# Ion Lewis

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{{short description|American architect (1858–1933)}}
{{infobox architect
|name=Ion Lewis
|birth_date={{birth date|1858|3|26}}
|birth_place=[Lynn, Massachusetts](/source/Lynn%2C_Massachusetts), U.S.
|death_date={{death date and age|1933|8|29|1858|3|26}}
|alma_mater=[Massachusetts Institute of Technology](/source/Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology)
|occupation=Architect
}}
'''Ion Lewis''' (March 26, 1858 – August 29, 1933) was a founding member of a [Portland](/source/Portland%2C_Oregon) architectural firm [Whidden & Lewis](/source/Whidden_%26_Lewis) that was formed around the beginning of the 20th century. The firm was formed with partner [William M. Whidden](/source/William_M._Whidden). Their residential buildings were mostly in the [Colonial Revival](/source/Colonial_Revival_architecture) style, while their commercial buildings were primarily in the twentieth-century classical style.  The commercial buildings often featured brick, along with [terra cotta](/source/Glazed_architectural_terra-cotta) ornamentation. Many of their buildings are listed on the [National Register of Historic Places](/source/National_Register_of_Historic_Places) (NRHP).<ref name="nom">{{cite web|url=http://kimfitzgerald.net/Failing_Bldg/Failing_Building_NR_Nomination.pdf|title=National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form: Failing Building|date=February 27, 2007|accessdate=2008-04-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120206224223/http://kimfitzgerald.net/Failing_Bldg/Failing_Building_NR_Nomination.pdf|archive-date=February 6, 2012|url-status=usurped}}</ref>

Lewis was born March 26, 1858, in [Lynn, Massachusetts](/source/Lynn%2C_Massachusetts). He attended the [Massachusetts Institute of Technology](/source/Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology), after which he worked for [Peabody & Stearns](/source/Peabody_%26_Stearns). In 1882 he formed a partnership with [Henry Paston Clark](/source/Henry_Paston_Clark), but moved west soon afterward. He worked in [Chicago](/source/Chicago) before going to Portland in 1889, where he formed a partnership with Whidden, a former MIT classmate. Although Whidden died in 1929, Lewis continued the firm of Whidden & Lewis until his own death.<ref name=Bio>George A. McMath, "Whidden & Lewis" in ''The Grove Encyclopedia of American Art'' 5 (Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2011): 199-200.</ref>

Some buildings he designed include [Portland City Hall](/source/Portland_City_Hall_(Oregon)), the [Multnomah County Courthouse](/source/Multnomah_County_Courthouse), and the Forestry Building from the [Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition](/source/Lewis_and_Clark_Centennial_Exposition).<ref name=Oregon/> Lewis died on August 29, 1933.<ref name=Oregon>Corning, Howard M. (1989) ''Dictionary of Oregon History''. Binfords & Mort Publishing. p. 146.</ref>

==Further reading==
*Marlitt, Richard. ''Matters of Proportion: The Portland Residential Architecture of Whidden & Lewis''. Portland: [Oregon Historical Society Press](/source/Oregon_Historical_Society_Press), 1989.

==References==
{{reflist}}{{Peabody & Stearns}}{{Authority control}}

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Category:Fellows of the American Institute of Architects
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