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Male, born 1914-02-28, died 2004-02-24

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Fulcher, Seth, Architect


Professional History

Résumé

Draftsman / Architect, United States Army (USA), Corps of Engineers, San Diego, CA, and elsewhere, c. 1944-1946. Fulcher served in the Pacific theatre during and during World War II.

After the war, Fulcher worked for the Federal Housing Administration (FHA).

Principal, Seth M. Fulcher, Architect, Seattle, WA, 1954-1980; from 1954 on, Fulcher practiced from an office at 9797 Holman Road, Seattle, WA.

Professional Activities

Member, American Institute of Architects (AIA), Washington State / Seattle Chapter.

Member, City of Seattle, Seattle 2000 Commission, c. 1973, Seattle, WA.

Member, Greater Greenwood Community Council, Seattle, WA.

Archives

Some documents on Seth Fulcher's work are housed in the University of Washington, Department of Special Collections, Seattle, WA.

Education

College

B.Arch., University of Washington, Seattle (UW), Seattle, WA, 1942.

College Awards

Recipient, Alpha Rho Chi Medal, University of Washington, Seattle (UW), Seattle, WA, 1942.

Personal

Relocation

Born in Nashville, TN, Fulcher's family moved about quite a bit. They resided in Yakima, WA, for some length of time before World War II. After he graduated from high school, Fulcher worked for the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC).

Following the war, he lived with his family in North Seattle for the rest of his life.

Spouse

He wed Dorothy Knudson on 11/25/1944.

Children

He and Dorothy had four children: Lora Roy, Sharon Holt, Anne Haug and Seth Kelly Fulcher, Jr. According to a humorous note in his obituary: "After retirement, Seth volunteered and taught watercolor classes for 20 years at the Greenwood Senior Center, traveled the world with Dorothy, gardened, painted, tried his hand at fiction and op-ed, and sought to micromanage his adult children's and grandchildren's lives." (See Seattle Times.com, "Seth McCallen Fulcher, Sr.," accessed 12/26/2017.)



Associated Locations

PCAD id: 5900