Harold C. Whitehouse

American architect

Harold C. Whitehouse

Born	January 31, 1884
Died	September 25, 1974 (aged 90)
Occupation	Architect
Spouse	Catherine Cox Weston (m. 1909; died 1964)

Harold Clarence Whitehouse (January 31, 1884^[1] - September 25, 1974^[2]) was an American architect based in Spokane, Washington.^[3]^[4]

A native of Massachusetts, Whitehouse moved to Spokane in 1906. He worked for a time in the office of John K. Dow and then formed a partnership with George Keith. He then left Spokane to study architecture at Cornell University. He graduated from Cornell in 1913.^[2] With fellow Cornell architecture graduate Ernest V. Price, he formed a partnership, the firm Whitehouse & Price, in 1913.^[3] He was elected to the American Institute of Architects College of Fellows in 1959 and won the Allied Art Award in 1961.^[2]

Whitehouse was married to Catherine Cox Weston from 1909 to her death in 1964, and later to Ruth W. Thompson until his death.^[2]

Works of Whitehouse or the firm (with attribution) include:

Benewah Milk Bottle, S. 321 Cedar Spokane, WA (Whitehouse & Price), NRHP-listed^[5]
Bradsmore Building, Priest River, Idaho (Whitehouse & Price), Part of NRHP-listed historic district.^[5]^[6]
Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, Spokane, Washington^[7]
Chamber of Commerce Building, 9 S. Washington St., Spokane, WA.^[8]
Christ Episcopal Church, 210 Fifth St. SW. Puyallup, WA (Whitehouse, Harold C.), NRHP-listed^[5]
Cordova Theater, 135 N. Grand Ave. Pullman, WA (Whitehouse & Price), NRHP-listed^[5]
Culmstock Arms Apartments.^[2]
Dover Church, Washington between Third and Fourth Dover, ID (Whitehouse & Price), NRHP-listed^[5]
Eastern State Hospital.^[2]
Farragut Naval Training Station (650 buildings), Lake Pend Oreille, Bayview, Idaho.^[8]
John A. Finch Memorial Nurses Home, N. 852 Summit Blvd. Spokane, WA (Whitehouse & Price), NRHP-listed^[5]
Hutton Settlement (a complex of neo-Tudor cottages), 9907 Wellesley Spokane, WA (Whitehouse, Harold C.), NRHP-listed^[5]^[9]
Lincoln Building, corner of Lincoln and Riverside, Spokane, WA.^[8]
Masonic Temple, Deer Lodge, Montana (Whitehouse & Price), part of NRHP-listed historic district.^[10]^[5]
One or more works in Millwood Historic District, roughly bounded by Argonne and Sargent Rds., and by Euclid and Liberty Aves. Millwood, WA (Whitehouse, Harold), NRHP-listed^[5]

Mineral County Courthouse, Superior, Montana (Whitehouse & Price)^[11]

Rosebush House, 3318 N. Marguerite Rd. Millwood, WA (Whitehouse, Harold), NRHP-listed^[5]^[12]

Sandpoint High School, 102 S. Euclid Ave. Sandpoint, ID (Whitehouse & Price), NRHP-listed^[5]

St. Peter's Cathedral, Helena, Montana.^[2]
St. Thomas Church, Medina, Washington
University of Washington Music Building.^[2]
Washington State University Chemistry Building.^[2]
West Valley High School, N. 2805 Argonne Rd. Millwood, WA (Whitehouse & Price), NRHP-listed^[5]^[2]

On September 25, 1974, Whitehouse died at age 90 in a Spokane convalescent center.^[2] Whitehouse's papers, including original drawings, are housed at the Eastern Washington State Historical Society.^[8]^[13]

References

^ Woodbridge, “Building Through Time, The Life of Harold C. Whitehouse, 1884-1974.”
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k "Architect Harold Whitehouse Dies". Spokane Daily Chronicle. September 26, 1974.
^ ^a ^b "Harold C. Whitehouse Ecclesiastical Architecture".
^ Sally Byrne Woodbridge (1981). Building Through Time: The Life of Harold C. Whitehouse, 1884-1974. American Lives Endowment. ISBN 9780940486003.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "Buildings - Business". Pacific Builder and Engineer. 28 (14): 5. April 7, 1922. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
^ "Architect Will Realize his Dreams; St. John's Cathedral Is Near Completion". Spokane Daily Chronicle. February 3, 1954.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Ann Colford (December 28, 2002). "The Real Deal". The Pacific Northwest Inlander.
^ "Hutton: Settlement was designed by architect Harold Whitehouse". The Spokesman-Review. June 15, 2001.
^ "Ace men of the Pacific Northwest". Pacific Builder and Engineer. 32 (6): 23. February 6, 1926. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
^ "Too Late to Classify - Buildings - Public". Pacific Builder and Engineer. 26 (1): 4. January 2, 1920. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
^ "Millwood Historic District". Millwood Washington History Enthusiasts. Retrieved July 7, 2019.
^ "Harold C. Whitehouse papers, 1915-1962". University of Oregon Special Collections & University Archives: Archives West.