Résumé

Architect, Herman Hadley, Architect, Topeka, KS, c. 1893-1894; with Hadley, Ryan worked on the first buildings at the Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College in Stillwater, OK, including the 3-story, 22-room "Old Central," an eclectic brick and rusticated stone pile with strongly Richardsonian Romanesque characteristics (dedicated on 06/15/1894).

Principal, Henderson Ryan, Builder/Contractor, Seattle, WA, 1898-1900;

Principal, Henderson Ryan, Architect, Seattle, WA, 1900-1923.

Principal, Henderson Ryan, Architect, Los Angeles, CA, 1923- . The journal Architect and Engineer noted in 1923: “Architect H. Ryan has opened an office at 406-7-8 Lankershim building, Los Angeles. Mr. Ryan was until recently engaged in the practice of architecture at Seattle, Washington. He has license to practice architecture in Montana, Washington and Oregon, in addition to a license, recently secured, to practice in California.” (See “Personal,” Architect and Engineer, vol. 74, no. 2, 08/1923, p. 110.)

Ryan had an office at 355 South Broadway, Room #619 in 1925. (See Los Angeles, California, City Directory, 1925, p. 2074.) In 1926, Ryan had an office at 4354 West 3rd Street, Room #208. (See Los Angeles, California, City Directory, 1926, p. 2165.)

College

Coursework, Agricultural and Mechanical College of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 1873-1877;

Relocation

Ryan was born in Valhermoso Springs, in Morgan County, northern Alabama, but left to attend school in Lexington, KY.

During the years 1873-1877, Ryan attended the land-grant Agricultural and Mechanical College of Kentucky (later to become the University of Kentucky), only eight years after its foundation. At this time, classes were still held at Ashland, the estate of influential Kentucky politician Henry Clay (1777-1852).

Ryan came to Seattle, WA, in 1898. He died in CA. The U.S. Census indicated that a Henderson Ryan lived in King County in the W5P5 Precinct of Seattle, WA. It noted his age as being 53 at the time.

Ryan retired from practice in 1923, and moved to CA, where he died on 08/29/1927.

Spouse

Ryan married Harriet Ryan (born 10/1852 in AL) about 1878. Her parents came from KY.

Biographical Notes

According to the Seattle Daily Times, Ryan bought a piece of property in Seattle during 1907: "J.T. Price has sold lot 7, block 2, Supplemental Plat of Block 1 and south one-half of block 2, Terry's Fourth Addition, to Henderson Ryan for $6,000. The property is on Washington Street between Twelfth and Thirteenth Avenues South." (See J.W. Sayre, "Income Possibilities Now Figured on by Realty Investors, Say Leading Dealers," Seattle Daily Times, 02/17/1907, p. 61.)

• Valhermoso Springs, AL (Architect's Birth)
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