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Albert Ernest Doyle (July 27, 1877 – January 23, 1928) was a prolific architect in the U.S. states of

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and

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. He is most often credited for his works as A.E. Doyle. He opened his own architectural practice in 1907. From 1908 to 1914, he partnered with William B. Patterson, and their firm was known as Doyle & Patterson.

Biography

Doyle was born in Santa Cruz, California, and moved with his family at a very young age to

Portland, Oregon Portland (, ) is a port city in the Pacific Northwest and the largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon. Situated at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers, Portland is the county seat of Multnomah County, the most populous co ...

, where he married Lucie Godley (1877–1953) and ultimately established his architectural practice. He began an apprenticeship with the firm of

Whidden & Lewis Whidden & Lewis was an architectural firm based in Portland, Oregon, in the United States, around the beginning of the 20th century, formed by William M. Whidden and Ion Lewis. The partnership was established in 1889. Their residential building ...

in 1893 and remained until 1906, with the exception of two years in New York with the office of

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. While with Whidden & Lewis he may have substantially designed the Forestry Building of the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition. While with Henry Bacon, he attended architectural classes at, but was not enrolled in,

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. From April to December 1906 he made a "grand tour" of Europe. After returning to Portland, he opened his own practice, in 1907. After securing the commission for a major addition to the Meier & Frank store, he formed a partnership with architect William B. Patterson, in 1908. The firm, Doyle & Patterson, lasted until 1914. Patterson served as the engineer and superintendent for the firm. When work dried up in 1914, the partnership dissolved and Doyle again practiced on his own as A.E. Doyle, Architect. Doyle & Patterson's Revival- and Italianate-style works set the tone for other commercial buildings in Portland, especially the use of glazed terra-cotta. A series of residential cabins along the

and Washington coasts inspired a regional style that was widely emulated in the 1930s. Doyle also designed Portland's iconic public drinking fountains known as Benson Bubblers. Another extremely prominent project that Doyle was tapped to build was the fledgling Reed College campus. Competition to design Reed College was fierce and many of the city's top architects made bids. On January 5, 1911, the Reed Trustees announced that Doyle & Patterson had been elected unanimously. Doyle envisioned a large college of Gothic-inspired dormitories and grassy quadrangles. Early plans, and numerous conferences with the college's then-president, William T. Foster, led to two quintessential Doyle creations: the Reed College Hall of Arts and Science, now Eliot Hall, and a dormitory originally envisioned to house the college's male population, now commonly referred to as Old Dorm Block. Unbuilt works include additions to the now-demolished

Portland Hotel The Portland Hotel (or Hotel Portland) was a late-19th-century hotel in Portland, Oregon, United States, that once occupied the city block on which Pioneer Courthouse Square now stands. It closed in 1951 after 61 years of operation.Turner, Wallac ...

(currently the site of Pioneer Courthouse Square) and to the Doyle-designed U.S. National Bank Building. Doyle also drew up an original design for the Equitable Building which called for an

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skyscraper design. The building ended up being built after World War II by Pietro Belluschi in its noted and early

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design. Doyle is sometimes credited with the design for Timberline Lodge on

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near Government Camp, Oregon, but he was merely one of several architects solicited to draw up plans for the building, which ended up being designed by Forest Service architects. In the 1920s, Doyle's firm had a second period of growth. In 1925, Doyle hired the young

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. Doyle died in Portland on January 23, 1928, of Bright's disease. The firm continued as A.E. Doyle & Associates until 1943, when the name was changed to Pietro Belluschi, Architect. Doyle's collection of architecture books and some personal papers was purchased by Reed College in 1992.

Work

''Buildings marked (NRHP) are on the

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. As of 2008, 37 of Doyle's buildings are on the National Register.''

Bridal Veil, Oregon Bridal Veil is a virtual ghost town located in Multnomah County, Oregon, United States. It was established in the 1880s during a logging boom by a logging company as it harvested timber on nearby Larch Mountain to be a company mill town around ...

* Multnomah Falls Lodge (NRHP)

Corvallis, Oregon Corvallis ( ) is a city and the county seat of Benton County in central western Oregon, United States. It is the principal city of the Corvallis, Oregon Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Benton County. As of the 2020 United ...

* Corvallis Public Library

Eugene, Oregon Eugene ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is located at the southern end of the Willamette Valley, near the confluence of the McKenzie and Willamette rivers, about east of the Oregon Coast. As of the 2020 United States Census, Eu ...

Oregon Electric Station The Oregon Electric Railway Passenger Station is a historic railroad station in Eugene, Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, United States. It was built in 1914 as a station for the Oregon Electric Railway and was designed by A. E. Doyle. Passenger service by ...

