Parker, Jamieson, 1895-1939,

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Architect Jamieson Kirkwood Parker was born in Portland, Oregon, in 1895. He was educated at the Portland Academy and at the University of Pennsylvania, where he received a degree in architecture in 1912. He worked in the office of Portland architect A. E. Doyle and later with New York City architect H. Van Buren Magonigle. After serving in World War I he returned to Portland, where he worked again for Doyle and later for Folger Johnson. Starting his own practice in 1921, Parker came to be known for his residential and church architecture. Among his most notable projects were the First Unitarian Church (1924) and St. Mark's Episcopal Church (1925), both in Portland.

With the onset of the Great Depression in the early 1930s, Parker's practice dwindled. In 1934 he served as the regional director of the Historic American Building Survey, and after the program's elmination he took the post of State Director of the Federal Housing Administraion in 1935. He died in 1939 after a period of ill health. He was survived by his wife, Margaret Biddle Parker, whom he had married in 1923, and by three children.

From the guide to the Jamieson Parker papers, 1908-1977, 1924-1939, (Oregon Historical Society)

Role Title Holding Repository
Relation Name
associatedWith Blair, Thomas R. person
associatedWith Blair, Thomas R. family
associatedWith Buchtel and Stolte (Portland, Or.), corporateBody
associatedWith Coolidge, Orlando person
associatedWith Coolidge, Orlando family
associatedWith Daley, John W., family
associatedWith Daley, John W., 1808-1883 person
associatedWith Daley, William Carter, family
associatedWith Daley, William Carter, 1845-1930 person
associatedWith First Unitarian Church (Portland, Or.) corporateBody
associatedWith Flanders family. family
associatedWith Historic American Buildings Survey. corporateBody
correspondedWith Jackson, Phillip Ludwell, 1893-1953. person
associatedWith McCall, M. L. person
associatedWith McCall, M. L. family
associatedWith Old Fort Dalles Medical Headquarters (Dalles, Or.) corporateBody
associatedWith Oregon State Planning Council. corporateBody
associatedWith Portland Art Association (Portland, Or.) corporateBody
associatedWith Smith, Tom person
associatedWith Smith, Tom family
associatedWith St. Joseph's Church (Jacksonville, Or.) corporateBody
associatedWith St. Joseph's Church (Jacksonville, Or.) corporateBody
associatedWith White, Samuel S. family
associatedWith White, Samuel S. person
Place Name Admin Code Country
Klamath Falls (Or.)
Klamath Falls (Or.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
Portland (Or.)
Portland (Or.)
Oregon--Ashland
Oregon--Portland
Oregon
Oregon
Subject
Architecture, Domestic
Architecture, Domestic
Architecture, Domestic
Architects
Architects
Architectural drawings
Architecture
Architecture
Architecture
Architecture
Churches
Churches
City and town life
First Unitarian Church (Portland, Or.)
Medical centers
Oregon
Pioneer Courthouse (Portland, Or.)
Portland
Occupation
Architect
Photographers
Activity

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Birth 1895

Death 1939

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