Résumé

While he relocated a great deal during the first 35 years or so of his life, Charles Lyman Haynes settled into a successful architectural practice in Seattle, WA, after 1907. His obituary said of his career: "Mr. Haynes, born in Santa Cruz, Calif., came to Seattle in 1907 and was active in construction of homes, apartment buildings and industrial structures here. He aided in the original development of the Mount Baker residential area and was identified with the construction of the Royvue Apartments, Dunlap Apartments and the Brooklyn Building." (See "Charles Haynes" Seattle Times, 07/17/1947 p. 14.)

Partner, Van Siclen and Haynes, Architects, c. 1894. According architectural historians John Chase and Daniel Gregory, Van Siclen worked with Frank Lyman Haynes on the A.L. McCandless House in Salinas, CA, in 1894. (They referred to Haynes as "Frank Layman Haynes." See John Chase and Daniel Gregory, The Sidewalk Companion to Santa Cruz Architecture, [Santa Cruz: The Museum of Art and History, 2007], p. 310.) Haynes did live back in Santa Cruz in 1894 and could have collaborated with Van Siclen on this house at this time.

Principal, Charles Lyman Haynes, Architect, Spokane, WA, c. 1892-1893, 1895- . In 1895, Haynes had an office in Room #16 of the Crescent Block. (See R.L. Polk and Company's Spokane, Washington, City Directory, 1895, p. 268.) He had moved to Room #24 of the Hypotheekbank Building by 1897. (See R.L. Polk and Company's Spokane, Washington, City Directory, 1897, p. 327.)

Principal, Charles Lyman Haynes, Architect, San Francisco, CA, 1900-1903. He had an office in the Chronicle Building in San Francisco in 1903. (See San Francisco, California, City Directory, 1903, p. 860.)

Principal, Charles Lyman Haynes, Architect, Seattle, WA, c. 1909-1929.

Principal, Charles Lyman Haynes, Architect, Long Beach, CA, c. 1931.

Professional Activities

Haynes received a Provisional License to Practice Architecture in California c. 07/1931.

College

According to the 1940 US Census, Charles L. Haynes attended one year of college. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1940; Census Place: Seattle, King, Washington; Roll: m-t0627-04376; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 40-75B, accessed 07/18/2023.)

Relocation

Charles Lyman Haynes was born in Santa Cruz, CA, on 09/23/1869 to Philip Lyman Haynes and Amanda M. Fancher. He moved a great deal during his professional life among cities in CA and WA. Early in life, he spent short amounts of time in Napa, CA, San Jose, CA, and Santa Cruz. He spent about eight years living in Spokane, WA, and another seven in San Francisco, CA, before relocating permanently to Seattle by 1907.

The US Census found Charles living with his mother in Napa. CA. His father had died in 1877, and his widowed, 34-year-old mother no doubt wanted to be closer to family in that city. In 1880, they dwelled on Randolph Street in Napa. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1880; Census Place: Napa, Napa, California; Roll: 69; Page: 307B; Enumeration District: 071, accessed 07/18/2023.)

Prior to 1892, Haynes resided in San Jose, CA. He moved to Spokane Falls, WA, in 1892, according the San Jose, California, City Directory, 1892, (p. 226).

Voter records showed that Haynes lived back in his hometown of Santa Cruz in 1894. He lived on Mission Street in Santa Cruz at that time. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation California State Library; Sacramento, California; Great Registers, 1866-1898; Collection Number: 4-2A; CSL Roll Number: 127; FHL Roll Number: 978581, accessed 07/18/2023.)

Haynes and his family lived at Room #16 of the Spokane's Crescent Block in 1895. Charles's mother Amanda lived with him in 1895. (See R.L. Polk and Company's Spokane, Washington, City Directory, 1895, p. 268.) They remained residing in the Crescent Building in 1897. (See R.L. Polk and Company's Spokane, Washington, City Directory, 1897, p. 327.)

He moved to San Francisco by either the very late 1890s or by 1900. Haynes lived at 347 Noe Street in San Francisco, CA, in 1900 and remained here into 1902. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation California State Library; Sacramento, California; Great Register of Voters, 1900, accessed 07/18/2023 and Crocker-Langley Directory Company's San Francisco, California, City Directory, 1902, p. 853.)

The architect had relocated across the bay to reside in Sausalito in southern Marin County by either late 1902 or early 1903. (See Crocker-Langley Directory Company's San Francisco, California, City Directory, 1903, p. 860.)

He relocated to Seattle by 1907. In 1908, he resided at 715 13th Avenue and maintained an office in the Mehlhorn Building. (See R.L. Polk and Company's Spokane, Washington, City Directory, 1908, p. 621.) The 1910 US Census found the Haynes Family continuing to dwell at 715 13th Avenue. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1910; Census Place: Seattle Ward 3, King, Washington; Roll: T624_1658; Page: 9b; Enumeration District: 0087; FHL microfilm: 1375671, accessed 07/18/2023.)

