Ellsworth Storey
| Ellsworth Prime Storey | |
|---|---|
| Born |
November 16, 1879 Chicago, Illinois |
| Died | May 28, 1960 (aged 80) |
| Alma mater | University of Illinois |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Buildings | Hoo Hoo House (Alaska–Yukon–Pacific Exposition), Beacon Hill First Baptist Church |
| Projects | Ellsworth Storey Cottages, Mount Constitution Lookout Tower |
Ellsworth Storey (November 16, 1879 – May 28, 1960) was a Seattle architect. He is known for combining contemporary and historical architectural styles with local materials to create a regional architectural style that reflected the natural environment of the Pacific Northwest.
Storey was inspired to become an architect after visiting the World's Columbian Exposition as a child. He attended architecture school at the University of Illinois at the same time as Walter Burley Griffin, where he was influenced by the new Prairie School of architecture and its main proponent, Frank Lloyd Wright.
He moved to Seattle in 1903 to begin his career. His early projects, including the Hoo Hoo house, designed for the Alaska–Yukon–Pacific Exposition, were designed in a mix of Arts and Crafts and Tudor Revival styles, but also incorporated elements of pioneer architecture. Many of Storey's early residences, including the Henry C. Storey and Ellsworth Storey houses, which he built for himself and his parents, reflect his fondness for Swiss chalets.
Storey's residential and commercial projects included private houses, the Sigma Nu fraternity house of the University of Washington, and several churches. His designs blended the Prairie Style with a wide variety of historical American and European architectural styles such as Georgian and Elizabethan revival, English gothic, Mission style, and California bungalow.
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