Wade Hampton Pipes (July 31, 1877 – July 1, 1961) was an American architect in based in

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. Pipes was considered the "foremost exponent of

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architecture" in the state.

Career

Pipes admired the work of English architect

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, and was also influenced by

C. F. A. Voysey Charles Francis Annesley Voysey (28 May 1857 – 12 February 1941) was an English architect and furniture and textile designer. Voysey's early work was as a designer of wallpapers, fabrics and furnishings in a Arts and Crafts style and he ma ...

. He designed in the

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style. In his fifty-year career, he designed some 70 residences. Many of his works are listed on the

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(NRHP). In 1926, Pipes designed and a

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style home in Southwest Portland for his father, judge Martin L. Pipes. The house is listed on the NRHP as the Martin Luther Pipes House. He also designed houses for naturalist

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, congressman Maurice Crumpacker, and author

Lewis A. McArthur Lewis Ankeny McArthur (April 27, 1883 – November 8, 1951), known as "Tam" McArthur, was an executive for Pacific Power and Light Company. He was also the secretary for the Oregon Geographic Board for many years and the author of ''Oregon ...

Personal life

Pipes was born on July 31, 1877, in

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described him as "an elegantly dressed man in English tweeds". Pipes died on July 1, 1961, having spent his entire life in Oregon except for his period of study in England.

Education

From 1907 to 1911, Pipes studied at the

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Works on the NRHP

* John M. and Elizabeth Bates House No. 1, 1837 SW Edgewood Rd, Portland * John M. and Elizabeth Bates House No. 2, 16948 SW Bryant Rd,

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* John M. and Elizabeth Bates House No. 3, 16884 SW Bryant Rd, Lake Oswego * John M. and Elizabeth Bates House No. 4, 4101 South Shore Blvd, Lake Oswego * Maurice Crumpacker House, 12714 SW Iron Mountain Blvd, Portland * Marshall Dana House, 15725 SE Dana Ave, Milwaukie * Elizabeth Ducey House, 2773 NW Westover Rd, Portland * Bertha M. and Marie A. Green House, 2610 SW Vista Ave, Portland * Dr. Noble Wiley Jones House, 2187 SW Market Street Dr, Portland * Dr. Frank B. Kistner House, 5400 SW Hewett Blvd, Portland * Pipes Family House, 3045 NE 9th Ave, Portland * George Pipes House, 2526 St Helens Court, Portland * Martin Luther Pipes House, 2675 SW Vista Ave, Portland * Sherrard–Fenton House, 13100 SW Riverside Dr, Lake Oswego * Walter S. Zimmerman House, 1840 SW Hawthorne Terrace, Portland

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pipes, Wade Hampton People from Independence, Oregon Architects from Portland, Oregon 1877 births 1961 deaths Alumni of the Central School of Art and Design