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Male, UK/US, born 1884-02-19, died 1954-06-27
Associated with the firms network
Naramore and Young, Architect and Engineer; Schack and Young, Architects and Engineers; Schack, Young and Myers, Architects and Engineers; Young and Richardson, Architects and Engineers; Young, Arrigo M., Civil Engineer; Young, Richardson, Carleton and Detlie, Architects and Engineers; Young, Richardson, and Carleton, Architects and Engineers
Résumé
Engineer, Pond and Pond, Architects, Chicago, IL, c. 1907-1910.
Head, Moran Brothers Company, Structural Department, Seattle, WA, 1910-1912.
Principal, Arrigo M. Young, Structural Engineer, Seattle, WA, 01/1913-08/1920. In 1920, the U.S. Census listed Arrigo's occupation as a "consulting civil engineer."
Partner, Schack, Young and Myers, Architects and Engineers, Seattle, WA, 08/1920-1929.
Partner, Schack and Young, Architects and Engineers, Seattle, WA, 1929-1933.
Partner, Naramore and Young, Architects and Engineers, Seattle, WA, 1934-1940.
Partner, Young and Richardson, Architects and Engineers, Seattle, WA, 1941-1951.
Partner, Young, Richardson, Carleton and Detlie, Architects and Engineers, Seattle, WA, 1952-1954.
Professional Activities
Young was both a Registered Architect in the State of WA and a Professional Engineer in the State of WA.
He completed 15-week course, Camouflage School, Camouflage Division, Office of Civilian Defense, University of Washington, 10-12/1942.
Professional Awards
Recipient, American Institute of Architects, Merit Award, The University of Washington Men's Residence Hall, Seattle, WA, 1955.
Relocation
Born in Fulham, London, UK, Young migrated to the U.S. in 1885, where his family settled in Chicago, IL, when he was a child. In 1900, the family had a house in Chicago. Two others living in their house at that time, a niece, Jane Mackintosh (born 05/1876) and a sister of Bicknell's, Vilate Young (born 10/1846). The Youngs were prosperous enough to have a live-in maid, a Swedish immigrant, Ida Anderson (born 01/1876).
He spent time in Ann Arbor, MI, at the University of Michigan completing a degree in engineering, and subsequently worked in Chicago, and Saint Louis, MO, where he resided in 04/1910. In Saint Louis, he worked as a mechanical engineer at a steel foundry, and resided at a rooming house at 523 Pendleton Road.
He relocated to Seattle, WA, after 04/1910, where he began working in architecture firms. Young reported an address of 4303 Cascade Drive in Seattle in 09/1918, and lived at 5563 East 43rd Street in a house for which the Youngs took out a mortgage. The Youngs resided at 6848 17th Avenue NE, Seattle in 1942.
He died in Seattle, WA, at the age of 70.
Parents
According to the U.S. Census of 1900, Bicknell Young, Arrigo's father, (born 04/1856 in UT, perhaps of Mormon heritage) listed his occupation as a musician. Bicknell Young's parents came from NY and MA. His mother was Elisa Young (born 07/1846 in Italy). Both of her parents were Italian. Arrigo's parents married c. 1883.
Bicknell and Elisa Young had three sons in 1900: Arrigo, Hilgard Bicknell Young (born 04/22/1885), and Umberto Young (born 03/1887). Hilgard B. Young, lived in Chicago, IL, on 09/12/1918.
Spouse
Arrigo Young married Edith Young, born c. 1886; she had been born in India to English parents. Edith Young came to the U.S. in 1910, and was naturalized c. 1911.
Children
Arrigo and Edith Young had a daughter and three sons: Rachael (born c. 1923), Richard (born c. 1922), Thomas (born 1917) and Lawrence (born 1918). Lawrence Hilgard Young died in World War II, a Lieutenant Junior Grade in the United States Naval Reserve.
Biographical Notes
Arrigo and Bicknell Young traveled on the S.S. Mauretania from Liverpool, UK, to New York, NY, beginning on 08/22/1908.
His draft registration card of 09/12/1918 described Young as tall, slender with blue eyes and light brown hair. According to this, he became a citizen because his father had been naturalized before Arrigo's "majority."
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