Résumé

Manager/Treasurer, Washington Automobile Company, Tacoma, WA. This early automobile dealership was located at 710 Pacific Avenue. It was renamed the "Acme Garage," in 1906, and relocated to 12th Street and Tacoma Avenue.

Partner, Hurley-Mason Company, Building Contractors, Tacoma, WA. The Tacoma Daily Ledger stated in his obituary of his work with the Hurley-Mason Company: "In the Hurley-Mason Co. he was associated with his brother, the late Charles B. Hurley, president, in building some of the largest reinforced concrete structures in the Northwest, including the Union station and the Tacoma and Perkins buildings. The firm engaged in much of the early Fort Lewis construction and the U. S. Veterans' hospital at American Lake.." (See "Death Takes Pioneer, Harry Hurley, 88," Tacoma Daily Ledger,07/23/1944.)

Relocation

Hurley was born in Philadelphia, PA, in 1856. He moved to the Tacoma area by 1900, at least, and spent some years in the Midwest studying the automobile industry in Michigan. He came back to Tacoma, and set up the Washington Automobile Company. He worked as the firm's manager and treasurer, while W. W. Pickerell acted as president.

Parents

He and his brother Charles B. Hurley, Sr., operated the Hurley-Mason Construction Company.

Children

He had at least one daughter, Edith Allen, who survived him at his death in 1944.

Biographical Notes

Member, Christ Episcopal Church, Tacoma, WA.

• Philadelphia, PA (Architect's Birth)
  Philadelphia, PA 19107

  ---

  ---