Detlie, John S. (John Stewart), 1908-2005

Architect, painter, movie set designer and arts leader in Seattle, Washington.

John Steward Detlie was born in Sioux Falls, South Dakota in 1908. After attending the University of Pennsylvania and earning degrees in architecture, Detlie moved to Hollywood in the 1930s to work in the movie industry. In 1942 he came to Seattle to manage the Boeing camouflage project as an officer in the Army Corps of Engineers. He subsequently worked with several Seattle based architectural firms. Detlie designed buildings in Seattle, including churches, synagogues, Children's Orthopedic Hospital, and several University of Washington buildings. He was involved in the Seattle arts scene in the 1950s, and was a founder of Allied Arts of Seattle. John Detlie died in 2005.