Draftsman, Doyle and Patterson, Architects, Portland, OR, 1911-1912; Draftsman, Portland, OR, Public Schools, Office of the Architect and Superintendent of Properties, Naramore, Floyd A., Portland, OR, 1913; Partner, [L. Eugene] Robinson and Thomas, Portland, OR, 1914; Principal, Lee A. Thomas, Architect, Portland, OR, 1915-1916, 1920-1924, 1934-1953; Principal, Lee A. Thomas, Architect, Bend, OR, 1916-1920; Partner, Thomas and [Albert T.] Mercier, Architects, Portland, OR, 1924-1934.

Thomas obtained OR State Architectural License #006 in 1919; as he had been practicing in good standing before 1919, he was grandfathered into the registration process. Member, American Institute of Architects (AIA), OR Chapter; Member, State of OR, Board of Architect Examiners, 1919-1921. Thomas served on the first examiners' board.

Born in what is now Garland, NE, Thomas migrated to OR in approximately 1898. He attended school at the State College of Washington in Pullman, c. 1903; Thomas transferred from Pullman to Oregon State College in Corvallis, OR, and then moved to Ithaca, NY, where he attended Cornell University. After Cornell, he found employment in New York, NY, and Vancouver, BC, before returning to OR. He worked for his entire career in either Portland or Bend, OR.

Lee A. Thomas married Hester Davis.

• Vancouver, WA (Architect's Death)
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  Germantown, NE, changed its name to "Garland" during World War I anti-German sentiment a month after the Armistice on 12/11/1918.

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