PCAD - Saunders and Lawton, Architects

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George Willis Lawton, Herman Alfred Moldenhour, Paul David Richardson, Charles Willard Saunders, J. Charles Stanley, Bertram Dudley Stuart Jr.., William Doty Van Siclen

Active 1898-1915

Firm Notes

Saunders and Lawton maintained their headquarters in Seattle, WA; Saunders previously practiced with Edwin Walker Houghton from 1889-1891. Lawton had previously worked with Saunders as a draftsman, before becoming elevated to partner.

Classified advertisements for Saunders and Lawton appearing in the Seattle Daily Times on 06/12/1904 (p. 6) and 10/02/1904, (p. 27), indicated that they occupied Rooms #518-519 in the New York Building. On 08/22/1905, another classified ad noted that the office had moved to Room #1319 in the Alaska Building, an office tower they designed in 1903-1904. They remained here as of 06/1907. (See Saunders and Lawton classified ad, Seattle Daily Times, 06/27/1907, p. 19.)

The firm was a "Patron" of the Seattle Architectural Club in 1910.

PCAD id: 1546

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Buildings and other works

Name	Date	City	State
Alaska Building, Pioneer Square, Seattle, WA	1903-1904	Seattle	WA
Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE), Dairy Barn, Seattle, WA	1909	Seattle	WA
Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE), Forestry Building, Seattle, WA	1908-1909	Seattle	WA
Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE), Women's Building, Seattle, WA	1908-1909	Seattle	WA
Alhambra Theatre #2, Downtown, Seattle, WA	1909	Seattle	WA
Baillargeon, J.A., and Company, Store #3, Seattle, WA	1907-1908	Seattle	WA
Bon Marche Department Store #2, Downtown, Seattle, WA	1896	Seattle	WA
Chadwick, Henry C., House, Seattle, WA
Cottage Project, Seattle, WA
Courts of Washington, King County, Courthouse #2, First Hill, Seattle, WA	1890-1891	Seattle	WA
Crane Company, Warehouse/Office Building, Pioneer Square, Seattle, WA	1907	Seattle	WA
Dunn Tin Storage Warehouse, Seattle, WA		Seattle	WA
Lincoln, Dr. R.P., Apartment House, Seattle, WA		Seattle	WA
Lumber Exchange Building, Downtown, Seattle, WA	1902-1903	Seattle	WA
Manufacturers Building, Pioneer Square, Seattle, WA	1905-1906	Seattle	WA
Masonic Building, Lodge, First Hill, Seattle, WA	1915	Seattle	WA
Mottman Building, Seattle, WA		Seattle	WA
Norton Building #1, Seattle, WA	1904	Seattle	WA
Polson Building, Pioneer Square, Seattle, WA	1909-1910	Seattle	WA
Rainier Club, Clubhouse #3, Downtown, Seattle, WA	1904	Seattle	WA
Seattle Buddhist Church #1, First Hill, Seattle, WA	1906-1908	Seattle	WA
Seattle Public Schools, Beacon Hill Elementary School #2, Beacon Hill, Seattle, WA	1903-1904	Seattle	WA
Seattle Public Schools, Cascade School, Cascade, Seattle, WA	1893-1894	Seattle	WA
Seattle Public Schools, Walla Walla Elementary School, Central District, Seattle, WA	1902-1902	Seattle	WA
Seattle Theatre #1 and Office Building, Pioneer Square, Seattle, WA	1892	Seattle	WA
State of Washington, Department of Corrections, Monroe Correctional Complex, Monroe, WA		Monroe	WA
Stewart House, Seattle, WA	1898	Seattle	WA
University of Washington, Seattle (UW), Denny, Arthur and Mary, Hall, Seattle, WA	1893-1895	Seattle	WA
Westland Building, Pioneer Square, Seattle, WA	1907	Seattle	WA
Whitcomb Building, Downtown, Seattle, WA	1900-1901	Seattle	WA

Publications

Withey, Henry F., Withey, Elsie Rathburn, Biographical Dictionary of American Architects (Deceased), 535, 1956. Withey, Henry F., Withey, Elsie Rathburn, Biographical Dictionary of American Architects (Deceased), 365, 1970. Johnston, Norman J. , "50. Cunningham Hall", Campus Guide University of Washington, 72, 2001. "Seattle Real Estate Holding Its Own", Commercial West, 35, 1907-07-13. Tobine, Caroline, Downtown Seattle Walking Tours, 22-23, 1985. Woodbridge, Sally, Montgomery, Roger, Guide to Architecture in Washington State, 133, 1980. Woodbridge, Sally, Montgomery, Roger, "Masonic Temple, 1915", Guide to Architecture in Washington State, 146, 1980. Woodbridge, Sally, Montgomery, Roger, "Horace Mann Elementary School, 1902", Guide to Architecture in Washington State, 151, 1980. Woodbridge, Sally, Montgomery, Roger, "Alaska Building, 1908", Guide to Architecture in Washington State An Environmental Perspective, xxiii, 116, 1980. Seattle Architectural Club Yearbook 1910, np, 1910. Seattle Architectural Club Yearbook 1910, np, 1910. Seattle Architectural Club Yearbook 1910, np, 1910. Hume, M., Seattle Architecturally 1902, np, 1902. Hume, M., Seattle Architecturally 1902, np, 1902. Hume, M., Seattle Architecturally 1902, np, 1902. "Rainier Club fire 1904", Seattle Mail and Herald, 7: 17, 3, col 3, 03/05/1904. Kamb, Lewis, "Earmark 'unlikely' for Rainier Club", Seattle Times, A1, A4, 06/23/2009. "Crane Company's Building", Seattle Times, 59, 1907-02-17. "Real Estate and Building Review", Seattle Times, 4, 1903-03-08. "Rainier Club earmark? Get real, McDermott", Seattle Times, A17, 06/24/2009. Seattle of Today Architecturally, np , 1905. Seattle of Today Architecturally, c. 1905. Seattle of Today Architecturally, np , c. 1905. Seattle of Today Architecturally, np, c. 1905. Seattle of Today Architecturally, np, 1905. Seattle of Today Architecturally, np, 1905. Kareiva, Celina, "No place to celebrate", The Daily of the University of Washington, 127: 30, 1, 6, 11/10/2009. "The Exposition Architecturally", Tyee, 380-381, 1910. Humphrey, Clark, Vanishing Seattle, 13, 2006.

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National Archives and Records Administration Seattle Passenger and Crew Lists, 1882-1957 Record for John Graham Central Campus Tour Cunningham Hall Ghost Signs of Pioneer Square Archive Images Historical Sites Summary for 568 1st Ave New site sought for Cunningham Hall Seattle Theatre Seattle Then & Now: the Wilkes Theatre

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