Guide Seattle: America's Guide for Architecture and History Travelers, 158, 1998. "1 story concrete building", Pacific Builder and Engineer, 12: 1911. Hume, M., "Residence of Miss Lenora Denny", Seattle Architecturally 1902, np, 1902. Hume, M., Seattle Architecturally 1902, np, 1902. Hume, M., Seattle Architecturally 1902, np, 1902. Hume, M., Seattle Architecturally 1902, np, 1902. "Notes about Building and Real Estate: $25,000 Apartments—$12,000 Residence", Seattle Daily Times, 8, 1909-09-12. "Old Firm Changes Its Name", Seattle Post-Intelligencer, E2, 1973-10-14. Warren, James, "Frye Hotel retains proud facade", Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 09/04/1985. "Old architectural firm reports name change", Seattle Times, 44, 1973-10-07. Conover, C.T., "C.H. Bebb Was Leading Architect", Seattle Times, 35, 1959-11-18. Rash, David A., Andersen, Dennis A., Shaping Seattle Architecture A Historical Guide to the Architects, 72, 1994. Rash, David A., Andersen, Dennis A., "Bebb and Mendel", Shaping Seattle Architecture A Historical Guide to the Architects, 76, 1994. Rash, David A, Andersen, Dennis A., "Bebb and Mendel", Shaping Seattle Architecture A Historical Guide to the Architects, 74, 1994. Rash, David A., Andersen, Dennis A., "Bebb and Mendel", Shaping Seattle Architecture A Historical Guide to the Architects, 75, 1994. Rash, David A., Andersen, Dennis A., "Bebb and Mendel", Shaping Seattle Architecture A Historical Guide to the Architects, 74, 1994. Rash, David A., Andersen, Dennis A., "Bebb and Mendel", Shaping Seattle Architecture A Historical Guide to the Architects, 75, 1994. "Residence for C.H. Cobb, Seattle, Washington", Western Architect, 14: plate following page 6, 1909-07.

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906 14th Ave E Chester White House Built: 1904 Bebb & Mendel Architecture Firm (1901-1914) Hoge Building John T. Heffernan residence (Seattle, Wash.), east elevation and section Now & Then: Mary Denny’s home on First Hill, ca. 1899 Seattle founders filled this historic First Hill home

Bebb and Mendel, Architects (Partnership)

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