Résumé

Partner, Lea, Pearson and Richards, Architects, Tacoma, WA, 1937- . In 10/1940, Lea, Pearson and Richards had an office in Room #329 of the Tacoma Building. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation: The National Archives in St. Louis, Missouri; 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: 138, accessed 04/22/2020.)

Professional Activities

Member, American Institute of Architects (AIA).

President, AIA, Southwest (SW) Washington Chapter, 1958. He was a founding member of the AIA SW Washington Chapter and was its third president.

President, AIA, Washington Council, 1962.

President, Downtown Tacoma Rotary Club, Tacoma, WA, 1954.

President, Tacoma Chamber of Commerce, Tacoma, WA, 1969.

Professional Awards

Fellow, American Institute of Architects (FAIA), 1973.

The AIA SW Washington Chapter named a semi-annual achievement award in Charles T. Pearson’s honor. The Charles T. Pearson Award was first given in 1996 to James Harris.

Relocation

Charles T. Pearson was born in Chicago, IL, where he lived until about age 5. His family moved to Ogema, WI, a very small town in the north central part of the state in Price County by 1910. At the time the Pearsons lived here, Ogema had a very large number of Swedish immigrants, many who had left Sweden in the 1880s and 1890s. Some worked in the lumber industry. The Swedish language must have been used commonly in the town's businesses at the time, given this high concentration of recent immigrants. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: Ogema, Price, Wisconsin; Roll: T624_1730; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 0134; FHL microfilm: 1375743, accessed 04/22/2020.) The area around Ogema contained Timms Hill, the highest point in the State of WI at 1,951 feet above sea level.

The Pearsons then relocated during the World War I-era to Tacoma, WA, where Charles's father, Charles M. Pearson, was a physician. At age 14 in 1920, Charles T. Pearson lived with his family at 1724 South Prospect Street in Tacoma, WA. At the time, the Pearson Family included Charles’s two parents and two siblings. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation: Year: 1920; Census Place: Tacoma Ward 7, Pierce, Washington; Roll: T625_1937; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 350, accessed 04/22/2020).

By 1930, the family had moved to residence valued at $5,000 at 3735 North 30th Street in Tacoma, where they would remain a decade later. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: Tacoma, Pierce, Washington; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 0192; FHL microfilm: 2342246, accessed 04/22/2020.)

The year 1940 was a momentous one for Pearson. In 04/1940, he continued to live with his family on 30th Street, but he married by 08/1940. (See Ancestry.com, Source Source Citation: Year: 1940; Census Place: Tacoma, Pierce, Washington; Roll: m-t0627-04391; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 42-91, accessed 04/22/2020.) After his marriage, by 10/1940, he and his bride, Jeanne, had moved out into their own residence at 518 North Yakima Avenue in Tacoma, WA. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation: The National Archives in St. Louis, Missouri; 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: 138, accessed 04/22/2020.)

He was buried in Calvary Cemetery, Tacoma, WA.

Parents

Charles T. Pearson’s parents were Charles M. Pearson, (born 1872 in Sweden-d. 09/11/1942 in Tacoma, WA), and Hanna C. Lundberg, (born 1878 in Sweden-d. 06/27/1967 in Lakewood, WA). According to the US Census of 1910 and 1920, Charles M. Pearson was brought as an infant to the US in 1873, where he was naturalized in 1885. As per the 1910 US Census, Hanna came to the US in 1884, (while that of 1920 and 1930 indicated an immigration date of 1894) and had been naturalized before 1920. They married c. 1903 in IL.

Hannah managed the household, while Charles M., in 1930, worked as a physician focused on internal medicine and minor surgery. He obtained a medical degree from the University of Chicago in 1904. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation: Year: 1920; Census Place: Tacoma Ward 7, Pierce, Washington; Roll: T625_1937; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 350, accessed 04/22/2020 and The University of Chicago Magazine, 1930, p. 102.)

His brother, Robert Lundberg Pearson, (born 10/11/1903 in Chicago, IL-d. 01/09/1956), was about two years older and sister, Mary C. Pearson Epperson (born 01/30/1916 in Ogema, WI-d. 05/18/2007 in Tucson, AZ), about ten years younger.

In 1930, Robert worked as a bond salesman in an investment bank in Tacoma. WA.

Spouse

He wed Jeanne M. Kulzer on 08/01/1940 in Chewelah, WA. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation: Washington State Archives; Olympia, Washington; Washington Marriage Records, 1854-2013; Reference Number: stevenscomcvol7_00056-DA1, accessed 04/22/2020).

Biographical Notes

As per his World War II draft registration card of 10/16/1940, Pearson stood 5-feet, 10-and-½-inches tall and weighed 160 pounds. He had hazel eyes, brown hair and a light brown, Caucasian complexion. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation: The National Archives in St. Louis, Missouri; 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: 138, accessed 04/22/2020.)

SSN: 537078476.

• Tacoma, WA (Architect's Death)
  Tacoma, WA 98402

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• , Chicago, IL (Architect's Birth)
  , Chicago, IL 60602

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