Résumé

Draftsman, Alden and Harlow, Architects, Pittsburgh, PA, 1921-1923.

Teaching

Arthur P. Herrman spent nearly his entire career in various faculty positions at the University of Washington from 1923-1968.

Instructor, School of Architecture, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 1923.

Assistant Professor, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, c. 1925-1929.

Professor and Director, School of Architecture, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, c. 1937-1957.

Dean, College of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 07/01/1957-1968. Herrman assumed his new position of Dean of the College of Architecture and Urban Planning (CAUP) as of 07/01/1957. The Seattle Times wrote of the School of Architecture's elevation into the College of Architecture and Urban Planning on 06/23/1957: "New College--The regents elevated the School of Architecture to the status of a college to be known as the College of Architecture and Urban Planning. Architecture has been a unit of the college of Arts and Sciences. Prof. Arthur B. Herrman, director of the school, was appointed acting dean, effective July 1. The new college has an enrollment of 265 students and 18 faculty members." (See "Regents O.K. U.W. Bid on Postoffice," Seattle Times, 06/23/1957, p. 26.)

Biographical Notes

Member, American Institute of Architects (AIA), Washington / (and later Seattle) Chapter.

B.Arch., Carnegie Institute of Technology, Pittsburgh, PA, 1921;

Relocation

The US Census of 1930 indicated that Herrman resided in "Boddy, WA." a peninsula between Evergreen Point and Yarrow Point later known as Hunt's Point. He lived in a residence worth an estimated $6,000 with his wife Irene and their two children, Arthur J. and Celia M. Herrman. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1930; Census Place: Boddy, King, Washington; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 0242; FHL microfilm: 2342223, accessed 04/24/2025.) This area gradually became very affluent during the course of the twentieth century, beginning in the 1920s. (See Phil Dougherty, HistoryLink.org, "Medina--Thumbnail History," published 05/20/2015, accessed 04/24/2025.) Herrman, before the construction of the Lake Washington Floating Bridge in 1940, would have taken a ferry into work.

On 02/16/1942, Herrman lived in the small, lakefront town of Medina, WA, then an unincorporated section of King County. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Wwii Draft Registration Cards For Washington, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 76, accessed 04/24/2025.) Medina became incorporated on 08/19/1955.

Biographical Notes

Some confusion has surrounded the spelling of Herrman's last name, with "Herman" or "Hermann" often used.

His World War II draft registration card listed Herrman as Caucasian, with a ruddy complexion, brown eyes and gray hair. He stood 5-feet, 7-and-1/2-inches tall and weighed 155 pounds. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Wwii Draft Registration Cards For Washington, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 76, accessed 04/24/2025.)

• Milwaukee, WI (Architect's Birth)
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