In 1920, he lived with his wife and two daughters in a rented house at 936 19th Avenue in Seattle. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1920; Census Place: Seattle, King, Washington; Roll: T625_1929; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 250, accessed 07/18/2023.)

Charles and Alma lived with their daughter Phyllis at 4303 37th Avenue NE in a residence owned by his son-in-law, Roger A. Walker. The house had an estimated value of $9,000, about three of four times that of neighboring residences. At the time, Roger worked as a superintendent for a power and electric company. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1940; Census Place: Seattle, King, Washington; Roll: m-t0627-04376; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 40-75B, accessed 07/18/2023.)

His last residence was at 4303 37th Avenue NE in Seattle. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Washington State Archives; Olympia, Washington; Washington Death Index, 1940-2017, accessed 07/18/2023.)

The architect died of esophageal cancer on 07/15/1947 at the Waldo Sanitarium in Seattle' s Maple Leaf neighborhood. He had remained at this facility for nine weeks before his death. He was cremated a day after his death. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Washington State Archives; Olympia, Washington; Washington Death Index, 1940-2017, accessed 07/18/2023.)

Parents

Amanda Fancher (born 1845 in Saratoga, NY-d. 08/13/1913 in Yakima, WA) wed the minister Philip Lyman Haynes (born c. 1831 in ?-d. 06/03/1877 in Napa, CA) on 10/18/1865 at her father's house in Napa County, CA. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Oregon Historical Society; Portland, OR; Index Collection: Biography Index, accessed 07/18/2023).

Rev. Philip Lyman Haynes died at age 46 in Napa, CA.

Charles had a younger sister Nettie A. Haynes Preble (born c. 1871 in CA-d. 12/04/1927 in Yakima, WA) and younger brother Philip C. Haynes (born 06/06/1875 in CA-d. 05/05/1955 in Spokane, WA). He was a bookkeeper living in Spokane when he wed Lena Shannon (born c. 1884) in that city on 05/07/1902. (See Ancestry.com, Source Information Ancestry.com. Washington, U.S., Select Death Index, 1907-1960 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014, accessed 07/18/2023.)

Nettie married Edward Burnahm Preble (born c. 1860 in ME) on 10/13/1905 in Spokane. They had one daughter, Eliizabeth Preble (born c. 1907 in WA).

Spouse

He wed Alma Inslee Worrell (born 01/12/1871 in San Francisco, CA-d. 05/28/1958 in Bellevue, WA). Alma's parents were Calvin Russell Worrell (born c. 1828 in IN-d. 09/27/1906 in San Francisco, CA), who worked as a brick mason in 1880, and Lucia Worrell (born c. 11/1847 in ME). In 1880, Lucia managed their San Francisco household that included four children--Alma, Eveline Worell (born c. 1874 in CA), Frank (born c. 1875 in CA), Adeline (born c. 1877 in CA) and Calvin (born c. 1879 in CA)--and did so while dealing with rheumatism. The family was able to afford a servant, Delia O'Donnell (born c. 1855 in PA). (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1880; Census Place: San Francisco, San Francisco, California; Roll: 78; Page: 377B; Enumeration District: 174, accessed 07/18/2023.)

By 1896, Worrell worked as a train conductor, according to San Francisco voter rolls. The Worrells lived at 3320 17th Street in San Francisco in 1896. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation California State Library; Sacramento, California; Great Registers, 1896; Collection Number: 4-2A; CSL Roll Number: 96; FHL Roll Number: 977617, accessed 07/18/2023.)

Children

He and Alma had two daughters Dorothy W. Haynes (born 06/09/1896 in Spokane, WA-d. 11/14/1979 in Seattle, WA) and Phyllis A. Haynes Walker (born 04/24/1900 in CA-d. 11/15/1998 in Seattle, WA)

Dorothy married Robert Irl Fullerton, Sr., (02/06/1894 in KS-d. 10/05/1953 in Seattle, WA) and had two children, Charles Richard Fullerton (born 02/23/1926 in Seattle, WA-d. 07/22/1998 in Whatcom County, WA) and Robert Irl Fullerton, Jr. (1939-1961 in Seattle, WA)

Phyllis married Roger A. Walker (born c. 1898 in AR) on 08/07/1925 in Seattle, WA.

Biographical Notes

Santa Cruz County voter rolls for 1894 indicated that Charles Lyman Haynes had a fair Caucasian complexion with gray eyes and brown hair. He stood about 5-feet, 6-and-1/2-inches tall. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation California State Library; Sacramento, California; Great Registers, 1866-1898; Collection Number: 4-2A; CSL Roll Number: 127; FHL Roll Number: 978581, accessed 07/18/2023.)

Member, Free and Accepted Masons, Arcana Lodge, Seattle, WA.