Résumé

Meany worked in a San Francisco architectural office, 06/03/1880.

Draftsman, W.E. Boone, Architect, Seattle, WA, 1882. (The Residence and Business Directory of the City of Seattle for the Year 1882, p. 47, listed Meany as a "draughtsman" in 1882.)

Partner, Donovan and Meany, Architects, Seattle, WA, c. 1882-1883.

Principal, Stephen J. Meany, Architect, Seattle, WA, 1883-1884.

Draftsman (periodic), Arthur Doyle, Architect, Seattle, WA, 1883-1884.

Draftsman (periodic), Donald MacKay, Architect, Seattle, WA, 1882-1884.

Architect, Boone and Meeker, Architects, Seattle, WA, 1887. (See R L Polk and Co´s Puget Sound Directory, 1887, p. 299.)

Principal, Stephen J. Meany, Architect, Seattle, WA, 1889-1892. He leased Rooms #34 and 35 of the Colman Building in 1890. (See Polk's Seattle Directory Company Seattle, Washington, City Directory, 1890, p. 778.) In 1892, he had an office in Room #20 of the Colman Building. (See Polk's Seattle Directory Company Seattle, Washington, City Directory, 1892, p. 615.)

Principal, Stephen J. Meany, Architect, Seattle, WA, 1900. He worked in Room #45 of the Colman Building in 1900. (See Polk's Seattle Directory Company's Seattle City Directory, 1900, p. 716.)

Meany worked in Fresno, CA, c. 1905.

Relocation

Stephen Meany was born in 1858 in London, England, of Irish and English stock. (The 1900 U.S. Census, indicated that "Steven" Meany had been born in 03/1853 in England. The 1900 Census also noted that he had come to the U.S. in 1875 and was naturalized.) By 1862, he and his family probably had relocated to Canada, where his sister, Juliane, was born. The family had moved to CA by at least 1864, where Edmund J. Meany, his brother, was born. On 06/03/1880, Meany lived at 617 Mission Street in San Francisco, CA, with his mother, Mary, and his six brothers and sisters. He was the eldest child.

According to Dennis A. Andersen, Meany came to Seattle, WA, in 1882, migrating from San Jose, CA. (See Dennis A. Andersen, "Meany, Stephen J.," Shaping Seattle Architecture A Historical Guide to Architects, [Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1994], p. 348.) According to the Residence and Business Directory of the City of Seattle for the Year 1882, (p. 47), Meany lived on Columbia Street between Front and Second Streets (later renamed 1st and 2nd Avenues).

In 1887, he rented a room at the corner of Front Street (later 1st Avenue) and Spring Street. (See R L Polk and Co´s Puget Sound Directory, 1887, p. 299.) His dwelled at 811 Front Street in 1892. (See Seattle, Washington, City Directory, 1892, p. 615.) Meany lived in rented rooms at Seattle's Windsor Hotel in 1893. (See Polk's Seattle Directory Company's Seattle, Washington, City Directory, 1893, p. 643.)

In 1900, Meany continued to reside in Seattle, sharing a residence at 1505 Pine Street with a 34-year-old plumber, Samuel Frank (born c. 07/1865 in NY). (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1900; Census Place: Seattle Ward 5, King, Washington; Page: 16; Enumeration District: 0101; FHL microfilm: 1241745, accessed 12/19/2020.) The Polk's Seattle Directory Company's Seattle City Directory, 1900, (p. 716), indicated that Meany lived in the Hotel York on the northwest corner of 1st Avenue and Pike Street in Seattle.

Around 1905, Meany lived in Fresno, CA, and was working as a draughtsman. He lived in the California Hotel at the corner of I Street and Merced Street.

The architect died in San Francisco, CA, and was laid to rest in Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, CA.

Parents

His mother, Mary, was born c. 1839 in England. Her parents were Irish. His father, who was Irish, may have been deceased or absent by 1880, as he was not recorded by the 1880 U.S. Census as living in the household.

Another child, however, had been born just nine months previously. In that year, the U.S. Census recorded there being six other children other than Stephen. They were: Juliane (born c. 1862 in Canada), Edmund J. (born in CA, c. 1864), Anthony W. (born in CA, c. 1867), Robert E. (born in CA, c. 1869), George (born in CA c. 1872), Rosa R. (born in CA, c. 1874) and John F. (born in CA, c. 10/1879).

Biographical Notes

The King County Census of 1878 indicated that a "Stephen Meany," living in Seattle, had been born in Ireland. (See 1878, King County Census, King County Territorial Auditor - Stephen - Meany, King County Census, King County Territorial Auditor, Washington State Archives, Digital Archives, http://digitalarchives.wa.gov, accessed 02/16/2021.) It was likely another Stephen Meany--Stephen E. Meany-- who was married to Margaret English Meany in Seattle. This Stephen Meany (born 12/1830 in Kilworth, Ireland-d. 04/26/1880 in Seattle, WA), who drowned in the Skagit River in 1880, was the father of the well-known UW Professor Edmond S. Meany (1862-1935).

Stephen Meany was listed in the King County Census of 07/09/1889 as being 31 years old. (See 1889, King County Census, King County Territorial Auditor - S J Meany, 1889, King County Census, King County Territorial Auditor, Washington State Archives, Digital Archives, http://digitalarchives.wa.gov, accessed 02/16/2021.)

Meany was naturalized an American citizen in the courtroom of C.H. Hanford, US District Court of Washington, on 10/13/1890. His witnesses were the architect William E. Boone and his brother, Edmund J. Meany. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Naturalization Records of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, 1890-1957; Microfilm Roll: 30; Microfilm Serial: M1542, accessed 02/16/2021.)