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Male, US, born 1908-05-08, died 1991-01-29
Associated with the firms network
DLR Group / John Graham Associates; Graham and Painter, Limited, Architects and Engineers; Graham, John and Company, Architects and Engineers
Résumé
Partner, Graham and [Wilfred L.] Painter, Architects, Seattle, WA, New York, NY, and Shanghai, China, 1937-1942. Due to the Japanese incursion into Shangai beginning in 08/1937, partner Wilfred L. Painter, an engineer, closed the Shanghai Office of Graham and Painter at 668 Szechuan Road.
Designer, John Graham and Company, Seattle, WA, 1937, 1946-1986. John Graham, Jr., had assumed full responsibility for the firm after his father's retirement at the end of 1945.
In 1962, the address of John Graham and Company was: 1426 5th Avenue, Seattle, WA. Following World War II, John Graham and Company, under the leadership of John Graham, Jr., became an important designer of shopping centers in the US, responsible for a number of notable ones, including Northgate, Seattle (1950), Capitol Court, Milwaukee, WI, (1957) and the Lloyd Center, Portland, OR, (1960). Gruen and Associates, of Los Angeles, also became a leading designer of shopping centers and then shopping malls.
Archives
The John Graham and Company Architectural Drawings and Photograph Collection #339 held in the Special Collections Division of the University of Washington Libraries, contained (in 2012): 111 architectural projects for which there were 193 architectural drawings of various sizes, 516 variously sized photographic prints, and 74 slides and 226 negatives. (See "Guide to the John Graham & Company Architectural Drawings and Photograph Collection,"
High School and College
Coursework, Moran School, Seattle, WA.
Graduate, Queen Anne High School, Seattle, WA, 1925.
Coursework, University of Washington, Architecture Department, Seattle, WA, 1926-1928.
B.F.A., Yale University, New Haven, CT, 1928-1931.
College Awards
High Honors, Beaux-Arts Institute of Design (BAID) Competition, New York, NY, 07/1931; Graham, Jr., had the third highest score in the Institute's annual national student competition in 1931. (See "J. Graham, Jr., Wins Honors as Architect," Seattle Times, 07/23/1931, p. 3.)
Relocation
He began a branch of the family architectural firm in New York, NY, in 1937.
During World War II, Graham lived in the Washington, DC, area, where he sailed on Chesapeake Bay. By early 10/1946, Graham had moved his family back to Seattle, where they lived on Queen Anne Hill.
Graham's last address was in the 98101 zip code area of Seattle, WA.
Parents
His father was the successful Seattle architect and founder of John Graham and Company, John Graham, Sr., (born 1873 in Liverpool, England-d. 03/19/1955 in Hong Kong).
His mother was Hallie C. Jackson (born 04/29/1883 in Greeley, CO-d. 10/05/1975 in Seattle, WA).
Children
He and his wife had two daughters, Jane Graham Sutherland (b. 1944) and Barbara Ann Graham (b. 02/05/1946 in Seattle, WA).
Biographical Notes
The Washington Death Index had his date of birth as 04/08/1908; landscape architect and historian Duane Dietz recorded it as 05/08/1908.
He was informally known as "Jack."
Member, Seattle Yacht Club; Graham, Jr., was very active in the Seattle Yacht Club during the 1920s-1930s. In his youth, he was a Vice-Commodore of the Seattle Yacht Club's Junior division. John Graham, Sr. enjoyed yachting while Jr. had a deeper interest in sailing. Father beat son in a race noted in a Seattle Times article of 09/06/1920. (See "Crack Sailing Yachts which Participated in Regatta," Seattle Times, 09/06/1920 [p. 5].)
In the late 1930s, John, Jr., owned a sloop named the "Live Yankee." He spent the war years in Washington, DC, where he joined the Annapolis Yacht Club. In 06-07/1946, Graham sailed his 67-foot yawl, "Maruffa," in the 635-mile Newport, RI, to Bermuda Race. (See Alex Shults, "From the Scorebook," Seattle Times, 06/30/1946, p. 17.) In addition, when he moved back to Seattle from Washington, DC, in 10/1946, he sailed the Maruffa from its dock in Annapolis, down the East Coast, through the Panama Canal and up the West Coast to Puget Sound. The Maruffa won its class in a Transpac Race (Los Angeles-to-Honolulu route) held after World War II.
SSN: 534-01-4086.
PCAD id: 2159
