George M. Post

'''George Morrison Post''' (November 21, 1883 – January 21, 1966) was an American architect from Oregon. He worked primarily in Salem and Portland.<ref name=Ritz>{{cite encyclopedia |last= Ritz |first= Richard Ellison |title= Post, George Morrison |encyclopedia= Architects of Oregon: A Biographical Dictionary of Architects Deceased – 19th and 20th Centuries |location= Portland, Oregon |publisher= Lair Hill Publishing |year= 2002 |page=321 |isbn=0-9726200-2-8}}</ref> A few of Post's works are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).

==Life and career== Post was born on November 21, 1883, to Owen L. Post, a carriage maker, and Mary W. Post (''née'' Palmer) in New London, Connecticut.<ref name=Ritz/> Without any formal training, Post went to work for a local architect.<ref name=Ritz/> By 1905 he was working for the local firm of Donnelly & Hazeltine.<ref>New London directory for 1905</ref> In 1907, he started a solo practice in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.<ref name=Ritz/> He moved to Salem, Oregon in 1908 and worked with Louis R. Hazeltine, his former employer, until 1910, when Post again practiced alone.<ref name=Ritz/> In 1912, he designed the Salem Carnegie library, which serves today as Willamette University's Oregon Civic Justice Center.<ref name=Ritz/> In 1917, Post moved to Portland, joining Morris H. Whitehouse's firm.<ref name=Ritz/> When the State of Oregon began licensing architects in 1919, the Oregon Board of Architect Examiners issued him license No. 1 under a grandfather clause.<ref name=Ritz/> Post served as the board's secretary until 1926.<ref name=Ritz/> He left the Whitehouse firm in 1923.<ref name=Ritz/>

Post died on January 21, 1966, in Portland, aged 82, leaving a wife, Eliza, and a daughter.<ref name=Ritz/>

==Works== thumb|right|Old Woodburn City Hall  *Salem, Oregon Carnegie library (1912) *The Majestic Theatre, Corvallis (1913)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Contractors' and Dealers' Association of California |url=https://archive.org/details/buildingindustri1313cont/page/n115/mode/2up |title=Building and industrial news |date=1914 |publisher=San Francisco : L. A. Larson |others=San Francisco Public Library}}</ref> *Old Woodburn City Hall, Woodburn (1914), NRHP<ref>{{cite web |url= http://heritagedata.prd.state.or.us/historic/index.cfm?do=v.dsp_siteSummary&resultDisplay=45774 |title= Old Woodburn City Hall |work= Oregon Historic Sites Database |publisher= Oregon State Historic Preservation Office |accessdate= March 26, 2015}}</ref> *The Derby Building, Salem (c. 1915), remodeled into the Senator Hotel (demolished in 1997, currently the site of Courthouse Square) *McKinley Elementary School, Salem, Oregon (1915)<ref>{{cite news |url= http://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn99063957/1915-10-09/ed-1/seq-5/ |title= McKinley School Building Represents Latest Ideas |newspaper= Daily Capital Journal |location= Salem, Oregon |date= October 9, 1915 |accessdate= March 26, 2015}}</ref> *Moore Building, Salem (1916), a contributing property of the Salem Downtown State Street – Commercial Street Historic District (NRHP)<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.cityofsalem.net/Residents/SalemHeritagePortal/WalkingTour/Pages/24-Moore-Building.aspx |title= Salem Walking Tour -- Skiff Block & Moore Building |publisher= City of Salem |accessdate= March 26, 2015}}</ref> *Morado Apartments, Portland (1925), a contributing property of the Alphabet Historic District (NRHP)<ref>{{cite web |url= http://heritagedata.prd.state.or.us/historic/index.cfm?do=v.dsp_siteSummary&resultDisplay=49844 |title= Morado Apartments |work= Oregon Historic Sites Database |publisher= Oregon State Historic Preservation Office |accessdate= March 26, 2015}}</ref> *Mount Hood Hotel Annex, Hood River (completed 1912, renovation by Post, 1926), NRHP<ref>{{cite web |url= http://heritagedata.prd.state.or.us/historic/index.cfm?do=v.dsp_siteSummary&resultDisplay=37617 |title= Mt Hood Hotel Annex |work= Oregon Historic Sites Database |publisher= Oregon State Historic Preservation Office |accessdate= March 26, 2015}}</ref> *William T. and Helen Werner House, Portland (1928)<ref>{{cite web |url= http://heritagedata.prd.state.or.us/historic/index.cfm?do=v.dsp_siteSummary&resultDisplay=51295 |title= Werner, William T & Helen, House |work= Oregon Historic Sites Database |publisher= Oregon State Historic Preservation Office |accessdate= March 26, 2015}}</ref> *Eugene Walsh House, Portland (1929)<ref>{{cite web |url= http://heritagedata.prd.state.or.us/historic/index.cfm?do=v.dsp_siteSummary&resultDisplay=50884 |title= Eugene Walsh House |work= Oregon Historic Sites Database |publisher= Oregon State Historic Preservation Office |accessdate= March 26, 2015}}</ref> *Multi-family apartment, Portland (1930), a contributing property of the Irvington Historic District (NRHP)<ref>{{cite web |url= http://heritagedata.prd.state.or.us/historic/index.cfm?do=v.dsp_siteSummary&resultDisplay=53782 |title= [multi-family] |work= Oregon Historic Sites Database |publisher= Oregon State Historic Preservation Office |accessdate= March 26, 2015}}</ref> *W. S. and Gladys Boutwell House, Lake Oswego (1931), NRHP *Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway Roundhouse, Portland (c. 1941), demolished<ref>{{cite web |url= http://heritagedata.prd.state.or.us/historic/index.cfm?do=v.dsp_siteSummary&resultDisplay=51226 |title= Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway Roundhouse |work= Oregon Historic Sites Database |publisher= Oregon State Historic Preservation Office |accessdate= March 26, 2015}}</ref> *Yard Master's Quarters, Portland (1944)<ref>{{cite web |url= http://heritagedata.prd.state.or.us/historic/index.cfm?do=v.dsp_siteSummary&resultDisplay=56061 |title= Yard Master's Quarters |work= Oregon Historic Sites Database |publisher= Oregon State Historic Preservation Office |accessdate= March 26, 2015}}</ref>

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==External links== *[http://photos.salemhistory.net/cdm/ref/collection/specialcol/id/1939 Image of the Derby Building as it appeared in 1915] from Salem Public Library

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