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William Gray Purcell
Post-P&E Commission List, 1920s-1960s

Works by William Gray Purcell following the dissolution of the Purcell and Elmslie partnership were carried out through a separate accounting system (starting at 600), but very early numbers also include work as Purcell and Elmslie, Architects.  This number sequence represents work done primarily in the Pacific Northwest, although there are numerous projects for other locations.  Locations marked as "unknown" were probably in the Portland, Oregon, area.

  #  Commission Title   
600 Portland Office, accounting
601 Resort Hotel, project
Hood River, Oregon 1919
Purcell & Elmslie, architects
602 Wolf Creek Bridge
Wolf Creek, Oregon   1919
603 Apartment Building, project
Portland, Oregon 1919
Purcell & Elmslie, architects
604 Church of Christ, Scientist, project
Location unknown 1920
605(A) Masonic Temple Scottish Rites, consultation
Portland, Oregon circa 1920
605(B) Speculative house
Portland, Oregon
Pacific States Engineering Corporation circa 1920
606 Speculative house
also known as Henderson residence
Portland, Oregon 1920
607
William Gray Purcell residence
also known as Georgian Place
Portland, Oregon 1920
Purcell & Elmslie, architects
608 Speculative house
Portland, Oregon 1920
Pacific States Engineering Corporation
608A Alterations to WGP 608 1921
609 Speculative house
Portland, Oregon 1920
Pacific States Engineering Corporation
610 J. C. Edwards residence, project
Location unknown 1920
611 Apartment Building, project
Location unknown 1920
Pacific States Engineering Corporation
612 Apartment Building, project
Portland, Oregon 1921
Pacific States Engineering Corporation
613 Speculative house
also known as Kaufman residence
Portland, Oregon 1921
Pacific States Engineering Corporation
614 Speculative house
Portland, Oregon 1921
Pacific States Engineering Corporation
615 Speculative house
also known as Beaman residence
Portland, Oregon 1921
Pacific States Engineering Corporation
616 McCombs residence, project
Location unknown 1921
617 Speculative house
Portland, Oregon 1921
Pacific States Engineering Corporation
618 Caroline B. Unander residence, alterations
Vancouver, Washington 1921
619 Ralph C. Walker residence
Portland, Oregon 1922
620 Carl Denton residence
Location unknown 1921
621 Speculative house
Portland, Oregon 1921
Pacific States Engineering Corporation
622 I. E. Kallander house #1
Portland, Oregon 1921
623 Speculative house
Portland, Oregon 1921
624 Ward residence
Location unknown 1922
625 O. C. Pritchard residence, project
Portland, Oregon 1922
626 C. J. McCusker, consultation
Portland, Oregon circa 1922
627 Architect's Small House Service Bureau (ASHSB), accounting
628 W. B. Babson residence, alterations
Portland, Oregon 1922
629 I. E. Kallander house #2
Portland, Oregon 1922
Pacific States Engineering Corporation
630 Speculative house
Portland, Oregon 1922
Pacific States Engineering Corporation
630A George E. Muller residence
Flushing, New York 1924
631 Louis Woerner residence
Portland, Oregon 1922
632 Henry Starkel residence
Portland, Oregon 1922
633 Collier, unknown
634 Campbell residence
Location unknown circa 1922
635 A. T. Bergeron residence
Portland, Oregon 1922
636 Eleanor M. Carlton house #1
Portland, Oregon 1922
637 Eleanor M. Carlton house #2
Portland, Oregon circa 1922
638 Eleanor M. Carlton house #3, project(?)
Portland, Oregon circa 1922
639 Eleanor M. Carlton house #4, project(?)
Portland, Oregon circa 1922
640 Eleanor M. Carlton house #5, project(?)
Portland, Oregon circa 1922
641 Clayton F. Summy residence, project
Hinsdale, Illinois 1922
642 F. Paul Campbell residence
Portland, Oregon 1922
643-644 Not used
645 W. G. Purcell farm, accounting
646-647 Not used
648 W. G. Purcell farm, accounting
649 W. G. Purcell farm, accounting
650 Garage and farm buildings
Ridgewood, Washington 1922
651 William J. Alsop residence
Portland, Oregon 1922
652 Herschel B. Nunn residence
Portland, Oregon 1924
653 Van Roesendale, unknown
654 Speculative house
also known as Charles H. Purcell residence
Portland, Oregon 1922
655 H. W. Howard residence, project
Portland, Oregon 1923
656 Speculative house, project
Location unknown 1923
657 Dora and Anna McDonald residence
Portland, Oregon 1923
658 McMickan, unknown
659 Sgobel and Day Apple warehouse
Parkdale, Oregon 1923
660 Speculative house
Portland, Oregon 1923
661 Speculative house
Portland, Oregon 1923
662 Allan Bynon residence
Location unknown 1923
663 J. M. Beaman residence, project
Portland, Oregon 1923
664 Ben Hazen residence, project
Portland, Oregon circa 1923
665 Speculative house
Portland, Oregon 1923
666
Third Church of Christ, Scientist
Portland, Oregon 1925
667 V. H. Moon residence
Portland, Oregon 1923
668 Twentieth Church of Christ, Scientist, project
Location unknown 1925/26
669 E. F. Davis, accounting
670 "Good Houses and How They Grow"
Article for The Christian Science Monitor
671 "The Romance and Art of Building a Concrete Bridge"
Article for The Christian Science Monitor
672 "Capellen Memorial Bridge"
Article for The Christian Science Monitor
673 "Concert Stage Settings at the Eastman Theater, Rochester [NY]"
Article for The Christian Science Monitor
674 Cafeteria report, consultation
Hollywood, California 1925
675 "A Place of Assembly That Can Be Built in Units"
Article for The Christian Science Monitor
676 "Breakfast Pullman for Small Dwellings"
Article for The Christian Science Monitor
677 "The Island Station of the Saint Paul Gas Light Company"
Article for The Christian Science Monitor
678 "Silence in City Auditoriums"
Article for The Christian Science Monitor
679 Church of Christ, Scientist, consultation (?)
Berkeley, California circa 1925/26
680 Third & Madison building, accounting
681 Third & Madison building, accounting
682 Third & Madison building, accounting
683 Harraden residence, consultation (?)
Location unknown circa 1925/1926
684 Guaranty Building, accounting
685 Imperial Garage, accounting
686 Design for the Architect's Small House Service Bureau (ASHSB)
circa 1925/1926
687 Not used
688 Wallace-Bradford residence
Portland, Oregon 1926
689 Not used
690 "Mendota Bridge"
Article for The Christian Science Monitor
691 "Minnesota Green Corn"
Article for The Christian Science Monitor
692 "Great Northern American Architecture"
Article for unknown publication
693(A) "Burnside Bridge"
Article for The Christian Science Monitor
693(B) Theater Building, project
Portland, Oregon 1927
694 Design for the Architect's Small House Service Bureau (ASHSB)
also known as "Plan 6A95" 1928
695 Holderman articles, unknown
696 Design for the Architect's Small House Service Bureau (ASHSB)
circa 1927/1928
697 Harry S. Bastian residence
Portland, Oregon 1927
697A H. V. Moon residence, alterations
Portland, Oregon circa 1927
698
Sidney Bell residence
Portland, Oregon 1927
699 W. G. Purcell, accounting
 
