Résumé

Partner, [Washington N.G.] Place and McCauley, Architects, Seattle, WA, c. 1908-1910.

Principal, J.L. McCauley, Architect, Seattle, WA, 1911-1931. In 09/1918, McCauley worked at his home, 3254 Edmunds Street, in Seattle. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Registration State: Washington; Registration County: King Source Information, U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005, accessed 11/22/2020.)

A notice in the Pacilfic Builder and Engineer said in 1923: “Architect Moves Offices—J.L. McCauley, architect, Seattle has moved his offices from the New York building to the Alaska building. A.A. Geiser is associated with Mr. McCauley.” (See “News from Various Pacific Northwest Localities,” Pacific Builder and Engineer, vol. XXIX, no. 40, 10/06/1923, p. 10.)

Professional Activities

Treasurer, Washington State Society of Architects, 1917. He served withA. Warren Gould (President), William J. Jones (Secretary), Alfred Breitung (Trustee), William J. Jones (Trustee), Harry H. James (Trustee), and G.F. Rowe (Trustee.)(SeeArchitect and Engineer of California, vol. XLIX, no. 2, 05/1917, p. 106.)

High School

He graduated from Acoca High School in IA, one of seven graduating seniors on 05/29/1896.

Relocation

Born in Avoca, IA, McCauley resided in Seattle, WA, from at least 1903 until c. 1933.

McCauley lived at 3254 Edmunds Street in Seattle, in 09/1918. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Registration State: Washington; Registration County: King Source Information, U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005, accessed 11/22/2020.)

Like many architects during the worst years of the Depression, McCauley left the field and retired. He moved to San Diego, CA, by at least 1935 and died there 21 years later at the age of 78.

Parents

His father was Joseph McCauley, his mother, Josephine Baker.

Spouse

He married Mary Frances Risse (born 03/09/1882 in Chillicothe, MO) on 04/29/1903 in Seattle. Her mother was Susan Luetsch, her father William Casper Risse.

Children

He and Mary Frances had six children, four daughters--Francis Josephine McCauley Hyde (b. 1905), Genevieve McCauley Stoneman, Louise McCauley McConnell (b. 1908), Constance McCauley Walport--and two sons--Daniel Charles McCauley and Edward Austin McCauley.