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ARCHITECT: ARTHUR BISHOP CHAMBERLIN (1893-94)
The brick Collins Building was designed in the Richardsonian Romanesque style by Arthur Bishop Chamberlin, my grandfather.
The building sits on a hilly site at the corner of Second Ave. and James Street and is a Seattle Historic Site.
It was only when I decided to go to Cal Poly University to study architecture that I discovered my grandfather was an architect.
And, it was only in later years when I began to study my ancestry that I discovered he had practiced in Seattle before opening an office in Minneapolis.
It has been great fun trying to run down his projects. The University of Washington archives say they have many of his drawings which I have yet to see.
LINK TO MY PAGE ON ARTHUR BISHOP CHAMBERLIN
LINK TO WIKIPEDIA'S WEB PAGE ON THE COLLINS BUILDING
TRAVEL: 2009
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Exterior corners facades, The Collins Building, Seattle, Washington, USA, 2007.
Exterior west facade, The Collins Building, Seattle, Washington, USA, 2007.
Detail of brickwork at the roofline and upper windows, The Collins Building, Seattle, Washington, USA, 2007.
Detail of brickwork at the sidewalk and the lower windows, The Collins Building, Seattle, Washington, USA, 2007.
Detail, The Collins Building, Seattle, Washington, USA, 2007.
Detail of contemporary store front, The Collins Building, Seattle, Washington, USA, 2007.
Detail of the entry, The Collins Building, Seattle, Washington, USA, 2007.
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