PCAD - Thomas, Harlan, Architect

Exterior view of the Chelsea Hotel, Seattle, WA, 2007; from Wikipedia Commons, photo by Joe Mabel

Exterior view of the Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity House, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 1932. From the University of Washington Tyee Yearbook, 1932, p. 227, accessed 08/01/2023

Exterior view of the Mount Rainier National Park Longmire Lodge #1, Longmire, WA, c. 1915. From National Park Service.gov, “The National Park Inn,” accessed 11/04/2024

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Irving Harlan Thomas

Active 1911-1923

Firm Notes

The architect Harlan Thomas operated in Seattle, WA. He also became the Director of the Architecture Department at the UW between 1926 and 1940.

PCAD id: 1917

Buildings and other works

Name	Date	City	State
Chelsea Hotel, Queen Anne, Seattle, WA	1906-1907	Seattle	WA
College Club #2, Downtown, Seattle, WA	1920-1921	Seattle	WA
Enumclaw School District, Enumclaw High School, Enumclaw, WA	1921	Enumclaw	WA
Estabrook Building #2, Downtown, Seattle, WA		Seattle	WA
National Park Service, Mount Rainier National Park, Paradise Inn, Ashford, WA	1915-1917	Ashford	WA
Pacific McKay Building, South Lake Union, Seattle, WA	1925	Seattle	WA
Public Market Center, Pike Place Market, Corner Market Building, Seattle, WA	1911-1912	Seattle	WA
Rhodes Brothers Company, 10-Cent Store #2, Downtown, Seattle, WA	1924	Seattle	WA
Seattle Chamber of Commerce, Office Building #2, Downtown, Seattle, WA	1924	Seattle	WA
Tacoma and Eastern Railroad Company, Mount Rainier National Park, National Park Inn #1, Longmire, WA	1906	Longmire	WA
Thomas, Harlan C. and Edith, House #1, Queen Anne, Seattle, WA		Seattle	WA
University of Washington, Seattle (UW), Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity House, Seattle, WA	1914	Seattle	WA

Publications

Woodbridge, Sally, Montgomery, Roger, "Hotel Sorrento. 1908", Guide to Architecture in Washington State, 147, 1980. Kreisman, Lawrence, Historic Preservation in Seattle, 24, 87, 1985. "Chelsea Hotel, Seattle, Washington", Inland Architect and News Record, 52: plate following p. 54, 10/1908. Seattle Architectural Club Yearbook 1910, 1910. "$700,000 City Building Projects Announced Seven-Story Department Store Planned", Seattle Daily Times, 10, 1922-10-01. "Rhodes Brothers Open Second Store: celebration Marks Twenty-Fifth Anniversary", Seattle Daily Times, 11, 1924-12-15. Cohen, Aubrey, "Salvation for Queen Anne church", Seattle Post-Intelligencer, B2, 2007-09-01. "The Chelsea Seattle's Scenic Hotel", Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 1909-11-21. "Recently Completed Hostelry Which Is a Credit to Seattle", Seattle Sunday Times, 7, 05/30/1909. "$700,000 City Building Projects Announced; Seven Story Department Store Block Planned", Seattle Times, 10, 1922-10-01. "Seattle Architects Will Show Small House Plans", Seattle Union Record, 3, 1922-04-03. Jackson, Leslie , "The sauntering Seattleite -- the Sorrento Hotel", Seattlife, 57-59, 02/1940. Johnston, Norman J. , "Harlan Thomas", Shaping Seattle Architecture, 126-127, 1994. Johnston, Norman J., "Harlan Thomas", Shaping Seattle Architecture, 130, 1994. Johnston, Norman J. , "Harlan Thomas", Shaping Seattle Architecture, 126-127, 1994. Johnston, Norman J., "Harlan Thomas", Shaping Seattle Architecture, 129, 1994. The Chelsea, np, 1909. "Sorento [sic] Apartments, Seattle, Washington", Western Architect, 10: plates following page 10, 07/1909. "Sorrento Apartments, Seattle Washington", Western Architect, 14: plates following page 6, 1909-07.

Exhibitions

American Institute of Architects (AIA), Washington Chapter Small Homes Exhibit 1922

Links

Building: a history cast in stone Enumclaw High School, 2222 Porter Street, Enumclaw, King County, WA Great Lodges of the National Parks Pacific Northwest: Paradise Inn Paradise Inn Pivot Art + Culture Is Laying Off Its Staff and Closing Down, Sources Say The Sorrento Hotel: Seattle's Historic Landmark