{{short description|German-born American architect (1869–1939)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2021}} {{Infobox person | image = Julius A. Zittel (1869–1939).png | caption = Zittel in 1912 | birth_name = Julius Albert Johann Zittel | birth_date = {{Birth date|1869|10|02}} | birth_place = Karlsruhe, Germany | death_date = {{Death date and age|1939|05|07|1869|10|02}} | death_place = Spokane, Washington, US | resting_place = Fairmount Memorial Park | occupation = Architect, hotelier | children = 1 }} '''Julius Albert Johann Zittel''' (October 2, 1869 – May 7, 1939) was a German-born American architect and hotelier known for his work in the state of Washington. He designed several buildings in the National Register of Historic Places and also maintained a long and successful business partnership with fellow German architect Herman Preusse.
==Biography== Zittel was born on October 2, 1869 in Karlsruhe, Germany, the son of Albert Ernst Zittel and Ida (née Wietinger) Zittel. He immigrated to the United States in either 1882 or 1885, first living in Chicago, Illinois, then moving to Spokane, Washington in 1887, upon turning eighteen.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=1926-12-11 |title=Herman Preusse, Architect, Dies |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87755587/herman-preusse-architect-dies/ |access-date=2021-10-25 |newspaper=The Spokesman-Review |page=1 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>
Zittel worked as a drafter and designer at Herman Preusse's architecture firm from 1887 to 1893. In 1893, they formed the partnership Preuss & Zittel,<ref name=":0" /> where Zittel remained until 1910. He subsequently partnered with Archibald G. Rigg from 1912 to {{circa|1914}}, then worked solo from 1915 onward.<ref name="pcadbio">{{cite web |title=Julius Albert Johann Zittel (Architect) |url=http://pcad.lib.washington.edu/person/3449/ |website=Pacific Coast Architecture Database |publisher=University of Washington |first=Alan |last=Michelson |accessdate=April 19, 2026}}</ref><ref name="historic">{{Cite web|url=http://www.historicspokane.org/projects/spokane-architects/julius-a-zittel|title=Julius A. Zittel (1869-1939) |access-date=April 19, 2026 |publisher=Spokane City/County Historic Preservation Office and the Spokane Historic Landmarks Commission}}</ref> For a time, he was the state architect of Washington.<ref name=":0" /> He was also President of Hotel Spokane Ltd. and Spokane's Citizens Savings and Loan Society.<ref name="semiweeklyobit">{{cite news |title=Julius Zittel Taken By Death. Pioneer Architect and Hotel Man Was Widely Known in Inland Empire |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87752615/julius-zittel-taken-by-death/ |accessdate=2021-10-25 |work=The Semi-Weekly Spokesman-Review |date=May 9, 1939|page=6|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>
In 1889, Zittel married Alice Shanks (1870–1930). They had one daughter, Eunice I.M. Zittel, born in 1893.<ref name="pcadbio" /> He lived in Spokane, dying there on May 7, 1939, aged 69. He was buried at Fairmount Memorial Park.<ref name="pcadbio" /><ref name="semiweeklyobit" />
==List of works== Zittel's works include (in Spokane, WA unless otherwise noted):
===National Reigster of Historic Places=== [[File:Spokane Public Library - Heath Branch.JPG|thumb|Spokane Public Library - Heath Branch]] *Washington School for the Blind (1911), Vancouver, WA<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref> *Spokane City Hall Building (1912)<ref name="pcadbio"/><ref name="semiweeklyobit"/><ref name=historic/> *Spokane Public Library - Heath Branch (1914)<ref name=historic/> *Washington State Normal School at Cheney administration building (1915), Cheney, WA<ref name="nris"/> *Mount Saint Michael (1917)<ref name="nris"/> *Benewah County Courthouse (1924), St. Maries, ID<ref name="nris"/>
==== Preusse & Zittel==== [[File:St. Boniface Church, Convent and Rectory.jpg|thumb|upright|St. Boniface Church, Convent and Rectory]] *Edwin H. Hanford House (1892), Oakesdale, WA<ref name="nris"/> *Cathedral of our Lady of Lourdes concept work (1902)<ref>{{cite web |title=Spokane Civic Center |date=July 30, 1976 |url=https://properties.historicspokane.org/_pdf/districts/national/district-national-31.pdf |via=historicspokane.org |publisher=National Park Service |page=8}}</ref> *Spokane Public Library - Main (1905)<ref name=historic/> *St. Boniface Church, Convent and Rectory (1905), Uniontown, WA<ref name="nris"/> *Ritzville Carnegie Library (1907), Ritzville, WA<ref name="pcadbio"/> *Holy Names Academy Building (1908)<ref name="nris"/> *Bump Block-Bellevue House-Hawthorne Hotel (1909 expansion)<ref name=historic/>
===Other===
*early buildings at Gonzaga University including St. Aloysius Church<ref name=historic/> (1909),<ref name="pcadbio"/> Preusse & Zittel<ref>{{Cite book|title=Gonzaga University : seventy-five years, 1887-1962|last=Schoenberg, Wilfred P.|date=1963|publisher=Gonzaga University|oclc=1498206}}</ref> * Spokane Public Library - Riverside (1904), Preusse & Zittel<ref name="pcadbio"/> * Finch School (1923, 1926, 1930)<ref name=historic/> * State College of Washington - Troy Hall (1926), Pullman, WA<ref name="pcadbio"/> * Western Washington Hospital for the Insane additional wing (1927), Lakewood, WA<ref name="pcadbio"/>
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