700 House Plan Revisions for the Architect's Small House Service Bureau (ASHSB)
circa 1927/1928
701
Charles A. Purcell residence #2
River Forest, Illinois 1927
702 Dormitory Building
Eugene, Oregon circa 1927
703 Sixth Christian Science Church, project
Portland, Oregon circa 1927
704 Library, consultation (?)
Portland, Oregon circa 1927
705 H. M. Peterson residence
Minneapolis, Minnesota 1927
706 H. C. Garvin Memorial Fountain, project
Winona, Minnesota 1928
707 House for H. M. Peterson
Minneapolis, Minnesota 1928
Fred A. Strauel, associate architect
708 House for H. M. Peterson, project
Minneapolis, Minnesota 1928
Fred A. Strauel, associate architect
709 House for H. M. Peterson
Minneapolis, Minnesota 1928
Fred A. Strauel, associate architect
710 House for H. M. Peterson
Minneapolis, Minnesota 1928
Fred A. Strauel, associate architect
711-714 Not used
715 House for F. N. Hegg
Location unknown 1928
716-718 Not used
719 House for H. M. Peterson
Minneapolis, Minnesota 1928
Fred A. Strauel, associate architect
720 House for H. M. Peterson
Minneapolis, Minnesota 1929
Fred A. Strauel, associate architect
721 House for H. M. Peterson, project
Minneapolis, Minnesota 1929
Fred A. Strauel, associate architect
722 House for H. M. Peterson, project
Minneapolis, Minnesota 1928
725 Dr. Witherstine residence, project
Rochester, Minnesota 1928
Fred A. Strauel, associate architect
James Van Evera Bailey, associate architect
726 Dr. Counselor residence, project
Rochester, Minnesota 1929
727-728 Not used
729 Speculative house, project
Banning, California 1932
James Van Evera Bailey, associate architect
730 Mrs. C. D. Rauch residence, project (?)
Banning, California 1932
731(A) Speculative house
also known as "731P"
Banning, California 1932
James Van Evera Bailey, associate architect
731(B) Speculative house, project (?)
Banning, California 1932
732 Speculative house
Palm Springs, California 1932
James Van Evera Bailey, associate architect
733-742 Not used
 
743 John W. Todd residence
Vancouver, Washington 1928
744 W. H. Arnold residence
Vancouver, Washington 1928
745-749 Not used
750 Offices for Benjamin Franklin Savings and Loan
Portland, Oregon 1929
751-775 Not used
776 K. Paul Carson, Jr. residence
Edina, Minnesota 1941
776A Alterations to AR:WGP 776.

Unnumbered Commissions

The "X" series represents an artificial assignment for purposes of archival record keeping in the William Gray Purcell Papers.

X30 Olympic Apartments
Location unknown 1925
E. Kroner, architect
William Gray Purcell, consulting architect
X31 Garage for Caroline B. Unander
Portland, Oregon 1926
X32 H. C. Wortman residence, alterations
Portland, Oregon 1928
X33 Max Boysen residence, project
Minneapolis, Minnesota 1928/1932
Fred A. Strauel, associate architect

X34

W. F. Edwards property, unknown
Location unknown n.d.
X35 Karl Kehl residence
Beaumont, California
X40 Speculative houses
also known as Sapperstein projects
Altadena, California 1946/1952
X41 Speculative houses
also known as Prospect houses
South Pasadena, California 1946
James Van Evera Bailey, associate architect
X42 House, design study   1962
James Van Evera Bailey, architect
 

 

 

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