Résumé

During World War II, Nesland chose the U.S. Navy, working on a minesweeper.

Partner, [Omer L.] Mithun and Nesland, Architects, Bellevue, WA, 1952-1955.

Principal, Nesland and Associates, Seattle, WA. 1958. In 1958, Nesland had an office in Room #657 of the Skinner Building in Seattle. (See Seattle, Washington, City Directory, 1958, p. 1106.) By 1960, Nesland moved his office to 1020 East John Street, in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood.

He based his practice in Renton, WA, later in his career. Nesland never retired.

Nesland received his certificate to practice architecture in the State of WA in 1955.

High School/College

Nesland graduated from Ballard High School, 1941.

B.Arch., University of Washington (UW), Seattle, WA, 1951.

Relocation

The Nesland Family lived at 6808 34th Avenue NW in 1930, a house valued at approximately $7,000, right at that year's average American home price of $7,145. Harold lived in Ballard his entire childhood. He entered the armed forces in 1942, saw active duty in the Pacific, and came back to Seattle in 1947, at which time he matriculated at the University of Washington in architecture.

From at least 1957 until 1958, Nesland and his wife, Hazel, lived on Mercer Island, WA. (See Seattle, Washington, City Directory, 1957, p. 1130 and Seattle, Washington, City Directory, 1958, p. 1106.)

During the 1960s, he lived with his wife and children in Renton, WA. An address for Nesland in Renton was 450 Shattuck Avenue South, Renton, WA, 98057-2427.

From at least 1995 until 1999, Nesland lived with his wife, Peggy, at 13104 SE 162nd Place, Renton, WA.

Nesland passed away from heart failure at the University of Washington Medical Center.

Parents

His father, Harold Ludwig Sundt Nesland, (born 02/01/1880-d. 1936) was a Norwegian-born fisherman and master mariner, who lived and worked in the heavily Scandinavian neighborhood of Ballard. He was born in the tiny fishing village of Nesland on the Lofoten archipelago, a promontory off of Norway's northwest coast within the Arctic Circle. He married Jensine Henriette (Jessie) Mikkalsen (1885-1932), a Norwegian woman five years younger, on 09/10/1910; according to the US Census of 1930, Harold immigrated to the US on 10/25/1904, and received citizenship in 1910; Jessie entered the country in 1903. She managed the household and supervised their four children, three girls and Harold.

Spouse

Nesland married twice, the first time to Hazel Gjerding (born 08/10/1915 in ND); he divorced her on 04/26/1982 in Pierce County, WA.

His second marriage was to Peggy J. Teague Bradshaw, whom he wed on 12/28/1982.

Children

Harold Nesland, was survived by three children and two stepchildren: Harold J. Nesland III, of Seattle, and Bruce Nesland, of Bellevue; daughter Karen Nesland Robles, of Seattle; stepdaughter Kathy Kohout, of Redwood City, Calif.; and stepson Timothy Bradshaw, of Seattle.

Biographical Notes

Nesland liked to navigate sailboats and yachts.

SSN: 537-14-4109.

• Seattle, WA (Architect's Birth)
  Seattle, WA

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• Seattle, WA (Architect's Death)
  Seattle, WA

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