# Folger Johnson

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{{short description|American architect}}
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| name                  = Folger Johnson
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| birth_date            = {{birth date|1888|7|4|mf=yes}}
| birth_place           = [Columbus, Georgia](/source/Columbus%2C_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](/source/The_Oregonian)|date=November 5, 1970|page=13}}</ref>
| death_place           = [Portland, Oregon](/source/Portland%2C_Oregon)
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'''Folger Johnson''' (July 4, 1882&nbsp;– November 4, 1970) was an architect who practiced in [Portland, Oregon](/source/Portland%2C_Oregon).  Several of his works are listed on the U.S. [National Register of Historic Places](/source/National_Register_of_Historic_Places) for their architecture.

Johnson was born on July 4, 1882, in [Columbus, Georgia](/source/Columbus%2C_Georgia).<ref name="oreg-1970nov5"/>  He graduated from the [Technical Institute of Georgia](/source/Technical_Institute_of_Georgia) and from [Columbia University](/source/Columbia_University).  He studied at the [Ecole des Beaux-Arts](/source/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](/source/Public_Works_Administration) in Oregon from 1933 to 1938, and later he served as state director of the [Federal Housing Administration](/source/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](/source/Dr._A._E._and_Phila_Jane_Rockey_House) (1913), AKA ''Rockholm'', in the outskirts of [Portland, Oregon](/source/Portland%2C_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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Umatilla_County_Library) in [Pendleton, Oregon](/source/Pendleton%2C_Oregon), NRHP-listed<ref name=nris/>
*[Albertina Kerr Nursery](/source/Albertina_Kerr_Nursery) (1921) as part of Johnson, Parker and Wallwork, NRHP-listed<ref name=nris/><ref name=nrhpdoc-rockholm/>
*[The Town Club](/source/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](/source/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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