(NRHP)

Hood River, Oregon

* Butler Bank (NRHP)

Manzanita, Oregon Manzanita is a coastal city in Tillamook County, Oregon, United States. It is located on U.S. Route 101 about 25 miles (40 km) south of Seaside and 25 miles (40 km) north of Tillamook. The population was 603 at the 2020 census. Histor ...

* A. E. Doyle Cottage (NRHP) * Mary Frances Isom Cottage (NRHP) *

Harry F. Wentz Studio The Harry F. Wentz Studio, also known as the Harry F. Wentz Studio-Bungalow and Studio Neah-Kah-Nie, is a historic house located in the Neahkahnie community near Manzanita, Oregon, United States. Designed by artist Harry F. Wentz and architect A ...

(NRHP)

Portland, Oregon

* Ball–Ehrman House (NRHP) * Bank of California Building (now known as the Three Kings Building) (NRHP) * Bedell Building (NRHP) *

Benson Hotel The Benson Portland, Curio Collection by Hilton is a 287-room historic hotel building in downtown Portland, Oregon, United States. It is owned and operated by Coast Hotels & Resorts. It was originally known as the New Oregon Hotel, and is common ...

(NRHP) * Burke-Clark House (NRHP) * Civic Stadium (now Providence Park, formerly JeldWen Field and PGE Park) * Cora Bryant Wheeler House (NRHP) * Corbett Brothers Auto Storage Garage (NRHP) * Dr. Herbert S. Nichols House (NRHP) *

East Portland Branch, Public Library of Multnomah County The East Portland Branch, Public Library of Multnomah County housed part of the library system of Multnomah County, Oregon, from 1911 to 1967. Designed by architect A. E. Doyle, the structure was completed in 1911 in Portland at 1110 Southeast Al ...

(NRHP) * Frank J. and Maude Louise Cobbs Estate (NRHP) *

Gaston–Strong House The Gaston–Strong House is a house located in southwest Portland, Oregon listed on the National Register of Historic Places. An early resident was Joseph P. Gaston. See also * National Register of Historic Places listings in Southwest Portland, ...

(NRHP) * Glencoe Elementary * H. Russell Albee House (NRHP) * Hazelwood Creamery / Leftbank * J. G. Edwards House (NRHP) * Joseph R. Bowles House (NRHP) *

Lipman–Wolfe and Company Building The Lipman–Wolfe and Company Building is a building located in downtown Portland, Oregon, listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It was originally the flagship store of the Lipman-Wolfe & Company department store. The architects ...

(now Hotel Monaco) (NRHP) *

Meier & Frank Building The Meier & Frank Building is a fifteen-story, glazed terra cotta building located in downtown Portland, Oregon, across from the northeast corner of Pioneer Courthouse Square. The building is the former flagship store and headquarters building ...

(first Doyle & Patterson commission) (NRHP) * Montgomery Court (1916, 1925), now a

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residence hall * Morgan Building (NRHP) * Harmon–Neils House (NRHP) *

Multnomah County Central Library The Central Library is a three-story public library branch in the downtown core of Portland, Oregon, United States. Opened in 1913, it serves as the main branch of the Multnomah County Library system. In 1979, the Georgian style building was added ...

(NRHP) * Neighborhood House (NRHP) *

Northwestern National Bank Building The American Bank Building is a 15-floor building in Portland, Oregon, U.S. It stands tall, and was built in 1913. It replaced the Marquam Building. History The building was the tallest in the city for 14 years until surpassed by the Publi ...

(American Bank Building) (NRHP) * Oregon National Building (NRHP) *

Pacific Building The Pacific Building is a historic office building in downtown Portland, Oregon, United States. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since March 5, 1992. This building was the second of three similarly-Italianate buildi ...

(Pietro Belluschi's first project with the firm) (NRHP) *

Pittock Block The Pittock Block is a historic building in downtown Portland, Oregon, occupying a city block between SW 9th and 10th Avenues, SW Stark and Washington Streets, and west of O'Bryant Square. History Before the Pittock Block was built, the site wa ...

(NRHP) * Public Service Building (NRHP) * Reed College campus, including Eliot Hall * Riverdale Grade SchoolPreserve Riverdale
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Terminal Sales Building The Terminal Sales Building is an historic building in Portland, Oregon, United States. One of the few pieces of prominent Art Deco architecture in Portland, it is the only high-rise example. While the building's design may be credited to Wilfred ...

* United States National Bank Building (NRHP) * W. B. Ayer House (NRHP) * Woodlark Building

Goldendale, Washington

* Goldendale Free Public Library (NRHP)

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* J.S. Graham Store (aka Doyle Building) (NRHP) (''

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