Frederick Manson White

{{Infobox architect | name = F. Manson White | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date|1854|11|20|mf=yes}} | birth_place = Derby, England<ref name="oreg-1952apr26"/> | death_date = {{Death date and age|1952|4|23|1863|3|18|mf=yes}} | death_place = Portland, Oregon, U.S.<ref name="oreg-1952apr26"/> | alma_mater = }} thumb|right|Agate Hall at the University of Oregon thumb|right|Lincoln School Condominiums in Eugene

'''Frederick Manson White''' (March 18, 1863 – April 23, 1952),<ref name="oreg-1952apr26">{{cite news|title=Death Takes City Architect|newspaper=The Oregonian|date=April 25, 1952|page=23}}</ref> commonly known as '''F. Manson White''', was an American architect based in Portland, Oregon. White was known for his work in the Richardsonian Romanesque style. Among the buildings he helped design, as part of the firm McCaw, Martin and White, or designed as a sole practitioner, are several that are on the National Register of Historic Places. These include the Imperial Hotel (now the Hotel Vintage Portland), Waldschmidt Hall at the University of Portland, the Dekum Building, the Auditorium and Music Hall, the Sherlock Building, the Flatiron Building (now Ringler's Annex), Woodrow Wilson Junior High School (now Lincoln School Condominiums) and the John G. Shedd Institute for the Arts in Eugene,<ref name=OE/> the First Presbyterian Church in Medford (part of the Medford Downtown Historic District), and the Corvallis Hotel in Corvallis.<ref name=Lockley>{{cite web| url= http://www.waltlockley.com/dekum/dekum.htm |title= The Dekum Building and other Richardsonian stonework Portland Oregon |last= Lockley |first=Walt |accessdate= 2009-07-27}}</ref><ref name=OHSD>{{cite web |url= http://heritagedata.prd.state.or.us/historic/index.cfm?do=v.dsp_siteSummary&resultDisplay=41000 |title = Site Information: Presbyterian Church |publisher = Oregon Parks and Recreation Department |work= Oregon Historic Sites Database |accessdate = 2009-07-27}}</ref> White also designed Agate Hall (originally Roosevelt Junior High School and later Condon School) on the campus of the University of Oregon,<ref name=HRSF>{{cite web |url = http://boundless.uoregon.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.phpCISOROOT=/archpnw&CISOPTR=5393&CISOBOX=1&REC=4 |title = Historic Resource Survey Form: Agate Hall, University of Oregon (Eugene, Oregon) |publisher = University of Oregon Libraries |accessdate = 2009-07-27 }}{{Dead link|date=December 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> and the Central Presbyterian Church (aka Old Laurelhurst, or The Bible Church) in Portland.<ref name=OE>{{Oregon Encyclopedia|white_frederick_manson_1863_1952_|author=Roth, Leland}}</ref><ref>[http://www.oldlaurelhurstchurch.com/ Old Laurelhurst Church]{{Dead link|date=February 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://boundless.uoregon.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=%2Farchpnw&CISOPTR=7933&CISOBOX=1&REC=3 |title=University of Oregon Archives |access-date=2019-12-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140115154515/http://boundless.uoregon.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=%2Farchpnw&CISOPTR=7933&CISOBOX=1&REC=3 |archive-date=2014-01-15 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Some sources have reported that White was the nephew of the prominent New York architect Stanford White,<ref name=PCAD>{{cite web |url= http://pcad.lib.washington.edu/person/2811/ |title= Frederick Manson White (Architect) |publisher= University of Washington Libraries |work= Pacific Coast Architecture Database |accessdate= 2020-09-15}}</ref> although this reported relationship has been seriously questioned.<ref name=OrEn>{{cite web |url=https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/white_frederick_manson_1863_1952_/ |title=Frederick Manson White (1863–1952) |work=The Oregon Encyclopedia |access-date=2020-09-15}}</ref><ref name=Lockley/>

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