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Ellsworth Storey Photograph Collection, 1904-1909
Overview of the Collection
- Architect
- Storey, Ellsworth P.
- Title
- Ellsworth Storey Photograph Collection
- Dates
- 1904-1909 (inclusive)19041909
- Quantity
- 10 photographic prints (1 folder) ; 8" x 10"
- Collection Number
- PH0336
- Summary
- Photographs of residences designed by a popular Seattle architect at Dorffel Drive, Frink and Beachwood residences, and the Hoo Hoo House from the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE)
- Repository
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University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu - Access Restrictions
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Entire collection can be viewed on the Libraries’ Digital Collections website. Permission of Visual Materials Curator is required to view originals. Contact Special Collections for more information.
- Additional Reference Guides
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Ellsworth Storey was a pioneer Seattle architect best known for combining local materials with contemporary and historical styles to create a regional architectural style, later called “regionalism," reflecting the Pacific Northwest. This practice became highly influential in the mid-late twentieth century.
Storey, born November 16, 1897, in Chicago, attended the University of Illinois for architecture where he was influenced by the Prairie School of Architecture and Frank Lloyd Wright. His architectural style was also influenced by his family’s tours of Europe and the Middle East, especially by Swiss Chalets. He moved to Seattle in 1903, taking on building his and his parent's houses as some of his first projects. Other early projects include the Francis G. Frink House (1906-1909), George W. Trimble House (1905-1906), Phiscator Estate (1907-1908, altered), George B. Barclay House (1907-1908), Hoo-Hoo House Lumberman’s Fraternity (1909), Sigma Nu Fraternity House (1915-1916), and Unitarian Church (1915-1916).
From 1912-1915 Storey built the Ellsworth Storey Cottages, a series of 12 cottages for rent alongside Colman Park and Lake Washington Blvd, that Victor Steinbeck called an "excellent example of charming design and fine detailing in a contemporary manner far in advance of its time. There is a fitting, almost indigenous quality in their simple wooden forms as they appear to ramble up the wooded hillside" in Seattle Cityscape, 1962. Storey’s later works began to include works grounded in the natural environment of Seattle and the Pacific Northwest. During the Great Depression, in 1934, he built eight buildings for the Moran State Park facilities on Orcas Island including a twelve-story fire-watch tower on Mt. Constitution. Following this he took on projects for the Federal Housing Authority and U.S. Navy's Sand Point Naval Air Station, working with government agencies until 1955 when he retired.
Storey passed away May 28, 1960, while visiting his daughter Eunice in Ithaca, New York, and his ashes were spread over the Puget Sound.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Photographs of residences in Seattle designed by Ellsworth Storey. Also includes the Hoo Hoo House building he designed for the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Alternative Forms Available
View the digital version of the collection
Restrictions on Use
Restrictions may exist on reproduction, quotation, or publication. Contact Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries for details.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Processing Note
Processed by Peter Oliver, 2014 and Michael Hajostek, 2016.
Related Materials
Ellsworth P. Storey papers , 1900-1939, contains correspondence, drawings, notes, and other materials (MS Coll 0517).
Ellsworth P. Storey photograph album , approximately 1899, contains Storey's travel photographs (PH Coll 2016-006).
Ellsworth P. Storey architectural drawings collection contains architectural drawings from throughout his career (PH Coll 1247). Access to these materials may be available upon request. Contact University of Washington Libraries Special Collections for details.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Buildings by StoreyReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Folder | item | ||
1 | 1 |
Exterior of the Hoo-Hoo House
Lumberman's Fraternity in Seattle, Washington This building was built for the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition
in 1909, and originally was known as the Hoo-Hoo House, for the Concatenated
Order of Hoo-Hoo, a lumberman's service fraternity. The Seattle Hoo-Hoo chapter
was organized to promote and publicize the Exposition. The building later
served as the University of Washington's faculty club.
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1909 |
1 | 2 | 1907 | |
1 | 3 | 1913 | |
Storey residences at 260 and 270
Dorffel Drive East, Seattle, Washington Ellsworth Storey and his wife, Phoebe, resided at 260 Dorffel
Drive, while his parents resided at 270 Dorffel Drive. The residences are
adjacent, though it is not clear which residences some photographs show.
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Folder | item | ||
1 | 4 |
View of the Storey residences under
construction looking northeast from High Lane in Seattle,
Washington The photograph is mounted on paper with Victor Steinbrueck's
letterhead. Storey's architect licence is also embossed at bottom of page.
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1902 |
1 | 5 | circa 1902 | |
1 | 6 | circa 1910 | |
1 | 7-10 |
The interior of the solarium at the
Storey residence in Seattle, Washington The young girl with a baby carriage in the last three photos
is likely one of Ellsworth Storey's daughters.
|
circa 1904 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)
Personal Names
- Storey, Ellsworth P