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Harold B. Foss

{{short description|American architect}}

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|birth_date = November 17, 1910

|birth_place = Montesano, Washington

|death_date = 1988

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|practice = H. B. Foss Co.; Foss & Malcolm; Foss, Malcolm & Olsen; Foss & Olsen; Foss, Olsen & Sands

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Harold B. Foss (1910–1988) was an American architect from Juneau, Alaska.

Harold Byron Foss was born November 17, 1910, in Montesano, Washington.American Architects Directory. 1962. He was educated at the University of Washington, graduating in 1935. That year he went to Juneau, where he formed the H. B. Foss Company.[http://digital.lib.washington.edu/findingaids/view?docId=UWArchitectureStudentDrawingsPHColl740.xml;brand=defaul "Guide to the University of Washington Department of Architecture Student Drawings"]. http://digital.lib.washington.edu/. n.d. Web. MacKay Malcolm and Bjarne Carl Olsen were later added as partners, in 1945 and 1950. Malcolm died in 1951, but his name remained until 1956, when the firm was reduced to Foss & Olsen.[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304033424/http://public.aia.org/sites/hdoaa/wiki/Wiki%20Pages/ahd1028007.aspx "MacKay Malcolm (1885-1951)"]. http://public.aia.org/. n.d. Web. This period was brief, and Edward Elmer Sands was added later that same year. Foss, Olsen & Sands was succeeded by Olsen & Sands when Foss moved to Palo Alto, California in 1958. He died there in 1988.[http://public.aia.org/sites/hdoaa/wiki/Wiki%20Pages/ahd1014324.aspx "Harold Byron Foss (1910-1988)"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304042442/http://public.aia.org/sites/hdoaa/wiki/Wiki%20Pages/ahd1014324.aspx |date=2016-03-04 }}. http://public.aia.org/. n.d. Web.

Foss was known throughout Alaska primarily as an architect of public buildings, of which he designed many.

Works

=H. B. Foss Company, 1935-1945=

  • 1939 - Stanley Grummet House, 603 W 10th St, Juneau, Alaska[http://www.juneau.org/history/documents/Casey-Shattuck_Neighborhood_Historic_Building_Survey_December_2004_000.pdf Report of the Casey-Shattuck Neighborhood: Historic Building Survey] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150401184526/http://www.juneau.org/history/documents/Casey-Shattuck_Neighborhood_Historic_Building_Survey_December_2004_000.pdf |date=2015-04-01 }}. Dec. 2004.
  • 1939 - Walter Sharpe House, 603 W 11th St, Juneau, Alaska
  • 1939 - Clifford Swap House, 610 W 11th St, Juneau, Alaska
  • 1940 - Eielson Memorial Building, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AlaskaHoagland, Alison K. Buildings of Alaska. 1993.
  • Begun in 1930 by N. Lester Troast, an architect from Sitka.Fairbanks (AK) Daily News-Miner 28 July 1930: 8.
  • 1940 - James Larsen House, 712 W 11th St, Juneau, Alaska
  • 1940 - Carl Weidman House, 622 W 11th St, Juneau, Alaska
  • 1941 - James Orme House, 924 D St, Juneau, Alaska
  • 1945 - Evelyn I. Butler House, 908 B St, Juneau, Alaska
  • 1945 - Rebuilding of Hoonah, AlaskaEngineering News-Record 1945: 91.
  • Much of the city was burned in 1944.

=Foss & Malcolm, 1945-1950=

  • 1945 - James Larsen House, 416 W 9th St, Juneau, Alaska
  • 1946 - Walter Stutte House, 610 W 9th St, Juneau, Alaska
  • 1947 - Mt. Edgecumbe Hospital, 222 Tongass Dr, Sitka, AlaskaAlaska Life 1947: 15.
  • 1947 - Petersburg Municipal Building, 12 S Nordic Dr, Petersburg, AlaskaAmerican City Dec. 1947: 94.
  • 1948 - Rae C. Stedman Memorial School, Dolphin St, Petersburg, AlaskaAmerican School Board Journal 1948: 46.
  • 1948 - Terminal, Juneau International Airport, Juneau, Alaska[http://www.jensenyorbalott.com/civic/jnu-terminal/ "Juneau Airport Terminal Renovation"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624065140/http://www.jensenyorbalott.com/civic/jnu-terminal/ |date=2016-06-24 }}. http://www.jensenyorbalott.com/. n.d. Web.Western City Magazine 1956: 40.
  • Altered.
  • 1949 - Anchorage Tuberculosis Hospital, E 3rd Ave, Anchorage, AlaskaDaily Capital Journal 26 July 1948.
  • Demolished.
  • 1949 - U. S. Bureau of Mines Experiment Station, 100 Savikko Rd, Juneau Island, Douglas, AlaskaRedding, Donna. [http://www.blm.gov/pgdata/etc/medialib/blm/ak/afo/afo_nepa_docs/0.Par.31571.File.dat/EA07-034.pdf "Environmental Assessment"]{{Dead link|date=April 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. 17 July 2007. Web.
  • 1950 - Juneau City Hall, 155 S Seward St, Juneau, AlaskaEngineering News-Record 1950: 295.
  • 1950 - Juneau Memorial Library, 114 W 4th St, Juneau, Alaska

=Foss, Malcolm & Olsen, 1950-1956=

  • 1950 - Cathedral Arms, 237 Lincoln St, Sitka, AlaskaDaily Sitka (AK) Sentinel 6 Jan. 1950: 1.
  • 1952 - Alaska State Office Building, 350 Main St, Juneau, Alaska
  • 1952 - Brooks Memorial Mines Building, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska
  • 1952 - Mendenhall Apartments, 326 4th St, Juneau, Alaska
  • 1953 - Buckner Building, Whittier, Alaska
  • 1953 - Chena Building, 510 2nd Ave, Fairbanks, Alaska"Chena Bldg. Adds to City's Modern Touch". Fairbanks (AK) Daily News-Miner 19 Nov. 1953. 40.
  • 1953 - Andrew Nerland Hall, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AlaskaFairbanks (AK) Daily News-Miner 25 July 1958: 8.
  • 1954 - Chapel by the Lake, 11024 Auke Lake Way, Auke Bay, Alaska
  • With Linn A. Forrest.
  • 1954 - Hodge Building, Whittier, AlaskaThe Great Alaska Earthquake of 1964. 1973.
  • 1954 - Petersburg Hospital, 103 Fram St, Petersburg, AlaskaEngineering News Record 1950: 295.[http://www.pmcak.org/about-pmc.html "History of Petersburg Medical Center"]. http://www.pmcak.org/. n.d.
  • 1954 - St. Ann's Hospital, 415 6th St, Juneau, AlaskaEngineering News-Record 1954: 142.
  • 1955 - Constitution Hall, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska
  • 1955 - Sitka Community Hospital, Moller Ave, Sitka, Alaska[http://www.sitkahospital.org/history.htm "Our Hospital"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160205162919/http://sitkahospital.org/history.htm |date=2016-02-05 }}. http://www.sitkahospital.org/. n.d.

=Foss & Olsen, 1956=

=Foss, Olsen & Sands, 1956-1958=

References

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Category:Architects from Alaska

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Category:20th-century American architects

Category:People from Juneau, Alaska

Category:People from Montesano, Washington