PCAD - John C. Poetz Sr.

Exterior view of the Idaho Building, World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893; from Wikimedia Commons

Map of World's Columbian Exposition, State and Nation Section, Idaho Building location, Chicago, 1893; from Geographicus.com, plan by the Columbian Novelty Company

Postcard view of the Hotel Spokane, Spokane, WA, c. 1940. From the author's collection

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Male, US, born 1859-06, died 1929-08-08

Associated with the firm network

Cutter and Poetz, Architects

Professional History

Résumé

Partner, Cutter and Poetz, Architects, Spokane, WA, 1889-1894; in 1889, the partnership was known as "Kirtland K. Cutter and Company" with an office in the Washington Building. By 1890 the firm was known as "Cutter and Poetz, Architects," with offices at the 1st National Bank Building, Riverside Avenue and Howard Street, NW corner. The firm of Cutter and Poetz was still listed in the Classified Business Directory of the R.L. Polk and Company's Spokane City Directory, 1895, (p. 546.) it had an office in the 1st National Bank Building.

Principal, J.C. Poetz, Architect, Spokane, WA, c. 1902. In 1902, Poetz had office space at 1854 Bridge Avenue in Spokane. (See R.L. Polk and Company's Spokane Directory, 1902, p. 857.)

Architect, Idaho Gold and Ruby Mine, Lenia, ID, 1920.

Personal

Relocation

Born in MN, Poetz relocated to CA before 1888 (where his son John, Jr., was born) and came to Spokane Falls, WA, before 1889, when he formed an architectural partnership with Kirtland K. Cutter, a firm that lasted until 1894.A shortage of work following the Panic of 1893 probably hastened the end of the Cutter and Poetz partnership.

He, his wife and four children lived in a house at 1854 Bridge Avenue in 1900.

He and his family resided in Lenia, ID, while he worked as an architect for the Idaho Gold and Ruby Company. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1920; Census Place: Lenia, Boundary, Idaho; Roll: T625_289; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 36, accessed 11/10/2021.)

Parents

His mother's name was Margaret Legal.

Spouse

He married Amanda C. Parmen (born c. 06/1862 in Sweden-d. 1943). They wed c. 1887. She emigrated to the US, c. 1870.

Children

According to the US Census of 1900, he and Amanda had had six children, four of whom were alive in that year: John C., Jr., (born c. 01/1888 in CA-d. 06/18/1937 in Medical Lake, WA), Gladys M. (born 07/27/1891 in Spokane, WA), Joseph L. (born c. 07/1895 in Spokane, WA) and Carl F. (born c. 11/1898 in Spokane, WA). Another child, born on 12/14/1892, may have been one of the two deceased children. (Records disagree as to whether it was a boy or girl.) State birth records also indicated a male child had been born on 07/15/1894. After 1900, another girl was born to the couple on 11/21/1904.

Associated Locations

Spokane, WA (Architect's Death)
Spokane, WA
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PCAD id: 2232

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Buildings and other works

Name	Date	City	State
1st National Bank of Spokane Falls, Downtown, Spokane Falls, WA	1890
1st National Bank of Spokane, Office Building #2, Riverside, Spokane, WA	1889-1890	Spokane	WA
Agricultural College, Experiment Station and School of Science of the State of Washington, Building Project, Pullman, WA	1889	Pullman	WA
Augustine, Bean and Hoyt Building, Spokane, WA	1889-1890	Spokane	WA
Burne, Dr., House, Lidgerwood Park, Spokane, WA	1890	Spokane	WA
Burns, Cyrus, House, Spokane, WA	1889-1890	Spokane	WA
City of Portland, City Hall #2, Cutter and Poetz Project, Portland, OR	1890	Portland	OR
Clark, F. Lewis, Gate Lodge, Spokane, WA	1890	Spokane	WA
Clark, F. Lewis, House Project, Spokane, WA	1890	Spokane	WA
Clark, F.L., Commerical Building Project, Spokane, WA	1891	Spokane	WA
Cushing, Theodore, Building, Spokane, WA	1889-1890	Spokane	WA
Cushing, Theodore, Houses Project, Spokane, WA	1890	Spokane	WA
Daniels Building Project, Spokane, WA	1890	Spokane	WA
Fairmont Cemetery Chapel, Spokane, WA	1890	Spokane	WA
Glover, James N., House, Spokane, WA	1889-1890	Spokane	WA
Griffiths, Thomas F., House, Spokane, WA	1890	Spokane	WA
Hotel Spokane, Spokane, WA	1889-1890	Spokane	WA
Hoyt, Henry, House, Spokane, WA	1891	Spokane	WA
Hughson House Project, Spokane, WA	1891	Spokane	WA
Hughson House, Spokane, WA	1891	Spokane	WA
Moore, F. Rockwood, House, Spokane, WA	1889	Spokane	WA
Norman, B., Houses Project, Spokane, WA	1890	Spokane	WA
Payne, Waldo, House, Spokane, WA	1891	Spokane	WA
Pedicord Hotel, Riverside, Spokane, WA	1892	Spokane	WA
Powell, E.J., Building, Spokane, WA	1890	Spokane	WA
Quirin, William, Building, Spokane, WA	1890	Spokane	WA
Rookery Building #1, Spokane, WA	1889-1890	Spokane	WA
Sherwood Building #1, Spokane, WA	1890	Spokane	WA
Spokane Public Schools, Columbia Elementary School, Hillyard, Spokane, WA	1892	Spokane	WA
Stevens, D.K., House, Tacoma, WA	1891	Tacoma	WA
Taylor, W.H., Building, Spokane, WA	1890	Spokane	WA
Three House Sketches	1891
Traders National Bank and Moore, F. Rockwood, Building Project, Spokane, WA	1891	Spokane	WA
Wardner Miners' Union Building, Wardner, ID	1890	Wardner	ID
Wardner, James F., House, Fairhaven, WA	1889-1890	Bellingham	WA
White House Store, Spokane, WA	1889-1890	Spokane	WA
World's Columbian Exposition, Idaho Building, Chicago, IL	1892-1893	Chicago	IL

Publications

Mathews, Henry, "Appendix 2: Cutter's Buildings and Projects", Henry Matthews Architect in the Land of Promise, 388, 1998. Kirtland Cutter: Architect in the Land of Promise, 1998. "Bids for Bonds", Spokane Falls Daily Chronicle, 6, 1890-06-07.

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