Édouard Frère Champney

Edouard Frere Champney (May 4, 1874 - June 4, 1929) was an architect in the United States.[1][2] He worked on buildings that are now listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) and partnered with various architects including A. Warren Gould at Gould and Champney from 1909 until 1912,[1] and Champney and Remey. He was principal at Édouard Frère Champney, Architect, Berkeley, California, 1926-1929.[2]

Elks Lodge in Tacoma, Washington, designed by Champney, completed 1915, photographed 2015 shortly before it was restored as a McMenamins.
"At San Diego", watercolor by Champney circa 1916

Champney was born in Écouen, France,[3] the son of the American painter James Wells Champney. He was named for his godfather, the French painter Pierre Édouard Frère.[4]

Works
  • Carnegie Peace Palace (1909)[3]
  • Seattle Electric Company Office Building (1910)
  • Seattle Civic Center Plan (1910)[3]
  • New Richmond Hotel at 308 4th Avenue South in Pioneer Square, Seattle (1911)[2] NRHP listed (Gould & Champney)
  • Seattle YWCA at 1118 Fifth Avenue and Seneca (1914)[1] NRHP listed
  • 1001 Terry Avenue Apartment Building in Seattle
  • "Elks Lodge": Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks Lodge #174 in Tacoma, Washington (1915)[1]
  • Episcopal Diocese of Olympia, Saint Mark's Episcopal Cathedral #2 in Capitol Hill (1926 - 1930)
  • Rogers Building (1912) in Vancouver, Canada
  • Bekins Storage Company Warehouse Project in Seattle[3]

References
  1. "Seattle Historical Sites Search Result - Department of Neighborhoods (DON)". web6.seattle.gov.
  2. "PCAD - Édouard Frère Champney". pcad.lib.washington.edu.
  3. https://www.archinform.net/arch/27130.mobi.htm
  4. Gournay, Isabelle and Crosnier Leconte, Marie-Laure. "American Architecture Students in Belle Epoque Paris: Scholastic Strategies and Achievements at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts", The Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era, Vol. 12, No. 2 (April 2013), p. 160, n. 7.
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