Résumé

The 1940 US Census noted that Harold Keeney, Jr., worked with electrical equipment in the lumber industry at age 18. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1940; Census Place: Longview, Cowlitz, Washington; Roll: m-t0627-04336; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 8-15, accessed 04/18/2018.)

Keeney served in the US Navy from 07/01/1943 until 09/06/1946. (See Ancestry.com, Source Information Ancestry.com. U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011, accessed 04/18/2018.) He appears to have been an officer in the US Navy, having taken NROTC courses at the University of Washington.

Draftsman, John Lyon Reid, Architect, San Francisco, CA.

Draftsman, Albert Henry Hill, Architect, San Francisco, CA

Draftsman, John Bomberger, Architect, Modesto, CA.

Draftsman, Kaestner and Kaestner, Associated Architects, Modesto, CA, c. 1954. Kaestner and Kaestner, Associated Architects began operations in Modesto, CA, in 1952.

Principal, Harold Keeney, Jr., Architect, Bothell, WA. Keeney was licensed as a registered architect in CA, and under reciprocity rules was granted a license to practice architecture in the State of WA in 09/1958. (See "34 Receive Licenses To Practice Architecture," Seattle Times, 09/28/1958, p. 35.)

In 1967, Keeney had an office at 18045 Bothell Way NE in Bothell, WA.

Professional Activties

Keeney joined the American Institute of Architects (AIA) in 1958.

Keeney was elected President of the Construction Specifications Institute (CSI), Puget Sound Chapter, in 04/1963. (See "H.S. Keeney New Head of Specifications Institute," Seattle Times, 04/21/1963, p. 38.)

College

B.Arch., University of Washington, Seattle (UW), Seattle, WA, c. 1944.

Relocation

According to the 1930 US Census, Harold S. Keeney, Jr., lived with his family in Anacortes, WA, at 1501 14th Street. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1930; Census Place: Anacortes, Skagit, Washington; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 0003, accessed 04/18/2018.) Ten years later, the Keeneys lived in Longview, WA, at 106 Commerce Avenue. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1940; Census Place: Longview, Cowlitz, Washington; Roll: m-t0627-04336; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 8-15, accessed 04/18/2018.)

The parents of Harold, Jr.'s mother, Frank W. (born c. 1880 in WA) and Bertha Anderson (born c. 1875 in Norway), lived in Bothell, WA, where he would settle for much of adult life.

In 1994-1995, he had the address 19901 105Th Place NE, Bothell, WA. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation City: Bothell; State: Washington; Year(s): 1994 1995, accessed 04/18/2018.)

Parents

His father was Harold Stevens Keeney, Sr., (born c. 1901 in PA), his mother, Mildred K. Anderson, (1902-1986). At age 18, Harold, Sr., worked as an oil wagon driver for the Standard Oil Company in Orange, CA. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Registration State: California; Registration County: Orange; Roll: 1531270; Draft Board: 1, accessed 04/18/2018.) In 1930 and 1940, Harold, Sr., worked as a public school teacher. Mildred maintained the household that included the following children: Evelyn Kathryn Keeney Haynes (04/15/1920-10/05/2016), Harold, Jr., George Allen Kenney (05/19/1922-11/03/1988), and Frank (born c. 07/1927 in WA) (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1930; Census Place: Anacortes, Skagit, Washington; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 0003, accessed 04/18/2018.)

Spouse

He married Elizabeth Rosella Siemens Keeney (1922-2002) on 11/01/1944. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Washington State Archives; Olympia, Washington; Collection Title: Washington Marriage Records, 1854-2013; Reference Number: kingcoarchmcvol134_421, accessed 04/18/2018.)

Biographical Notes

Keeney was a member of the Northshore Rotary Club outside Seattle, WA, in 1981. (See Harold S. Keeney, "Thoughts on 'Which Way," [letter to the editor], The Rotarian, vol. 138, no. 5, 05/1981, p. 14.)

SSN: 538032401

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

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

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