{{short description|American architect}} {{Infobox architect | name = Folger Johnson | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date|1888|7|4|mf=yes}} | birth_place = Columbus, Georgia, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|1970|11|4|1888|7|4|mf=yes}}<ref name="oreg-1970nov5">{{cite news|title=Obituaries [section]: F. Johnson|newspaper=The Oregonian|date=November 5, 1970|page=13}}</ref> | death_place = Portland, Oregon | alma_mater = }}

'''Folger Johnson''' (July 4, 1882&nbsp;– November 4, 1970) was an architect who practiced in Portland, Oregon. Several of his works are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places for their architecture.

Johnson was born on July 4, 1882, in Columbus, Georgia.<ref name="oreg-1970nov5"/> He graduated from the Technical Institute of Georgia and from Columbia University. He studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris from 1908 to 1910. He worked for an architect in New York City, then came to Portland (in 1911)<ref name="oreg-1970nov5"/> and worked with architect MacDonald F. Mayer. He then practiced individually and later in partnerships with Jamieson Parker and with Carl H. Wallwork. Partnerships in which he worked include Johnson & Mayer (1911–1916), Johnson, Parker and Wallwork (1920–1927), Johnson & Wallwork (1930–1935), Johnson, Wallwork and Dukehart (1935–1946) and Johnson, Wallwork and Hollis Johnston (1930).<ref name=nrhpdoc-rockholm/><ref name=nris/>

He served on the staff of the Public Works Administration in Oregon from 1933 to 1938, and later he served as state director of the Federal Housing Administration from 1940 to his retirement in 1950.<ref name=nrhpdoc-rockholm/> He also served on the Portland Planning Commission and as a member of the Portland Art Commission.<ref name="oreg-1970nov5"/>

Johnson was married to Edith Waldo and later was married to Shelby Payne.<ref name=nrhpdoc-rockholm/> He died in a Portland hospital on November 4, 1970.<ref name="oreg-1970nov5"/>

thumb|right|The Town Club's clubhouse Works include: *Dr. A. E. and Phila Jane Rockey House (1913), AKA ''Rockholm'', in the outskirts of Portland, Oregon, NRHP-listed.<ref name=nris/><ref name=nrhpdoc-rockholm>{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=85003036}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Dr. A. E. and Phila Jane Rockey House / "Rockholm" |publisher=National Park Service|author=Virginia Guest Ferriday |date=April 1, 1985 |accessdate=November 17, 2016 }} with {{NRHP url|id=85003036|photos=y|title=six photos from 1985}}</ref> *Ernest G. Swigert House (1934), at 720 N.W. Warrenton Terrace in Portland, NRHP-listed<ref name=nris>{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref> *Umatilla County Library in Pendleton, Oregon, NRHP-listed<ref name=nris/> *Albertina Kerr Nursery (1921) as part of Johnson, Parker and Wallwork, NRHP-listed<ref name=nris/><ref name=nrhpdoc-rockholm/> *The Town Club clubhouse (1930), as part of Johnson, Wallwork and Hollis Johnston, NRHP-listed<ref name=nris/><ref name=nrhpdoc-rockholm/> *Gresham Carnegie Library built in 1913 in Gresham, Oregon was his design.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2000-01-24|title=National Register of Historic Places continuation sheet|url=http://heritagedata.prd.state.or.us/historic/index.cfm?do=main.loadFile&load=NR_Noms/99001715.pdf|website=prd.state.or.us}}</ref>

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